My Rast saga is over. Last night I poly’d the drawer fronts and brought the rest of the drawer pieces inside to warm up by the fire.
Looks cozy, right? Here are the rest of the pieces.
The upside of taking so long to furnish your house is you have loads of workspace. Glass half full, no?
I poly’d the drawers, assembled and voila. They’re done. Not sure I’m a fan of the pulls, but they will do for now. Overall not shabby pieces for under $100.
The saga of the Rast Hack continues. Given I nearly fumed us out of the house I moved my work to the garage where it’s about 32 degrees. Or less. Which means the stain is taking forever to dry. I poly’d the frame and finished painting the drawer fronts but I am still staining the rest of the drawer pieces. While closing the stain yesterday, I managed to splatter stain all over the just finished white drawer fronts. Oy. S after scrubbing, sanding and another coat of paint I should be able to poly the fronts today. I doubt the rest of the drawers are finished drying so poly may have to wait another day or so. Can I say this has turned into the longest. Project. Ever?
With that said, we (we = mostly my husband) managed completed Phase 2 of our man bath makeover (you didn’t hear about Phase 1? i probably was too covered in paint to discuss it). Phase 2 involved ripping out the old tile & putting in travertine, of which I purchased WAY too much (thank you, Lowes, for your return policy). Here are some before and afters.
Before:
– pinkish tile
– old faucet, light fixture, hardware
– brown vanity
After:
– travertine tile (which seems to have the same pink hue but hoping I just need an eye exam because if we went through all this effort and ended up with the same tile I’d be a little annoyed)
– new hardware, faucet, light & mirror
– white vanity
We obviously kept the almond tub and toilet. A white tub, tile and toilet will run us about $1K and I’d prefer to put that into our kitchen.
Hooray for another completed project!
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