1964, you can have your sink back now

So you guys may remember a few months ago, we redid the tile in the half bath.  Just to refresh your memory, this is where we started:

I know, I know. I'm not sure what is worse, the sickly green tile, the peeling laminate, or the textured drop ceiling tiles.  Anyway, we started our great tile experiment in this room because the bathrooms in both the Maple and Dogwood room are floor to ceiling tiled in colors that are, shall we say, slightly dated.  Or hideous.  You pick.

Since we weren't sure how the tile painting was going to go (the only thing worse than faded salmon pink tile is faded salmon pink tile with peeling paint over top), we decided to start with the half bath since this could, in the worse case scenario, be locked up, never to be seen again.

Much to our delight, the paint worked, looked decent, and even after a few months, is still holding strong.  It can be scratched - Victor took a gouge out while trying to install the new ceiling - and it is tricky to patch since you have to redo all five layers of paint, but it is a great product considering the price point.  So...here we have a bathroom with nice looking walls, but the same peeling laminate, drop ceiling, and 1964 sink.  We can totally let that go, right?

Hah!  Well, it's a small room, we thought, this shouldn't take too much time or money, right? Right?

Are you done laughing yet?

First things first, Victor took out the old hand sink and we ripped up the laminate.  The floor in that section of the house is slightly bowed, so Victor started off by pouring a floor leveler, then he installed a dark wood style ceramic tile.

Next up, Victor built a new vanity and Frances found a fantastic glass vessel sink for the top.  We painted the vanity dark brown to match the floor.

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Demolition continued with the removal of the mirror and the drop ceiling.  The door was also taken off.  One side was covered with chestnut, so we removed that to use in repairing the walls in the Cherry Blossom room and the door was refinished and painted the same dark brown as the vanity.  Victor cut another of the full length mirrors down and made a beautiful mirror for above the sink, and Georgina made a shade for the window and painted the window trim to match the rest of the room.  Just two months, a new ceiling, some trim and crown molding, and a new light fixture later, and....

 Y'all, this bathroom has gone from being on of the worst rooms in the house, to my absolute favorite.  And for those keeping score, that's two bathrooms down, four more to go, and just five months until our projected opening date.


We anticipate reopening the Red Leaf River Inn in the Spring of 2015 and hope you will follow along as we renovate and restore this beautiful property in Waynesville, NC.  Find us on Facebook and Google+, follow us on Twitter @RedLeafRiverInn, or visit us at our website.