Master Bathroom Design Ideas Master bathrooms can range from strictly functional to unusually luxurious. Find ideas suitable for all styles and budgets. Marvin Windows and Doors 9 beautiful and relaxing bathroom designs Luxury bathrooms are a wish-list item for many because there is something extra refreshing about relaxing in the comfort of your own home. Finishes range dramatically in price, and high-end finishes can be steep. Pinpoint your must-have features during the planning process so you have wiggle room on price to include your ideal finishes. xx Marjorie Ln SE, Port Orcha...Transforming builder grade honey oak cabinets into sultry, dark espresso cabinets is easy. I’m going to walk you through it step by step as much as I can in this tutorial. I hope you’ll find it easy, non-intimidating and then recommend my blog to all your friends so my blog can grow and grow. Since I do this all for free out of the goodness of my little heart. Alright, let’s do this.

You need some supplies first. They’re not pricey, but you do need all of them. If there’s an appropriate alternative, I’ll list it. Otherwise, plan to get exactly what I list to get the same results I did. Air Duct Cleaning TruckYOU CAN DO THIS!Curtain Room Divider Hardware -General Finishes Java Gel Stain (YOU CANNOT SUBSTITUTE THIS! Prom Dress And Tux Color CombinationsI had a ton of trouble finding it locally, so I bought it on Amazon and had it to my door in about 4 days.) If you’re doing a small vanity, order the 1/2 pint. If you’re doing a whole kitchen, order the quart. I ordered the quart since I am doing a vanity + a whole kitchen. A little of this goes a LONG way. -General Finishes Satin Poly/topcoat or any other satin polycoat will do.

-Painters pyramids to use on cabinet doors so you can paint both sides at once Total cost for all of the materials should be between $50-$100ish. UPDATE: Due to insane amounts of traffic from Pinterest, there’s now a FAQ post about this very tutorial below. You can read it here. And if you don't mind, a quick tweet about this tutorial will help me keep up with all the emails I get. Here’s what my vanity looked like before I got started. Step 1: Remove all hardware and put it in a ziploc baggy. Step 2: Prep your area. Step 3: Clean all cabinet frames/drawers/doors and remove them. Step 4: Lightly sand cabinets and remove dust with a tack cloth. do not go overboard. Also, unlike other staining methods, do not wipe it off. You want to put on a nice, thin coat. Make sure the stain doesn’t glob up on/in corners, that’s when cheesecloth/gauze is handy. Then you let coat 1 dry for 12 hours. Then you put the 2nd coat. Let it dry for 24 hours.

Then put the last/third coat and let it dry for 5 days and then seal it with 2 coats of gel poly. Another shot of how ugly coat 1 looks. -Don’t over think this project. It is quite easy. -Please use General Finishes gel stain and poly. You won’t regret it. I hope you all found this tutorial to be useful in trying to DIY your way from honey oak cabinets into a stunning espresso finish. You can read it here. JULY 2015 UPDATE: Three years later I can safely and accurately say the stain and finish still look as good as it did back in 2012. So although my way may not be the purist way in terms of staining, it still worked fabulously. You can see my many other DIY projects here! Staining Oak Cabinets an Espresso Color {DIY Tutorial} Transforming builder grade honey oak cabinets into sultry, dark espresso cabinets is easy. You can see my many other DIY projects here!I’m still here — and still pregnant! The good news is after weeks of hanging out breech, baby girl has flipped finally, just under the wire!

Thanks for all your tips and tricks in the comments of my last post. It’s a bit of a waiting game now, but we’re so excited for her to come whenever she’s ready. I took on a couple of design jobs before the holidays to help keep me busy the last month of my pregnancy and while I’m home with a newborn. Both involve full gut-reno redesigns of the kitchens, which I’ve not done a ton of in the past. It’s been really a really fun challenge and so far, so good! The cabinets are designed and the counter tops and appliances ordered, but I’m a little stuck on flooring. In both projects the home owners are feeling a little nervous about installing the same wood floors that we’re putting in the rest of their homes, in their kitchens. I love the look of a warm wood floor against painted cabinets, so it’s hard to not push on this one, but I have to admit I feel some of the same apprehension as we’re getting closer to a big kitchen remodel of our own. Both clients have considered wood-look tile, but we are having trouble finding a style that we like enough to use throughout the homes.

We sort of feel like our two real options are wood everywhere or stone in the kitchen and utility spaces and wood in the rest of the house. Which means transitions…which can be tricky with more open floor plans…which both homes are.The slate flooring is in a bathroom and not a kitchen obviously, but the colors of the floors are almost spot-on for what we’re looking at in one of the houses and it’s helpful to see the transition.) Our favorite stone options are limestone and slate, though we’re still open to pattern. Here are some of the images we’ve been looking at to help us get a sense of what stone or tile can look like in a kitchen space: image – another bathroom, but I like this color, size and pattern! It seems like it comes down to personal preference and comfort level in the end, but I’d love to hear your thoughts and experiences. Have you had any nightmare disasters with wood floors in your kitchen? Or is there a stone that you’ve used and loved?