Master Bathroom - Magazine Feature

I can already tell this is going to be a great week! For one, our master bathroom feature in Cottages and Bungalows magazine comes out tomorrow! I can hardly contain my excitement to see how it turns out.

A couple months ago an editor with the magazine emailed me that they were compiling a gallery of bathrooms of those that do not live in a historic house but want historic charm and character. I was thrilled when she wanted to include ours!

Here is what we started with...

Looking into the master bath from the master bedroom before we moved in {say hello to Sadie!}

Can you tell the previous owner reeeealy like blue?

The sink, toilet, floors, walls, rugs, and even the inside of the door were BLUE.

Our quick fix was to replace the toilet {much better!}, paint the walls a light grey, and add a white rug.  

Vintage charm, right?

Then we spotted this beauty at a local store. It was just what we had in mind for the master vanity.
We went home to measure our space, bought it the next day, and our master bath remodel was officially underway.

We wanted something that looked like a piece of furniture, had storage {i.e. drawers, shelves}, and wasn't one solid piece. Since our bathroom is so tiny we wanted something "leggy".

Ahhh, marble - how I love thee

And so the fun begins!

Destruction starts... 

A little moderation on site needed but nothing handy hubs can't fix!

The reality of renovating - this was part of our bedroom decor for a week :)

Looots of trips to Lowes

And lots of painting!

Beadboard - going white

Out with the old...

Ooh, and this was weird...

This was inside of our medicine cabinet. Needless to say we were VERY careful when we took it out...

So strange. Who does this?

Ready for a makeover! 

Nail gun is out! 

Beadboard is cut and brought up to its new home

That's right... straight over the tile -- Liquid Nails we love you.

The process of putting up beadboard over tile was not as easy as we imagined, and it took much longer than we expected since we obviously couldn't nail into the tile. So one week and 10 tubes of Liquid Nails later...

No more wall tile! 

Ryan took the marble top to a local granite shop to have the drain and faucet holes cut.
Then it was time to glue on the vanity {we used clear silicone}

We decided that we liked the original blue floors once everything else in the bathroom wasn't blue.
So in an effort to save time and money we kept them. We love the result!
It's just the pop of color our little bathroom needed! 

Stay tuned.... 

Tomorrow I'll show you the finished product!

PS- I wanted to give a special thanks to Emily A. Clark for posting about Living Room Reveal! Her blog is one of my absolute favorites, and I was so flattered. You can check it out {here}!