Renovation :: Basement Bathroom and Hallway

May 25 2018,

Ahhh. Another section of the house done.

Slowly but surely we are renovating the home. We have been in the house for approximately 7.5 years. And things are coming along.

With this renovation, we finally did the basement bathroom and hallway.

Let me take you on a tour. Here is what it was when we bought the house.

And after.

I used elements similar to the guest bathroom. In this bathroom, I used bigger subway tiles and the finish was matte. I used the same tile for the floor. The glass tile behind the sink was slightly smaller, but in the same color. The room was painted white. It's simple and functional and gives a clean feeling.

We also recently got the basement hallway done. Yesterday we hung our art on the wall. We still have to do a few painting touch up, change an outlet to a prettier outlet, change one door, make doors for the water heater cabinet and put in hand rails. But the bulk of the work is done. Phew.

These are pictures of the area before we moved in. The last owner had two sets of washer and dryer. One here and one upstairs in a closet. They took the better of the two when they moved, so would I. So they took the one here. I love where the current washer and dryer is, because it is next to the bedrooms. No hauling of things up and down, up and down.

Below are pictures during the renovation.

This green wall below on the left side was slightly bubbled. Hubby took it all the way down to the studs and fixed it so that it did not look funny. 

After renovation. We had original painted the whole area with Sherwin Williams SW6240 Windy Blue. After we painted it, we realized it was way too dark. So we repainted it the next day and chose Sherwin Williams SW7551 Greek Villa. We have Greek Villa in a bunch of other rooms, and I love the white.

Below is the repainting with Greek Villa.

This is a metal wall art that I found at an estate sale a few years ago. It was at a Boston architect's home. This is a landscape of Boston. It has the prudential, the Boston garden, the state house, the north church and other places of interest to Boston. For $39.00, it was a steal.

Below is a tjap from Indonesian that my folks hauled all the way from Jakarta for me. Below is "Hoot Hoot".

There are three other tjaps in the room.

So there, two rooms done. We still have the master bedroom and bathroom to do. I don't know when the plan is, but nothing has been said. Hopefully not soon. We also have to paint one side of the house this summer. Easy peasy, just have to find a few good days to work on it.

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