Merry Christmas!
I was lucky enough to spend Christmas in southern Illinois with friends and family, but unfortunately Blaine was called out to a rig and couldn’t come with me.
December has been a slow month for house progress, but I’ll share with you what little progress we’ve made.
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| Lincoln on Christmas Eve at Hannah’s Hill |
Earlier this month, Blaine started walling up the showers with cement board.
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| Downstairs shower |
Each bathing area will have a water-safe dimmable light in the ceiling.
And the two showers will have benches.
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| Downstairs shower bench |
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| Bench inspiration Source unknown |
Blaine is making little cubbies in the bathing area walls. They will each have a niche to hold shampoo, soap and other accessories. I think they will be handy to have and hopefully not too much trouble to clean!
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| White subway tile niche inspiration |
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| Source Niche inspiration |
In the upstairs guest bath, we’re planning to keep the old cast iron tub. My inspiration for this tub/shower is Miss Mustard Seed’s master bath. I like the way she enclosed her old tub with marble tile, hid the curtain rod behind casing, and used dual curtains.
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| Upstairs guest bath inspiration |
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| Upstairs guest bath |
In the master bath, we’re adding a half-wall to hide the toilet.
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| Master bath half-wall |
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| Half-wall inspiration via Lane McNab |
The master shower is bigger than the one downstairs.
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| Master shower bench |
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| Master shower |
That’s all the progress inside for now!
On the outside, we’re still chipping away at the siding installation.
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| South side still waiting to be clad in navy siding |
And for Christmas, we received the sweetest gift to put at the end of the drive.
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| New mailbox, post, and sign Thanks Mom, Dad and aunt Julie! 🙂 |
Wishing you all the best for a healthy, happy, and prosperous 2017!