Victorian House Renovation in Bloomingdale, DC
Dudes – the cornice is up. All around the kitchen ceiling. We are like a hair from being done in the kitchen!!! Do people hug their contractors? Cause I want to (maybe its my thanksgiving mood).
*Ignore the cheetah like moldings – that’s the wood filler covering the nails.
From the pictures its quite obvious that the cornice and the ceiling panels are not entirely flush. it still looks quite good, so if it stays like this I would be ok with it.… Read the rest
That’s the magic number – for the single pieces of subway tile in our bathroom. I don’t think either us or our contractors anticipated quite what that entailed when we set out on this adventure of tiling the whole room floor to ceiling.
We both absolutely LOVE it. It looks great, and the guys did a great job with keeping striaght lines. Which is why it probably took so long.
And, check this out: a door!… Read the rest
More tile. To be sure we made some progress on that front, but how many times can I write about the tile. Ha-ha! That was just a trick, its all about the marble.
The sink was installed on Friday, and hooked up on Saturday (!). Up close:
The only parts left to tile are visible here. We have actually ran into a bit of trouble here. Home Depot/Lowes do not sell short-side cove subway tiles.… Read the rest
We came home on Monday to find this:
At first glance it looked good. But then something looked off. the wall looked wavy?!
Sure enough:
ARGH $^*#@%*&@# its increasingly looking like we aren’t going to be anywhere close to finishing on schedule…… Read the rest
Ok, so so far the feedback on the blog/conversations is that we should just go with wainscoting with subway tile and then paint up top. But I thought I would also do a round up of inspiration pictures to help visualize the two options:
Subway all the way to the ceiling:
Sources: Bryn Alexandra; Young House Love; Horrigan O’Malley Architects; CoCoCozy
And here are some inspiration shots with wainscoting:
Sources: Signature Hardware; Lauren Bradshaw via Design Sponge; Sarah Richardson; Brooklyn Limestone
Well is this helpful?… Read the rest
The Brass Knob warehouse was a treasure trove that we were lucky to discover soon after moving to Bloomingdale. You could also get a pretty good deal if you know how to make one (I can’t, my palms start sweating and I get flustered at the thought of having to haggle).
But anyway, a few weeks ago, we got 6 buckets of 100-year old leaded tiles for $60, courtesy of Sergey!… Read the rest