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My least favorite element of the bathroom was the green sponge painting.\u00a0 You can see it on the door.\u00a0 It was everywhere!\u00a0 That door’s gone, by the way.\u00a0 You can tell we never used it, since it was blocked by a table.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n So here’s what you see when you walk into the bathroom now. We moved the mirror over to where the door used to be.\u00a0 No more green sponge paint!\u00a0 The counter top is custom laminate called “ribbon wood”.\u00a0 It was really a cost effective way to go, and since there was a minimum order, we have 3 feet of it left over to add a shelf on the other side of the room (at some point.)<\/p>\n The lights are taped to the back of the mirror, and the power cord runs directly into the wall.\u00a0 No visible plugs or switches, but there is a remote control if we want to switch colors.\u00a0 LED technology is really cool.\u00a0 You can see a Facebook video<\/a> of these very lights going through their cycle of colors.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Remember my thoughts on the green sponge paint?\u00a0 There was a bank of 6 cabinets at the north end of the room that were completely decorated in that style.\u00a0 Seems I didn’t capture an image before, so just imagine it with me.\u00a0 That sponge paint was covering at least 10 layers of paint, and they were inset doors (read:\u00a0 were either stuck, or couldn’t completely close.\u00a0 It’s the challenge of having a house that moves with the season.)\u00a0 The cabinet doors were replaced with fresh wood, and they lap over the frame, so even if the house shifts, the doors still close beautifully!<\/p>\n Many thanks to Dennis of Gecko Construction for making this transformation happen.\u00a0 It has really improved my enjoyment of our home, and the overall cost was only about $3,500.<\/p>\n Two more big projects to come – the living room\/dining room, and the two upstairs bedrooms.\u00a0 Since there’s no plumbing involved, they should be easy… right?<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Okay, so maybe it’s not totally new, but it sure does make the house feel so much more contemporary!\u00a0 Facebook popped up a memory today from 7 years ago.\u00a0 That was when the awesome Wade Hamm saved us by putting … Continue reading <\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>Do you notice the glow from behind the mirror?\u00a0 That’s LED lights hardwired in.\u00a0 Anyone who’s stayed at our place over night probably noticed that we kept rope lights that ran along the ceiling on all the time.\u00a0 It was a nice soft glow when you wake up at 3 in the morning.\u00a0 Because we liked that so much, we wanted to make it permanent.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Here’s an image of how that actually works.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>Anyone ever want more storage in their bathroom?\u00a0 We went from the 6 large cabinets, and then added 3 more under the sink.\u00a0 I’ve got TONS of storage.<\/p>\n