About a month ago Popster & I decided it was time to up-date our bathroom..............why now when I am back to work & presently working 6 days a week....I have no clue. It's just the way we do things around here!
Our bathroom is the original & I had painted & decaled(spell checker doesn't like this word) the vanities to "pretty" it up but it is peach! How many people do you know that have a "peach" bathroom????? We are "gutting" the entire room down to the studs!! Yikes!
We went out looking for ideas & finally had our "plumbing guy" come over to see what he thought. He told us to go out & get all the fixtures & call him when we were ready. He also gave us a list of what we needed & where to go for everything. It rained a couple of weeks ago & I had the day off so I called Popster & told him to meet me at our local plumbing store. We started with the tub & shower surround, which was pretty simple. From there on to the toilet........this is when it started.........what height? round or oval? what color? Okay, enough of that lets move on to the vanity. It just got more complicated so I finally said I like this how much? Then on to the faucets & shower head.........wow more choices! We finally had a pretty good idea of what we liked & got prices............another Yikes! I decided to check out a couple more places seeing I had the afternoon off. So glad I did as the exact same vanity was about $150 cheaper, linen tower $200 cheaper & the counter & sink $100 cheaper!
We ended up going to the second place a week later to order the vanity, top & linen tower. Our sales person's name was Wolfgang.........would I lie.......& he wrote with a "flourish" at the end of every word. It took an hour to order those 3 items...............I have never had to make so many decisions like .....dovetail or regular drawers?, 31" or 35" high? toe kick or not? recessed or straight sink? what shape? I, of course pick a shape that can only be recessed which I didn't want!
Anyway we finally got it ordered & then went on to the plumbing store to answer more questions like the shape of the toilet! Who cares! We still need to go out to pick out tile & light fixtures............not yet my mind needs a break!
We are also replacing all the doors in the hallway at the same time but that "ordering fiasco" will be another whole post for another day!
Our bathroom is the original & I had painted & decaled(spell checker doesn't like this word) the vanities to "pretty" it up but it is peach! How many people do you know that have a "peach" bathroom????? We are "gutting" the entire room down to the studs!! Yikes!
We went out looking for ideas & finally had our "plumbing guy" come over to see what he thought. He told us to go out & get all the fixtures & call him when we were ready. He also gave us a list of what we needed & where to go for everything. It rained a couple of weeks ago & I had the day off so I called Popster & told him to meet me at our local plumbing store. We started with the tub & shower surround, which was pretty simple. From there on to the toilet........this is when it started.........what height? round or oval? what color? Okay, enough of that lets move on to the vanity. It just got more complicated so I finally said I like this how much? Then on to the faucets & shower head.........wow more choices! We finally had a pretty good idea of what we liked & got prices............another Yikes! I decided to check out a couple more places seeing I had the afternoon off. So glad I did as the exact same vanity was about $150 cheaper, linen tower $200 cheaper & the counter & sink $100 cheaper!
We ended up going to the second place a week later to order the vanity, top & linen tower. Our sales person's name was Wolfgang.........would I lie.......& he wrote with a "flourish" at the end of every word. It took an hour to order those 3 items...............I have never had to make so many decisions like .....dovetail or regular drawers?, 31" or 35" high? toe kick or not? recessed or straight sink? what shape? I, of course pick a shape that can only be recessed which I didn't want!
Anyway we finally got it ordered & then went on to the plumbing store to answer more questions like the shape of the toilet! Who cares! We still need to go out to pick out tile & light fixtures............not yet my mind needs a break!
We are also replacing all the doors in the hallway at the same time but that "ordering fiasco" will be another whole post for another day!
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