Guest Post: Rebekah's Gorgeous Bath

Another day, another room makeover. (I wish I could say that everyday!)

By complete coincidence, today's makeover comes from another paper lover with great style, Rebekah of Wild Ink Press. She bought a home with a studio out back for her letterpresses! Need I say more? (Im dying of jealousy.) Today I'm lucky enough to be introducing another one of her wonderful spaces - her fabulous bathroom! That vanity! Those mirrors! That tub! Swoon. I'll torture you no more. Lets hear all about it...
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So, I want to start right off by thanking Stefanie for letting me share our little before-and-after on her blog. Who doesn't love her meticulous taste and fabulous home design? In fact, I think you'll find in our remodel that a lot of our ideas were, ahem, heavily inspired by her home (although I like to think we just had taste in common in the first place).

Our home is a nice custom house built in the 1990's, and we love its location (by an organic flower farm, a block away from almond orchards, but still biking distance to downtown) in Chico, California. Plus it has great bones, and a fantastic letterpress studio in the back. But the overall interior? Builder beige, or as I like to say, builder blah. We've been slowly remodeling from top to bottom to make it ours, and the most recent endeavor was the bathrooms.

I'm here today to show you the master bath! Let's get the "before" shots in front of your face:


You must forgive the fact that my camera crops so much, this was before I got a new wide-angle lens.

What you see is what you get: oak, oak, everywhere, tile too. Carpet in the bathroom (I'm mean, who does that? it's icky), plus a Jacuzzi tub where the water freezes every time you turn on the jets. Oh, and a toilet which has unreachable and therefore unclean-able regions. Yuck.

So, we devised a plan to renovate, and here is the original inspiration board I drew up:


A serene, calm, master retreat. The source list for the inspiration board is in this post on my blog. We started our remodel in January, and in late April it was finally finished (good things take time!).

Here is the result:

We are sooo happy with how it turned out! And that's even an understatement. There are finishing touches to be done, like I need to paint the baseboards, and we need to install mirrors in the cabinet doors over the toilet. Also stuff like hanging artwork and organizing open shelves so they aren't just baskets only (ideas for me here? I love suggestions!). But for all major intents and purposes, it is finished and beautiful. {Sighs in happiness.}

Here are a few close-ups, vignettes, and touches I love...



The pull-out hamper means that I win the war with my husband over dirty clothes on the bathroom floor. Hooray!

Hope you enjoyed our little master bath redo. We also remodeled our guest bathroom in black and white tile and I hope to share that soon on our blog.

Thanks again to Stefanie - your home is truly awesome.