Nicely, I assume that is the place I formally introduce myself to you, EHD readers! You’ve seen many images I’ve taken, you’ve seen my basement, bed room and lounge makeovers that our woman, Emily, has so graciously helped us design, and you could have seen small bits of my face in among the images/movies from group retreats—I’m extra of a behind-the-camera-gal than in entrance of it. Whereas I’m not an official EHD worker, it’s been so enjoyable to be part of this group.
Again in 2021, my household and I made the large transfer from the Eastside of Portland to the Westside for more room/extra yard/slower life-style, and many others. All the identical causes plenty of younger mother and father transfer to the ‘burbs. Round that very same time, a mutual pal of each Emily and I, Max Humphrey, launched the 2 of us. The Hendersons’ rental home (whereas the farmhouse was being renovated) was in my neighborhood. As a result of we lived so shut, Max thought Emily and I needs to be buddies 🙂 Whereas she’s now not up the road from me, she’s only a brief 7-minute door-to-door drive away. It’s been a reasonably nice little partnership/friendship these previous few years.
Emily has given a little bit little bit of a rundown of our house in earlier reveals, however as a refresher, our house was in-built 1962, and we’re the second house owners. The earlier house owners made a couple of (considerably questionable) updates, possible within the 90s/early 2000s. However we nonetheless did a pretty big and mandatory rework once we moved in. We just about painted all the things white to start out, and slowly, with the assistance of Emily, have been including in additional coloration and character.
The Bogs
Although we made some fairly main adjustments early on, cash and persistence ran dry, and we had been okay, or extra like had to be okay, placing bogs on the again burner, figuring out very effectively that sometime they would want some critical love.
The Main
Right here’s what the first toilet regarded like on the day we purchased the home. And actually, earlier than our contractors demo’d it a few weeks in the past, it nonetheless regarded just about precisely like this 4 years later! I had zero want to do an “within the meantime” fast makeover. I didn’t wish to substitute {hardware}, paint the cupboards, dangle a brand new towel bar–I didn’t wish to waste a single greenback on bettering this area. (I’m the boring penny-pincher in my household, are you able to inform?) Truthfully, other than being small, it’s advantageous. Does the off-center gentle fixture, bathe tile grout that by no means truly comes clear, and peeling linoleum flooring drive us insane? In fact. However our earlier 1905 Eastside house had one small toilet downstairs and off the kitchen, so an “en suite”, small as it’s, felt and nonetheless feels very luxurious. I knew that when we saved up, our “sometime” rework would come ultimately, so investing any time into this area felt pointless.
Listed here are a couple of extra images earlier than demo actually began:
The Youngsters’
On the opposite aspect of our toilet wall is my daughters’ toilet–equally hideous and splendid. I say luxurious, once more, as a result of I shared a really small toilet with my mother and father and brother rising up, so what a deal with it’s for my daughters to have their very own. This area has additionally not been touched in 4 years. Between bathtub occasions when my ladies had been little, enjoying nail salon, and doing the mad morning-dash to get off to high school, I’ve truly spent much more time on this toilet than my very own. The urge to do a couple of of these small updates on this toilet got here… after which, ultimately, dissipated. Ultimately, the linoleum remains to be the linoleum, and the off-center lighting will nonetheless be off-center. The time and sources for the small updates simply didn’t make sense to me.
If it’s not tremendous apparent from these images, these bogs are tiny. As a result of it’s not financially an choice to broaden the general footprint, the very best we are able to do is make them extra practical and extra fairly. In comes Miss Henderson 🙂
AllModern reached out to Emily a couple of partnership a couple of months in the past, and all of us felt like this could possibly be the proper alternative to lastly do some updating. They’ve an ideal collection of toilet objects, from vanities to lighting to plumbing–a little bit of a one-stop store.
To be very trustworthy with you, bogs stump me, design-wise. The whole lot feels (and is!) SO everlasting. I had a tough time actually figuring out what I even wished for our main toilet. I pulled photos of so many wonderful items from AllModern’s website, however couldn’t get a cohesive design going that felt like us. However then, late one night time throughout a doom scroll, I noticed my pal and unimaginable prop stylist/designer right here in Portland, Karie Higgins, posted a photograph of an attractive toilet with a BAINA towel in it. This led me to BAINA’s web site, the place I fell in love with the colour scheme of one in all their stack of towels, and the remainder is historical past.
As soon as I’d selected colours I favored, all the things else began to fall into place. I discovered this attractive white oak self-importance and paired it with this medication cupboard.
I used to be additionally fairly offered on each the flooring and the bathe being blue sq. tile. I instantly pulled out all of the samples I’d gathered once we redid our hearth and ordered a bunch extra. We ultimately landed on this beautiful gentle blue tile that Fireclay generously gifted. We’ll be utilizing 2×2 squares on the ground and 4×4 squares within the bathe.
Right here’s the moodboard I despatched to Emily a few months in the past. Truthfully, I used to be simply hoping she wouldn’t hate it—as a result of by that time, I used to be utterly offered on the entire thing. Excellent news: she cherished it too.
Drugs Cupboard | Vainness | Tile | Checkered Towels | Striped Towels
Transferring on to the youngsters’ bathtub…
Making selections for his or her toilet felt a bit simpler than for ours. We knew we didn’t wish to go too “little woman” in right here. My daughters are nearly 5 and eight, so it might be fairly simple to get carried away and design for his or her ages now. We nonetheless wished it to be enjoyable, however hopefully, a rest room they’ll get pleasure from after they’re of their teenagers, as effectively.
We discovered this beautiful self-importance and paired it with a giant built-in mirror/medication cupboard.
Fireclay was type sufficient to present us tile for each the first bathtub and for our ladies’ toilet. We’re going with this attractive 2×2 creamy-colored sq. tile for the ground and will probably be doing a 4×4 sample for the tub partitions on this enjoyable, heat yellow and pale pink. Whereas the tile was ordered with the intention of doing a checkered sample, we all know I really like checkered, I’m questioning if a stripe could be fairly as an alternative?
Drugs Cupboard | Vainness | Wall Tile (yellow and pink) | Flooring Tile
Drugs Cupboard | Vainness | Wall Tile (yellow and pink) | Flooring Tile
And, that’s the place we stand in the present day! Demo started a couple of weeks in the past, and the crew (thanks, Afore!) is plugging alongside. Tile needs to be beginning within the subsequent week or so. Excited to share the completed product with you all within the coming weeks 🙂
Opening Picture Credit: Photograph by Kaitlin Inexperienced | From: Kaitlin’s 70s Impressed, Colourful And Cool Residing Room Revealed (Y’all, I’m So Jealous)
