Monster Project: The Master Bathroom {Progress}

Okay, so these aren't the photos I was planning on showing you, but for some reason I can't get a good shot of what all we've been working on, so MOVING ON.

We've managed to get about half of the backer board up on the walls, and we've purchased all the tile (save one little stupid piece we can't find anywhere), so that's kind of great:

We're kind of stuck because the next pieces need to be precision cut to accommodate plumbing and windows and such, which requires two of us, and you know, we have these children that require our attention for things like food and diaper changing and the saw is really loud at night when they're asleep so yeah. Tiling has the same issues, too.

But wait, what's that, you ask? That shiny little trinket hanging over the space where the toilet will eventually be?

Let's talk about the Light Debacle, shall we?

Way back when, about the time we acquired Clementine and decided to build a bathroom on the first floor, I knew I wanted a chandelier over the tub. I mean, obviously, I love me some chandies. But the whole point of this bathroom is a bit of an over-the-top glam place however tiny to enjoy and relax and just feel luxurious.

Anyway, so I was all excited when I found a chandelier I loved at IKEA forever ago, and since money was tight (when is it not?) we only bought the big one and not the little one for the light over by the toilet. We were all, yeah, we'll come back for that soon, and went on our merry way.

Except, knowing IKEA, it wasn't there the next time we managed to get back. The line had been discontinued, and you couldn't even find it on eBay. I even participated in a bidding war on a home decor blog that someone was selling one they had about a year after it was discontinued -- once that $15 thing went upwards of $75, I tapped out.

So for the greater part of two or three years, I've been trying to find replacement lights for both fixtures, finding that anything I liked was WAY MORE EXPENSIVE than the IKEA and especially since I wanted two, and we'd probably have to re-wire for new lights since we wired the existing electrical boxes for the IKEA lights, so I was just really disappointed and frustrated by the whole thing.

And when I started to feel really down about getting anything ever done in there, I'd troll eBay searching for any sign of the lost chandelier, always coming up empty handed.

Until about three weeks ago, when one popped up in the UK. And I had enough eBay bucks to cover the cost of the chandy plus part of the shipping. And Kyle agreed we could afford the rest of the shipping.

And there was much rejoicing in L'Casa.

It's actually a bit bigger than I anticipated, and isn't a dead ringer for the other chandelier like I remembered, but it's damn close enough since I really didn't pay much more than it would have been in store way back when. Obviously we have to shorten the cord so you don't have to avoid it if you walk to that part of the bathroom, but that's super easy.

So now we have all of our light fixtures in there, which does a lot for reminding me what this space has the potential to be if we could just get to it. Hopefully we can get some more done this weekend, but we'll see.