You want to know something funny? The whole reason I began this blog was because of my bathroom - a bathroom I have yet to reveal. I'm a terrible blogger. Even though I've technically been blogging since last February, the truth is I've only actually been blogging about 4 or 5 months. I was really, really busy finishing up school. But back to the bathroom. There wasn't much I hated about our house. I disliked plenty but only hated two things. First and foremost, I hated our master bathroom. The gentleman we bought the house from remodeled it in an attempt to sell the house. Supposedly, he invested around $10,000 redoing it. How did it look? Check it out...

Those who know me know I love black. It's my favorite color. I even have a black diamond as a wedding ring. But this... this was too much. The black tub, while huge, was a beast to clean. We have really, really hard water in our town so there was always hard water build up. I absolutely hated dealing with it. The sinks were black too so we had the same problem. And the shower.... What was up with the 1/2 wall? We ended up having to stick our shampoo bottles up there because we had nowhere else to put them. There was absolutely no shelving in the shower.

I dealt with it for three years. Every time sat in the tub I looked at the ugliness around me. Ok, I'm being harsh. It's not like it was an old 50's lime green bathroom. No, it was a modern kind of ugly. The kind of ugly a man spent $10,000 to create. Poor guy.

Then something wonderful happened... I was given the go ahead to redo our bathroom. I knew instantly what I wanted to do - after all, I had been dreaming of this day for three years. So, without further ado, I give you my new bathroom:

The hallway of black doors (with the same crystal knobs as the closet)

And for those of you who like side-by-sides:

So there you have it. Welcome to my new bathroom!

It's actually not completely finished. I need to paint the trim and add trim around a couple of doors. I also want to add crown at the top, but it is close enough to finished to show all of you.

I really love the new space and couldn't be happier. For the same amount the previous owner spent, I was able to create my dream bath.

The details:

Paint: Coventry Gray from Benjamin Moore

Flooring: Carrera Marble from Floor and Decor Outlets ($5.30/sq. ft)

Tiles: Carrera Marble subway tile from Lowe's ($5.98/sq. ft) and black penny tile from Floor and Decor Outlets ($3.00/sq. ft)

Vanities: These were dressers from Z Gallerie that we converted to vanities ($700/each) (they don't sell them any longer)

Sink: Decolav (purchased from a local vendor on clearance for $72/each) - Build.com has the sinks for $163.

Sink faucet: Grohe from build.com ($154/each)

Freestanding faucet: New Waves Athena Freestanding Faucet from Costco ($399)

Bathtub: MTI Trina tub from qualitybath.com ($3200)

Shower heads: Delta from build.com ($197/each)

Lights: Lighting Inc (I bought the last 5 they had in stock so I got them for $100/each!!)