Farmhouse Half Bath Reveal!

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Phew! It seems like it's taken us forever to complete this half bath project. All of our projects seem to happen a little here and there until, over time they are finally complete. Family life is so stinking busy with three kids. We try to balance home, work, kids, hobbies, chores, errands ect... so we are a bit slow in our completion of things. But they DO get completed... eventually. Actually... I still have caulking and painting to do, but I promised a post soon so here it is. Caulking and painting later.

Onto the reveal...

Before:

Unfortunately, this is the only before picture I have. Because I have to get better about taking before photos. You can't see it but the fiberglass sink is cracked and disgusting. Especially around the drain. Just like all the sinks and tubs in this house. There was also cracked and very VERY worn (with holes in it) white "tile" linoleum on the floor before we tore it out and laid down resilient vinyl wood plank flooring.

During:

What a mess!

This project, like all of the projects, took a lot longer and was more labor intensive than I anticipated. And like all projects... nothing went according to plan.

This is me tired of installing sheetrock while the hubby was at work: 

We discovered mold in the walls, cut out the moldy sheetrock all around the room and installed new sheetrock. 

Our initial plan was just to paint to save time and money. However, hubby and I discovered that neither one of us is good at the mud work (patching and texturing drywall) part of drywall and we set off for a solution that would keep us from having to hire someone to finish it for us. 

So we slapped some sloppy coats of "mud"on and we ship-lapped over it. 

After:

We did not replace the cabinet. I painted it (painting tutorial and up close photos coming soon), and gave it a new counter top, sink and spray painted hardware. I use Rustoleum car primer first, then finish with Rustoleum spray paint for the drawer and cabinet pulls. The lantern light fixture was an outdoor Amazon find for $25. I'm a bit disappointed in my decision to buy it because I find great light fixtures at garage sales frequently. In fact, all of my "new" fixtures have been garage sale finds that I've not paid over $5 for. Well... too late now. Moving on.

Foliage artwork inspired by Jenna Sue! Find her how to here. If you guys don't already know, Jenna Sue is my hero. 

Lowe's cut sheets of plywood into 12" strips for us for free. We could have saved a significant amount by doing this with sheets of MDF (medium density fiberboard). I'm not sure why I didn't do that. I blame mom brain.

Like the kitchen, the half bath sports a DIY wood counter top (how to and follow up post coming soon). We had to get creative to fit the under-mount sink in. The cabinet did not have the support the sink needed so we had to improvise. Which is why it looks like we have a stacked counter top. I'm just glad it's functional at this point.

I want to talk about the faucet. I mentioned in a previous post that I scored big on faucets on Amazon. This is one of the faucets I was talking about. It's a MR direct (sir faucet) lavatory faucet. When I bought it, the retail price was $699!!! The sale price was $49. Now, I'm pretty skeptical about those retail prices, but the faucet had great reviews and the price was way better than what I would find at Lowe's or Home Depot. The faucet has been installed for over a year and we love it. We have had absolutely NO problems at all!

Overall project cost: Roughly $500. Frowney face. Updating the kitchen and bathroom have been our most expensive projects. Both costing more than I wanted or anticipated. Atleast with the kitchen we had hired help. The total includes our sheetrock, paint, lumber, supplies, light fixture, sink, faucet, mirror, trim & resilient vinyl plank wood floor. And a whole lot of elbow grease. Some things we already had on hand...but most of it was bought specifically for this project. There was definitely room for more saving. We seem to span these projects over a super long period of time, as I mentioned, so we don't feel the sting of taking it all at once. Still... as I am learning through this experience am always learning of news ways to cut costs and that will inspire future posts.

I love the look of the "planked" walls and can't wait to do it to our other bathrooms! The total cost for planking this tiny half bath was still $170. This includes plywood, trim & caulk. I could have saved $30 right off the bat just by having Lowe's rip MDF instead of plywood. You don't get the wood grain but it still looks nice and it's a way to save 30 bucks.

Thank you for reading. As always, if you have any questions, or things you'd like to know/see please comment!

I hope you enjoyed this post. Until next time....