This house has a great Farmhouse Style vibe that Al and I both love. It’s a basic ranch house with simple lines, plain trim and lots of windows. It’s airy and bright, open and comfy for living. It does have a few quirks though that we have on our list to fix.
I admit that when we first looked at this house, I merely glanced at both bathrooms and thought: ‘two full bathrooms, that’s cool.’ without really looking at them, or even walking through their doors. The entire property and house had so many things that were on our ‘list’, plus a few things that were not, but are just awesome (that pond. love. the. pond.) We figured that any issues were fixable, let’s do this.
When we finally got the keys to the place and started cleaning and painting, we both came to the conclusion that the main bathroom needed a serious overhaul. It had it’s original low, ugly brown painted vanity, stained laminate counter and a faucet with two handles (I like a single lever faucet), and the ugly light fixture was rusting out. The noisy lowboy toilet had seen better days. In addition, the faucet in the tub drizzled and the floor was faded, worn and stained.
The biggest problem was that because the room is so small, the door could not open all the way before it would hit a door stop on the back of the rear tub wall. The door stop prevented broken fingers if anyone tried to open the door all the way, but left only a narrow opening to walk through. Both of us were constantly bruising an arm on the door knob, going in and coming out of that bathroom. It functioned as a bathroom, but a total gut job was due. Soon.
We needed to get moved in and so, we made the room as presentable as possible until the big work could be done. I took out a recessed knick knack shelf and filled in the hole, we put up a new light fixture and towel ring, plus a TP holder, all in oil rubbed bronze for more of a farmhouse style. We bought the faucet that we liked too and stored it away for the remod. Finally, I painted the walls a great color: Benjamin Moore’s Indian River. I also painted the ugly brown vanity a light cream and put new hardware on it. It really looked pretty nice, even if it didn’t function as well as it should.
Both Al and I prefer to take showers, the master bathroom has a full tub and is in nice shape, having been remodeled by the previous owners. So, we decided that a smaller shower in this bathroom would allow the rear wall to be moved back enough to open the door fully. And, if the vanity was a couple of inches shallower and 36 inches tall, that would help too.
Getting the job done:
We enlisted the help of a designer at Burdick’s in Tecumseh to help us get this job done. Rhonda was great to work with and everything went super smoothly. The one real glitch was easily taken care of. Steve, the master re-modeler, was also terrific to work with. The stuff he knows how to do is amazing! I was in awe, every day he worked. Both of them worked hard to make sure everything went according to plan and we got the farmhouse style we were looking for.
Our Farmhouse Style Bathroom:
The room is still really tight, but functions a lot better. Getting good photos was really a challenge!
Love the clean look of the all in one sink and counter, so easy to clean. The sink is small, the faucet has that great farmhouse style too. The light fixture has some great clean lines, frosted glass shades. The shower doors have frosted glass too, along with the oil rubbed bronze trim.
Love the bead board doors. There’s a bit of dark brown glaze on the vanity to bring out the detail.
Indian River is a great color for this room, it pulls everything together. I put on a fresh coat of a soft creamy white paint on all the trim and doors.
Look at this floor we found at Carpet on Wheels! It looks amazingly like barn wood, but is a great quality of sheet vinyl. Love it!
We couldn’t be happier with our new farmhouse style bathroom, it looks beautiful, don’t you think?
