The One Room Challenge continues. I am way behind.
Catch up on Week One, Two/Three, and Four.
The cabinets were finally painted a fresh white this week. Not by me. My painter came by to discuss the estimate for some outdoor work and I wrestled him into the master bathroom and wouldn't let him leave till he painted the cabinets.
In my original mood board, I wanted to paint the cabinets gray and put on new brass pulls. I've obviously not painted the cabinets gray. Now I'm debating whether to put hardware on the cabinets.
The entire bathroom has polished brass accents, except for the faucets. The shower, the mirrored doors on the closets, and all the hooks are 80s brass.
While readers of design blogs know that brass is back, I think brushed brass is popular, not this shiny lacquered brass. I hesitate to put brass knobs on the crappy cabinets, for fear of turning off potential buyers. I also think mixing finishes by putting silver or nickel knobs on the cabinets will turn off potential buyers--it will just scream "I don't match the other outdated finishes in here, you'd better replace all the brass!"
I think I'm probably just going to skip the knobs and leave the cabinets plain.
My last brass dilemma is whether to replace the shower door. Essentially, I have no desire to spend any more money whatsoever in this bathroom for other people--replacing the flooring was expensive enough.
The bottom of the door is corroding--it is literally crumbling away. You'd think that would be an automatic "of course you should replace it." However, that brass is not an in-stock option at any big box home improvement store, it has to be special ordered, and it isn't cheap. If I went with the cheaper in-stock silver doors, then I'm starting down the road of half the bathroom is silver, half is brass.
My preference would be to figure out a way to clean the corroding part, and then slap Rub'N'Buff all over it. That seems like I am turning into one of those homeowners that when you write a design blog you say "some jerkface previous homeowner did [insert terrible DIY fix here]! Can you believe that dumbassery??"
I think I'm ok with that.
I kind of have a lot to do this week if I want to finish by next Thursday.
See the rest of the link-up party at Calling It Home.
Catch up on Week One, Two/Three, and Four.
The cabinets were finally painted a fresh white this week. Not by me. My painter came by to discuss the estimate for some outdoor work and I wrestled him into the master bathroom and wouldn't let him leave till he painted the cabinets.
In my original mood board, I wanted to paint the cabinets gray and put on new brass pulls. I've obviously not painted the cabinets gray. Now I'm debating whether to put hardware on the cabinets.
The entire bathroom has polished brass accents, except for the faucets. The shower, the mirrored doors on the closets, and all the hooks are 80s brass.
While readers of design blogs know that brass is back, I think brushed brass is popular, not this shiny lacquered brass. I hesitate to put brass knobs on the crappy cabinets, for fear of turning off potential buyers. I also think mixing finishes by putting silver or nickel knobs on the cabinets will turn off potential buyers--it will just scream "I don't match the other outdated finishes in here, you'd better replace all the brass!"
I think I'm probably just going to skip the knobs and leave the cabinets plain.
My last brass dilemma is whether to replace the shower door. Essentially, I have no desire to spend any more money whatsoever in this bathroom for other people--replacing the flooring was expensive enough.
The bottom of the door is corroding--it is literally crumbling away. You'd think that would be an automatic "of course you should replace it." However, that brass is not an in-stock option at any big box home improvement store, it has to be special ordered, and it isn't cheap. If I went with the cheaper in-stock silver doors, then I'm starting down the road of half the bathroom is silver, half is brass.
My preference would be to figure out a way to clean the corroding part, and then slap Rub'N'Buff all over it. That seems like I am turning into one of those homeowners that when you write a design blog you say "some jerkface previous homeowner did [insert terrible DIY fix here]! Can you believe that dumbassery??"
I think I'm ok with that.
I kind of have a lot to do this week if I want to finish by next Thursday.
See the rest of the link-up party at Calling It Home.
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