Plank Ceiling Progress Pictures

How are you today, my friends?

I hope this was a wonderful Wednesday for you! And just think~ we are over half way until another weekend!

{I feel as if I could use the weekend right about now, how about you?}

Well now...

Do you remember how I promised you a plank ceiling preview? I have some pictures for you, to show you how it's all coming along. I was just having the darnedest time capturing how the ceiling (primed and painted 2x now) really looks. Part of the problem was waiting until after dinner to take pictures! The sun was going down, and taking all the light with it. SO...there is my disclaimer. ;)

Obviously I waited too long in the day to take this picture as well! But it gives you the general idea of how the ceiling looked before spackling and priming.

And that hole in the middle of the ceiling is meant to be there~ our chandelier goes there! :)

{Sorry for the blurred portion of this picture~ it doesn't really look like that!}

This is how it looks now. I have at least one more coat to go, and a lot of caulking to do! And thank goodness for caulk, because that will hide all the seams where the boards didn't butt up against each other as tight as I wanted. {I made sure, however, to leave gaps on both far ends on every row of planks. This will allow for expansion and contraction of the planks...}

So this is partly what I have been up to this week! And do you remember the beadboard ceiling we put up in the master bathroom?

And how I never showed you whole room pictures because of waiting for the new fan to be installed? Well, it finally is, and I have been working to wrap up a few little details in the room. Hopefully I will have full room shots by the weekend!

What have you been up to this week? I'd love to hear! :)

I hope you each have a beautiful Thursday, and a restful night! Thank you for stopping by!

Blessings to you~

Jenni

The chandelier is up! {The Master Bath}

Hello friends!

Are you having a good week so far? I sure hope so! :)

It has been almost two weeks since I last posted...you know, I never actually plan "blog breaks"~ they just kind of happen! Life gets crazy and one day turns into a week, into two weeks...I keep saying I am going to be more consistent, but obviously have yet to make that goal!


But anyway...do you remember how we finished the bead board ceiling in our master bath?

Well, two weekends ago, I put the chandelier together, and my husband and I installed it! Well actually, my husband did most of the installing. {Although I did hold it up while he screwed it in!} ;)



We deliberately left a little space between the ceiling and the chandelier for now, because I had been touching up around that area a couple of days before... (Not so bright, I know!) But we will let the ceiling fully cure before tightening the chandelier tight against the ceiling.


{The mirror will be on the empty wall behind chandelier.}


I did find a large vintage mirror that I like, and it was exactly the style I was looking for. It did need a little gluing on a couple of the corner joints, which David did for me. I will be painting it a bright white, and hopefully it will be done by this weekend! I will be sure to show you a picture when it's up, plus a "before" picture. :)


{Keeping it real here...note ugly old fan...}

We still have the ceiling fan to replace, and it will surely look better than it does now! I am almost positive that the fan there now must have been the original one installed when our house was built...forty-three years ago...It is SO loud!


{"Lights on" picture}

SO...the gray paint above the bead board is done. The bead board and chair rail has been primed and painted, as has the vanity cabinet. We still need to replace the fan, of course; and I need finish the caulking, sew a sink skirt~


{picture courtesy of Country Living}

make a curtain for the window, and replace the faucet. This is the one I am going to order:

{picture courtesy of Overstock.com}


{Do you have an opinion on which faucet handle is best? I am leaning toward the last one, but the solid lever one is nice, too...}

It is finally all coming together, and I am loving my bathroom for the first time ever! It really feels like a different room, and that is a very good thing! ;)

By the way, I wanted to say Happy Spring to you all! We made it! (And I really think the worst of winter is behind us now.) :)

And I will leave you with a gorgeous bathroom inspiration picture I recently found at Better Homes and Gardens:




I hope you have a wonderful night, and a great Thursday!

Blessings to you~

Jenni