One room Challenge - week 4

Welcome back! I can´t believe it already week 4 and we still have a lot to do. At least it´s lot for us. This week we didn´t get as much done as I hoped for, so next week we have to get things done. This week we have enjoyed a lovely spring weather, so we haven´t done much in our powder room. Also my back pains have set limitations to me.

This weeks to do list was this: finish the table top and install in place, look for a new mirror, buy new trims and paint them before installation, design the floating shelf and make it (installation when the brackets arrive)

Well, I must admit that we don´t have our trims bought yet, no floating shelf which to install and the brackets arrived today. So nothing much has been going on here, except we have been enjoying our new space! Every time I walk in there I feel satisfied and excited. This is finally the space I´ve been dreaming to achieve, Even with all the setbacks we have finished something off of the list!

I decided to use a clear finish for our live-edge table top. If I ever change my mind, it´s easy to add color. For now I´m pretty pleased how it turned out, or what do you think?

To install it in place we used a piece of the same wood, which we drilled to the wall. The table top rest on it. It was a little tricky job, because we both had to be in that tiny space, me under the table top ready to drill, while my husband (not a small man, I should say ;)) hold the piece in place and leveled it. I decided to paint the wood white to match the walls, so it kind of blends in.The other end rest on the vanity a fact we had to consider when installing the vanity itself, because we had to use longer screws to hold all the weight. We did not attach the table top yet, as we may have to take it out temporarily when installing the wall shelf! It is heavy enough to stay in place and such a great fit it won´t move out of place.

I loved the mirror I had for the space and I felt sad and disappointed when I found out it´s just too small for the space.  It could work if I had a shelf underneath it to balance things out a bit. I´m a member of a School of Decorating, a online school founded by Jackie Hernandez. There are video classes, forum for the members and expert interviews. The community is very active and I have  had so many good advice from there! Someone suggested adding a shelf underneath and there I was able to share my thoughts about a new mirror and ask for advice. There is also a Facebook group you can join by signing up. I shared there a few photos to get opinions about the possible new mirror.

I decided I needed something to better visualize the space and different mirror options. So after narrowing my search on a few mirrors I made templates out of paper to get a better idea, what they would look like. I had a small round one (bigger that the Lovely mirror I have), a big round one and a rectangular one. I really liked the big round one, Ikea Stockholm mirror to be precise, but I felt the style just was not right for this space. I also loved the rectangular one, also from Ikea, the Skogsvåg, I love the simple shape and the small wooden frame it has. I´m planning to paint it black when I finally get it in my hands! As those long shopping trips to Ikea wear me out every time (because of my back pains) I decided to use their online shopping and post delivery! At the end of next week I should have the mirror!

The idea of a shelf under the mirror and over the sink really stick in my mind though. Remember one of my inspiration pictures?

When I saw the photo, I really loved the look. Unfortunately I had already ordered brackets for the back wall floating shelf. I ordered some extra, but they are longer than I´d like the shelf to be, so still wondering what to do. We really don´t have time to order new and smaller ones. So I may have to forget that idea all together and concentrate adding the floating shelf to the back wall.

During this whole four weeks time I have searched for concrete wall hooks. I did find some, which could be delivered to Finland, but the costs are not so wallet-friendly ;). I found lovely hooks from an Etsy shop, and the owner even agreed to ship them to me, but it would take at least three weeks to get the hooks due to he´s holiday. Bummer! I also found these from the Etsy and love the shape of them. There are also many great wooden ones so I just have to sit down and decide what direction to go! We do have the holes in the wall already waiting for the hooks. I had to add one temporary hook to hold our towel ;) I don´t want to end up using it with two more holes in the wall ;)

Although our progress last week was good, this week really put us back. Next week is going to be a busy week. We need to buy the trim, install it and make the floating shelf. Finish all the big things, so I have time to add those little things in the last week. 

Make sure to check how all the other are doing this week back at Calling it home!

See you again soon!