Last Bathroom Renovation Post!!

Thank goodness!! No more boring posts about our bathroom renovations!!!

We've just about got it wrapped up....

A few things we did recently -

Let me first say that I saw a very dark stained oak cabinet in the custom kitchen section at the local Lowe's store. I wanted it to use in the bathroom for towel storage since I've done away with the vanity. The salesman said that it would be special order and 3-4 weeks. Bummer. I'm into instant gratification on the home improvement front.

So, we just bought a off-the-shelf oak cabinet....hey - I can just stain it dark!!

Here it is, out of the box. Nice honey oak finish....





After several attempts at stripping some really tough polyurethane finish, I finally sanded the finish away! Many days later....I'm applying the dark finish here.



Many coats of stain and polyurethane later - I have the cabinet I wanted!! (and saved about $200 over the special order cabinet too!!)



Never leaving anything alone......

The original medicine cabinet was pretty generic - just a painted slat door. I thought about replacing it with something different, but opted to go the easy route and keep it (this required no extra sheetrock work!!)

I wasnt' thrilled with the paint - so....I removed it and stained it dark....to match the towel cabinet.....



After:



OK - last time you'll see this embarrassing photo (although many of you remember the actual room!!)

Here's the "BEFORE" shot:


And two views of the "AFTER":



Glad to be mostly finished - and now it's time to clean up all the dust and tools all around the rest of the house!!!