Home Renovations Part 2!

Published on January 19, 2013January 19, 2013 by Christina // Misty Mountain Mama

We’ve been hard at work over here! I feel like this whole project would just be done in a matter of weeks if it were not for one thing…

This little cutie. He sure makes it hard to work with power tools and sharp objects and wet paint!

At any rate, we’ve gotten help from my parents and we’ve worked in shifts and we’ve gotten the master bath and bedroom nearly complete! The bathroom is mostly finished, just need to install trim. Need to paint the trim first, though…

Master bath before (when we bought the house).

In progress... we painted the walls green at one point when we had an 'India' theme going in our master bed/bath. Don't ever paint your bathroom walls green. — In progress… we painted the walls green at one point when we had an ‘India’ theme going in our master bed/bath. Don’t ever paint your bathroom walls green.

New toilet, shelf, mirror and vanity. All from Ikea. Except the toilet!

We painted the woodwork white. The walls and fresh, bright sage green. It looks white unless you know it's green. — We painted the woodwork white. The walls and fresh, bright sage green. It looks white unless you know it’s green.

I just LOVE our new bathroom. It’s so much brighter! I feel clean just walking into it! And the sink cabinet is much shallower, so we’ve gained quite a bit of floor space, too.

The guest bath is up next!

10 thoughts on “Home Renovations Part 2!”

Valerie says:

January 20, 2013 at 3:57 am

It is beautiful!! Love it. 😀 There’s a serene feel to it. xx

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Dianna Hobbie says:

January 22, 2013 at 12:45 am

Love your Bathroom, You two are very busy, but it will be nice when all is finish.

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1. Carol says:
  
  February 4, 2014 at 1:58 pm
  
  hello
  i came across your blog and am thinking of having the Lillangen sink installed in my bathroom. Did you have difficulty installing it? I live in the US, and I’m not sure if Ikea’s sinks/plumbing are based on European plumbing standards. I’d like to know what your experience has been with this Ikea sink before I take the plunge to purchase the sink and have a carpenter make me a cabinet to fit this sink.
  
  Thank you so much.
  Caroline
  
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  1. Christina // InThePineTree says:
    
    February 15, 2014 at 4:33 pm
    
    We didn’t have any real difficulty installing it. We did need to buy some extra parts, but it was due to the older plumbing we were working with. The people at Home Depot were very helpful! 🙂
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Anna says:

July 20, 2014 at 4:47 pm

Hi! You bathroom looks fantastic!!! I found your blog while i was searching for images of the Lillangen. I want to install a Lillangen vanity/ mirror cabinet combo very similar to yours, but I’m worried that the mirror cabinet is too deep. Do you ever feel cramped with this set up when at the sink? Does the mirror feel too close? Thank you so much for your input!

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1. Christina // InThePineTree says:
  
  July 20, 2014 at 7:16 pm
  
  You know – Yes. In our other bathroom we did the same sink but did this mirror and it really was much nicer to have it further back: http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/70204942/#/70204942
  
  If I had it to do over again I think I would have either set it back into the wall or get a deeper sink cabinet. It wasn’t too bad until you went to spit when brushing your teeth! 😉
  
  Hope that helps! 🙂
  
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Mia says:

January 21, 2015 at 8:41 am

Hi! The wooden shelving over the toilet – is that the MOLGER? Thanks!

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1. Christina // InThePineTree says:
  
  January 21, 2015 at 10:03 am
  
  It is, yes! 🙂
  
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