Week Two | October 4 | Mid Modern Primary Bathroom
For the Fall 2023 One Room Challenge we are tackling our Primary Family Bath — fun and fabulous with an MCM flair.
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Some before photos as well as some images of the inspiration for this project.
Progress: Down to the Studs
If you’ve been around awhile, you’ll remember Poopapalooza I (there was also Poopapalooza II) — the event which lead to this entire two-bathroom saga in the first place. Well, this is the bathroom where it all began — a plugged toilet and sewage overflow plus a toilet shutoff valve that failed leading to hours of water damage before anyone came home to discover it all.
Icky.
And while this is the room where the trouble started, it suffered arguably less damage because the ceiling and walls were relatively less damaged than the downstairs bathroom. So we really didn’t know what we would find when they pulled everything up in here.
Now we know.
So there’s a lot of water damage. A lot.
You can see how the water pooled around the walls — and then wicked up into the drywall. It was also very, very wet under the toilet. Oh, and notice they haven’t truly plugged that toilet — that WILL be fixed ASAP.
PSA: if you are having work done on a bathroom and have your toilet removed for any length of time, INSIST that your plumbers install a toilet plug. It’s REALLY cheap and can save you a lot of heartache in case of a sewage issue. Trust me!
Our plumbers didn’t use one in the downstairs bathroom which lead to Poopapalooza II: the Sequal (which almost cost me my sanity last December).
I just calculated: it has now been 549 days since Poopapalooza I, and I still only have one functional bathroom. Where’s the blame for this: partly a battle with my insurance company and partly a contractor who has not made these projects a priority — oh, and a labor shortage because 1100 homes were destroyed in the Marshall Fire just before Poopapalooza I. But seriously!
Ok. Let’s talk about pretty stuff! Tile! The tile for the Primary Bathroom is also from Modwalls.
Here’s a look back at the day the shipment arrived:
The tile choices are:
Flooring: Brio Glass Mosiac Tile in Palm Springs
Walls: Lush Glass Subway Tile in Peacock (3”x6”)
There are two points of inspiration for this bathroom. First, my family loves to swim, and I have a collection of photographs for this bathroom of us swimming and snorkeling together. And secondly: my elementary school bathroom. I know that sounds strange, but that floor tile looks JUST like my elementary school bathroom’s floor — and it had the coolest sink operated with a foot pedal… it was a school built in the 50’s and there’s just something about that which works in this room. So we are going for it!
This week: electrician and plumbers come. Hopefully we will have some good progress for next week.
Gardening News
The season is winding down, and I am taking stock of what worked and what didn’t this year. Here’s my tomato check-in — a few problems and some things that went well, too.
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I am thankful for your support and wholeheartedly recommend the products I used in this bathroom!
To Linda Weinstein, the creator of the One Room Challenge, I offer my most sincere thanks. Thank you for offering this kind of opportunity and for opening it up to anyone. And to Apartment Therapy, the ORC media sponsor: thank you for making this possible! And to all of the other ORC participants: I’ll be sure to stop by to admire your work! It is always fun to do this together!
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Here’s to another great project and all of the DIY energy that the ORC inspires!
Cheers!
Angela
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