Not Just Another DIY Bathroom Renovation

Soooo much happening around here! Excited to share with you some of our DIY bathroom progress! I will say, however that this isn’t even half of what’s been going on. That’ll come later, but for now cheers to another DIY bathroom renovation!

Don’t you find it interesting when people make the proclamation that “it’s so great when you live in a house for awhile before you rip it all apart, that way you can really get to know the home and how you want it to be.” When we first moved in I would’ve completely disagreed. I couldn’t wait to start this process.

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And, oh when that first demo day arrived I was like a fully inflated balloon almost ready to pop with anticipation. I waited for this day and I couldn’t wait to swing that hammer! Then that day came and I spent hours banging nails out of individual plank boards that we decided to save and use later in one of the cabins.

Seriously did they need 36 nails in one board?

I’m happy to report I got the hammer swinging out of my system!

So I’ll start with the bathroom because that’s our main focus right now.

Just to give you a clear picture in your head about this…there is no shower in the house currently. Lucky for us we have 7 units that give us the opportunity to be fresh on the daily. And while I’m grateful for that, I mustn’t need to remind you that we live in the upper peninsula of Michigan…and it’s the second week of deer camp…a little “Da’ Yoopers” reference…not everyone will get it and that’s ok…just know that the snow’s a flyin’ and baby it’s cold outside!

See – proof! Bob taking the resort road signs down for the season…so handy and handsome – how’d I get so lucky?

While I’d like to say that I have adorable snow bunny pants and cute coat outfit to bundle up in, I’m usually on my way to the shower and not thinking of looking pretty…so big fluffy robe it is.

I’m pretty sure the guy staying in unit #7 the other night thought I was an escapee from the nut house in my oh-so-warm pink wrapped robe (thanks mom! I still got it!), while walking 2 little ankle biters to another unit for my nightly routine.

And did I mention I didn’t notice him standing there in the dark and about jumped out of my skin at his deep voiced “hello.” I mean really I thought it was Freddy Kruger in my nightmare at Twin Cedars.

My point? Renovations are not glamorous but so worth it!

Bob (my husband – in the past I’ve used the first letter of names but I’m pretty sure that anyone who wanted to find out who we are could, since we hope you do by checking out our resort…the whole reason for this crazy adventure – sorry about that tangent) and I spent almost an entire day shopping online for our bathroom vanity and fixtures.

Our DIY Bathroom Picks

You see we live at least an hour and a half from any home improvement/specialty stores. But really I’m thinking online shopping is the way to go as far as the amount of selection available. The downside? You have a HUGE selection available. That means you spend forever picking.

So our Saturday went something like this…get up have coffee and start scouring the interwebs. Pick a few, delete a few. Check some reviews, delete a few more. Click and compare. Then there were 2. I swear you guys I went back and forth on every possible good and bad thing about both vanities.

The conclusion? We went with 1 and the other we’ll use next year during our master bath reno – unless I change my mind cause there will probably be like 85,000 more to choose from. Speaking of, have you seen the DIY bathroom before and afters from our other house? I did take my advise on the do’s and don’ts of a bathroom remodel from that post.

Once the vanity was picked out we went for the rest of it and ordered the shower head and sink fixtures. Love them both!