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Let’s match the bedroom to the bathroom. Purple, mid century modern and bold

This fall for the One Room Challenge fall edition I’m tackling the Main bathroom and this will be my biggest renovation yet!! I will be gutting my bathroom and adding a little more space by removing the closet in the bathroom. I already have a HUGE main closet in the bedroom so this one is not necessary. I’m not 100% sure what I will use that extra space for, but the ideas floating around at the moment is to add a free standing tub or flip the plumbing to turn it into the laundry closet.

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Image of the moodboard for the Main bathroom renovation. Includes an image of a gold shower with multiple jets, a marble sink, a golf single handle faucet, walnut vanity and 4 different tiles. One tile is a hexagon marble, the other three are subway tiles two in different shades of purple and one golden yellow
Main bathroom moodboard

For the bathroom I’m going all out creating the bathroom of my dreams but still with a focus on function. What’s the point of having something pretty but it doesn’t work for how I use the space? Let’s dive into the fixtures I’ve chosen and what makes them functional for my space.

The Shower

I am choosing to go with a rainshower/ handheld shower/body jet shower system. It may seem excessive but what function does it serve me? The rain shower and handheld will be great when washing my hair. I have curly hair and I want to make sure to get all the shampoo/conditioner out.

One thing for sure, there was no way I would have just a rain shower head without anything else because I don’t get my hair wet everyday and wouldn’t want to mess up my hair style. But this combination seems to be a great way to clean my body and have versatility.

The Tile

Purple, purple purple. I chose my tile November 2021, thats how long I’ve been gushing over this tile. The tile comes from the Tile Shop and it comes in a rainbow of colors. In my case I chose Aubergine and Mirtillo, two deep purple subway tiles which I think will go well together.

I used aubergine to help me choose the color of my main bedroom paint. If you haven’t seen the main bedroom makeover check it out!

Finally For the shower floor I will use a purple veined marble tile. This will be a great way to break up the deep purple in the rest of the shower. Same with the Dijon subway tile which will go around the vanity.

The Vanity and Cabinet

Vanities suck. A functional vanity honestly seems like a misnomer because let’s be honest vanities aren’t made for people to use them. Most have drawers that are too small, have huge door openings to accommodate the plumbing but it’s hard to store much under there.

The Ikea Godmorgon cabinet is one of the few I’ve found that has full drawers. I also love drawers because they help me “see” what I have.

The other vanity I considered was from rejuvenation but I found a dupe by Modway from Amazon at a quarter of the cost BUT it wouldn’t be available until March 2023.

The tall cabinet will serve as a bathroom linen storage to store towels, bathroom accessories, and basically give things a space but also not too deep where I will forget its there.

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I have thought of so much when designing this bathroom. The first item I sourced for this bathroom was back in 2020 and I have been storing items in my garage until I could start the reno.

This will be a mostly full gut of the bathroom renovation. We will see whats behind the walls, rebuild the shower, a build up from there. Hope you stay along for the journey

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It's that time again for another One Room Challenge (ORC). I participated for the first time in the Spring starting phase one of the kitchen renovation. I will do a post later on this month how the spring challenge went. Hint: I finished it this week!

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Customizing the kitchen one drawer and cabinet at a time as part of the ORC

It’s that time again for another One Room Challenge (ORC). I participated for the first time in the Spring starting phase one of the kitchen renovation. I will do a post later on this month how the spring challenge went. Hint: I finished it this week!

ORC spring 2022 moodboard for a kitchen renovation. Image shows the current kitchen witchery staines cabinets. The plan is to paint the kitchen cabinets a dark color, replace the faucet, tile a backsplash and the three colors in the color story are Tricorn black, Canyon Orange and Agreeable gray all by sherwin williams
Breakfast Bar
Look at me so proud of this kitchen
Cabinets were painted black, gold hardware

This is what was completed in the Spring! I continues on after June and got so much done!

What is the One room challenge?

The One Room Challenge (ORC) is hosted by Better Homes and Gardens and it is challenge where there are no winners and losers. You are challenging yourself to complete a room in any manner you see fit during the specified 8-week timeline. We are not competing against each other only our past self. The goal isa to make a plan, tackle it, encourage others along the way and show your progress each week. I like the format because it gives me a reason to make regular posts and show my progress rather than wait to a big reveal.

Fall ORC Plan

With the Fall ORC, I decided I still wanted to participate but take it easy. So instead of tackling a whole new room, I am continuing with my kitchen but give it the upgrades you tend to see in a showroom, but on a budget! In the spring several things happened that added to the kitchen budget. My fridge stopped working which forced me to get a brand new French drawer refrigerator. It is beautiful but not originally in the plan. Next, when I removed the wood paneling behind the breakfast bar, there was MOLD! I took several days to patch and remediate the issue. Removing the paneling was difficult and along with it the plantation shutters came off. As a result some damage was done but it was weeks before I got it back up.

The moodboard

Mood board showing the plan for the One room Challenge ORC. Board and Batten to go behind orange breakfast bar, custom cabinet door and drawer inserts and a new dishwasher
ORC Fall Mood Board

By take it easy…I really hope this is it because it sort of seems like a lot. The goal is to make the kitchen function better and to have things inside more organized! The only design element is the board and batten. I removed paneling in the Spring and now the walls seem too bare. The board and batten will come in here, it will give the walls a little more texture and will be great for hanging garlands and lights come Christmas!

Dishwasher Replacement

Next is the dishwasher, I currently have a Samsung dishwasher I hate. Nothing gets quite clean and I tend to wait until I can fill it up to run a cycle. Dishes can be in there for a week or more unless I make a crazy meal. The solution for me is a Fisher and Paykel Dish Drawer, there are two drawers. The drawers can run independently and are great for smaller loads.

Custom Drawer Insert

Make it look built in!

Current drawer. Shows a very messy drawer with mismatched wood drawer inserts and utensils not quite fitting inside. This will change for the ORC
Current drawer inserts

Finally, the custom drawer and cabinet inserts…this is what separates high end kitchens from regular ones. I will be doing these on a budget as much as I can, DIY using wood I already have. Why? Part of it to show that it can be done and partly because they are expensive and I want a more affordable option. For example the Rev-a-shelf metal version of the trashcan pull out is $50 -$110. If you look at the image below…the custom looking one is three pieces of plywood put together!

Trashcan Drawer

For the next 8 weeks the nuts and bolts so to speak will be transformed. DIY is to make my home work for me and finishing this kitchen project will do just that. Follow along with me here on the Blog and on Instagram @afroandreno to see my progress on the Fall ORC!

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