Week 4 -One Room Challenge

One Room Challenge – Week 4 – Halfway there!

One Room Challenge Week 4 bathroom renovation. Come along the journey of renovating a bathroom with DIY projects and creative solutions.

Oh, we are halfway there and I am living on the edge because not much has been done since last week and time is running out. We have been waiting for supplies to arrive and they finally arrived today. We are into the fourth week of the 8 weeks One Room Challenge.

I was hoping to have a dramatic reveal of the shower body and tiles on the walls for you. But with the delay in the arrival of the shower body, I couldn’t make that happen. Since we have the shower body now, it’s full steam ahead.

To recap, the One Room Challenge is a bi-annual interior design event that was created by Linda from Calling it Home. She created this event to inspire and challenge interior designers, and design enthusiasts to complete a room makeover in 8 weeks. Also, this event is media sponsored by Apartment Therapy.

You can see my previous posts here…

Week 1, Week 2, Week 3

Design style

The look I am going for in this bathroom is classic with a touch of modernity. A beautiful marble herringbone pattern tile will accent the wall above the vanity to keep with the classic style.

The bathtub area will be wrapped with 12″ X 24″ white Thassos tile to keep it simple and not to compete with the herringbone tile.

Modern touches

To add a bit of modern flair to the bathroom, I am adding a 10″ square showerhead and a sleek waterfall bathtub faucet.

The black vanity faucets, towel bar, and toilet paper holder will have a modern feel with their straight lines.

DIY project for the One Room Challenge – Week 4

As I mentioned in my previous post, I purchased the vanity and the tile years ago anticipating the renovation of this bathroom. The vanity has shaker-style doors and is a bit traditional.

As time went on my style shifted from traditional and moved towards a bit more modern.

I came across this great tutorial using pole wrap by The_Avantgarde which inspired me to alter the fronts of the drawer to modernize the vanity.

I am a bit nervous trying this out, but if it doesn’t work I can just paint the vanity and call it a day. Wish me luck!

Here’s the idea of the pole wrap drawer front. I think I love it!

To-Do List- Bathroom renovation-

• Run electricity for sconces and ceiling light – Done
• Run Plumbing–Done
• Purchase a new black shower and tub faucet
• Purchase new black sink faucets
• Waterproof shower walls
• Purchase wall sconces and ceiling light
• Lighting and exhaust fan 
• Floor tile
• Tile behind vanity and tub walls 
• Grout shower walls, floor
• Pole wrap the vanity drawer fronts
• Install vanity faucet
• Install toilet
• Put in new shower fixtures
• Add molding 
• Paint walls
• Install skylight
• Add finishing touches 

I hope you come back next week to see the progress. I hope to have lots to show you.

Be sure to visit the other participants at the One Room Challenge. You are sure to find inspiration from these amazingly creative and talented people.