Inchin’ Along
APRIL 2024. I purchased this fabulous medicine cabinet way back in 2014. It was a thrill to see it, briefly, installed.
Way back when, I infilled the old door opening with sheetrock, and mudded the edges a bit.
But it was all just a mess. Several times, I would come upstairs, stare at the work needed, deflate, and just leave. I did this several times. Then I woke from a nap with an idea…
…to sheetrock over the whole damn mess!
And I mudded today! I used something new to me. It is like powdered joint compound which you mix with water. What is great about it, is that it dries in like 5 minutes. I love the stuff! And because of the angled walls, where the sheetrock kisses the old plaster, a wide V-shaped space needed to be infilled. This was effortless and QUICK with the new wonder material.
In short: Very little progress this week.
But….there was progress.
And that is all that matters to me.
Baby Steps™ in action.
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And it looks great! That’s gotta feel good.
That also solves your baseboard problem. Perfect solution and jumpstarting more progress with a small baby step™. Sometimes you have to step back, leave stuff and wait until a solution arises. (Same thing is happening with my repair of a gate that has been broken since 2018. I have a new and improved solution now.)
Love love LOVE the antique medicine cabinet for above the sink. It is perfect in that spot, like it was made for it.
Love the tub. It will be glorious to sit and soak and gaze out the windows.
Hate that 70s vanity. It’s just distracting. Hits me right in the eye and draws attention away from everything else.
Please tell me you are going to put a pedestal sink under the medicine cabinet. They have reproductions. They even have them with wide tops for holding stuff.
You can put storage in a different spot. Something with drawers for whatnot and shelves for towels or whatever. But please not THAT vanity. Or at least replace the top with a solid piece of anything and put it on another wall where it isn’t the first thing you see when you enter and put a period pedestal sink under that medicine cabinet. Something that will go with the tub? Please?
Hi, Mary.
I’m confused by your comment.
The vanity is new, not from the 1970s. It has a marble top. I love marble tops.
I had purchased a previous vanity for this bathroom but it didn’t look good with the oak medicine cabinet. It was gray. So, I removed it and will install it in the main bathroom.
I think the current white vanity looks just fine with the white tub.
And, yes, I know that I can put storage in a different spot. But I dislike sinks that have no place to put things. I like sinks that are surrounded by newfangled innovations like…gasp…a counter.
And, I’ve zero doubt that when all is finished the vanity will look good. The finished bathroom will be a mix of old (tub, medicine cabinet) and obviously new (vanity, lighting, hip curtains).
Okay. I trust you. I know before when I’ve seen the unfinished work in progress have had doubts but in the end when all is finished it comes together and your vision and style shine through.
The vanity just reminded me of a 70s hand me down bureau from the neighbors my parent’s had in my brother’s bedroom for decades and I just managed to get rid of a year ago when the room was redone to be a guest room. That thing was awful and the drawers and pulls on your vanity looked so much like it. That thing had some sort of plastic fake wood veneer and was made of particle board. I know you would never have particle board or plastic fake wood veneer but I still panicked. I couldn’t tell if that was real marble or a fake faux marble plastic counter.
I know I should relax and just trust you but I’ve been a little stressed lately.