Come outside the weathers fine!

Since it's been warm out at Chateau de Schilling I have completely turned my focus to the landscaping and outdoor spaces. First up was to replace the fallen retaining wall, new fence, and PLANTS!

 Here is the wall before - the previous owners took all the paver stones...and left the hard ones to dig out (bottom right of photo).

Next Big (and by big I mean expensive) project was a new fence. We went with vinyl because of the existing front porch railing and low maintenance. We worked with Annette from Why Not Vinyl? from Greensberg Indiana. Their installation guys did GREAT - they tore down old fence and had new one installed in 2 days!!!!

Here are some before and afters of the project.

You may notice the the pine tree is gone....NOT by choice. A storm knocked it over. In its place I planted 3 locust trees and a FEW more things.

The next BIG project is a back patio.......stay tuned.

Guest Bathroom Done!!!

Dad and I knocked out totally redoing the guest bathroom in a little over 6 days! It looks great! Neat, Clean, and Simple as opposed to NASTY! Here are the official before and after picture with some more detail shots.

 

 

 Here are a few detailed shots of the fixtures, tile, and stye we used.

We used my $40 pedestal sink and a salvaged cabinet from the kitchen. The Kohler tub is original to the house and just needed a deep deep exfoliation! We chose a modern 6x8 subway tile for shower and took it all the way to the ceiling to add height to the room. A neutral green adds a little color to the wall but overall the colors are kept clean. 

There is one pop of color on the wall above the toilet 

"The Kiss" by Gustav Klimt.

The guest bedroom is next and that pretty much wraps up major indoor projects. There are still small indoor projects to be done here and there. Stay tuned for guest bedroom and office pictures.

Guest Bathroom Renovation

Some of you may remember from my some of my first posts the condition of the guest bathroom. In a word - Nasty. Here are a few photos to refresh your memory.

Marla Winters came over and we girls did a little demo.....

 We pretty much removed everything but the very heavy Kohler tub. Last week after dad and I finished up the office we started on the bathroom. It is still in progress, but here are a few picture so far.

 Here is the floor pre new tile and fixtures.

Here is toilet and cabinet side of the room.

 The prelim sketch...

 This is pre tile in the shower....backer board and trimming the window first.

 You can see the groovy 4x6 inch subway tile in place. We are now getting some measurements for the pedestal sink.

This is where out salvaged cabinet from the kitchen will go.

 The walls are painted. The previous mirror cabinet whole is resized and new sconce connections in place.

FINAL pictures coming soooooon! Likely tomorrow!