Good Bye Disco Inferno

In a previous post you saw the tiny bathroom we turned into a closet. We decided this house needed a proper master bathroom, and this bedroom was a long rectangle and had room to spare for a bathroom. Here's where we started: Please note the lovely wall color, the creative window and the double mirrored closet = Disco Inferno.

Notice the brown color had to go, that happened a long time ago.

So the space is set, the wall is up, I think I showed these pictures before...

Heated floor installation. Yahoo. Definitely a luxury, but wow, it feels so good every morning. 

Shower tile goes in. (After A LOT of ridiculous back and forth on my part. I just couldn't decide. I found some accent tiles that I LOVED but they were $122 a square foot. $6,000 for shower tile? I think not. I thought I was compromising and giving up on my design plan, but in the end we just needed tile. Under the gun we still picked a good one at a MUCH better price).

I really love faces boys make. 

Meanwhile you can see the cabinet, counters and lights have been installed. Not sure why I don't have pictures, oh wait, yes I do, I got to help install everything (CHEAP [free] labor) so I couldn't snap pics and install. I've realized why Neal lets me go to the gym, so I can try to get as strong as he is so he has a strong, reliable, cheap helper. 

The finished product: Ta-da.

I really love it. It's a bit more modern than I was initially intending for it to be. I wanted it to look a bit more rustic (like a "pretty barn" I told my dad, which he had a good laugh over). However, I think I matured as a designer [a fake one] over this project. I showed some restraint (which doesn't come naturally) and the project came together. I do however think a nice big set of antlers will round out the project.

A few more details:

The shower floor, hexagon Carrera marble

Bench in the shower

A shower with a view. 

Once again, thanks to Neal for working during all of his free time and putting up with my sometimes-crazy design schemes. HE is relentless people. 

The Chair

Like Neal, I usually have a project going at all times too. I bought this chair on Craigslist in July.

I love the shape of it. It's small enough to be a chair but big enough to sit in it with my two kids to read. It's French looking, antique looking, but clearly in need of a makeover.

Ewww. We started ripping it apart. It was pretty gross. There was a tag on it saying it was made in 1967, and had a custom paint job. So it's not really French or antique, but still fun. The lowlight was the cat pee smell in the back of it. That's one of the million reasons Neal comes in so handy. He primed the pee out of it. 

Then I painted it white. With little gold highlights in the detail work.

Then Neal made the first attempt at hand tying the springs.

Then Neal gave up on the project all together when I took two months to decide that I wanted it gold, and that I wanted the springs hand tied with Italian hemp spring twine. I did both. Have you ever tied springs?! My hands were raw for like 4 days. BUT, I persevered, and did it. 

Like a few (or lots) of my projects, I never end up liking them. Neal thought that maybe with this one I should have a professional handle the upholstery part of the project. I was so glad I did. I found some fabric that I loved from Calico (they are no longer Calico Corner, because "corner" must have made them sound so homely, as if "Calico" is super hip because it's not. Calico is the fabric of choice in the Little House on the Prairie books, good, but not quite "hip"). Here's the finished product:

Here's the before again:

I'm very pleased with it, and think it's a great addition to our bedroom!