house stuffs

so that never-ending bathroom renovation? almost finished. here are some photos! you'll notice all thats left to do is for me to switch out the old light switches with some new ones, along with cover plates. we ran into quite a few problems with this one... about a month ago [?] i finally finished tiling the walls and the floor, and finished painting the walls. ian grouted. we installed the toilet and started hooking up all the plumbing fixtures. thats odd... the toilet is all warm and steamy. [could be nice on a cold winter night; not so much in the basement in the summer]. but the shower was right. turns out, the plumber hooked the toilet up wrong, and we'd have to bust all the new work to see what he did wrong. grrr.... so ian switches the pipes on the outside going into the toilet and sink. well, the plumber had tied everything in together, so now the shower is backwards. we can live with it :) so, we've got a few photos of the overall bathroom, a nice shot of the tile, and some great recessed wall boxes and some found art. i'm loving it.










with all the house painting that went on last summer, we've realized we weren't happy with the green that we chose, and decided to go blue. its a nice smokey blue grey, and it looks great. its hard to tell from the pics because its been so dreary out lately, but heres an overall shot, plus a closeup showing the old green as well. we still need to paint the front trim and railings and tile the porch, but we are on our way.






the new project that will now be taking up alot of my time is my new office. my current one just isn't working out, so i am moving into a larger room in the house, and turning current office into a guest room. the new office is on the bottom floor, and will look out on the back yard, which will be a pleasant change. first, here are some shots of the room when i bought the house:








a little blah, right? well, first thing to go was the paneling. which revealed crumbling plasterwork, and then the brick wall on the exterior facing walls. we've decided to go with it and have an exposed brick wall. i need to finish up removing the plaster in a few areas, then we'll be cleaning and sealing the brick. next steps would be patching drywall and fixing the other walls, installing new windows and getting the nasty carpet out of there and laying a laminate floor. we're still figuring out the ceiling + lighting, but we've got a good start on the room. here's how its looking now:










looking good, right? i'm hoping to get back on that project later in the week, but with all the freelance work and wedding plans/dress making, it may be on hold for another week. but now its time for a lunch break, then back on a freelance project. busy busy aimee!