Another snippet of our house! The master bath is something that we know we're lucky to have in the area we live in. Most houses in this area are 1 bathroom houses and so when we found this house with a MASTER?  At a decent price?  We were stoked!

Realistically, the master bathroom was the only room in the house that didn't need anything but a coat of paint. The floors were ok, the walls in good shape and while the color choices weren't my first choice, I could live with them until the time came when I had the money to demo and renovate.

We have these beautiful old pedestal sinks. They really are pretty.  HOWEVER, no storage. zip. nada. no place to put your toothbrush!  Hard to see, but I added a tiny Ikea shelf to the right of the window sink to hold our toothbrushes.  Not the most ideal situation design wise, but at least we have somewhere to sit something.  Unfortunately these sinks aren't conducive to counter space - the soap bottles have a hard time balancing because of the grooves in the actual sink for a bar of soap.  Who uses a bar of soap any more?!?

If you turn to the left, you can see our shower.  The doorway to enter the bath is to the right of this dresser.  So, this massive dresser - which houses my hair dryer, all the girly essentials and my husband's stuff, extra towels, etc is kind of not a great solution because the side of it is the first thing you see when you walk into the bathroom and it's big.  too big.  The shower was a plain shower with forest green tile and clear glass doors. We have two daughters who have no sense of privacy, so in order to give my husband some modesty, I installed this window film on the outside of the glass (I bought it at 2jane).  It works to provide the right amount of privacy for the person showering.  Ideally, I want a bigger shower that has a little more privacy and a different prettier tile.  

This is the other side of the bathroom (to take this photo, I'm standing in the doorway - see how close that dresser is?!).  We have a lovely room in which our toilet has been cornered.  It's a true "throne" room and I do NOT feel like a princess when I go into this room.  In fact, I feel like I'm on display.  It's not a good plan.  If you're building a house, do not do this.  It's a no-no.   I added a random shelf to the wall with hooks for towels and robes.  That's the only towel storage we have.  And you can see the floor is not horrible - not my favorite, but not horrible.  

To the right, you can see the entry to our master closet. We spent the money and outfitted this room with tall Ikea closet system and it.is.fabulous. Best decision ever. I also had our gorgeous hardwoods put into the closet.  Love that.