The Money Pit

A lot of you will know I have recently moved to a new house which I guess my Mr and I class as a bit of a 'fixer-upper'.

We have been working hard and spending hard on it for a while and to be honest we are getting a little fed up and in desperate need of a holiday (NYC I mean you!!). So ... we have slowed down the progress so we can still enjoy the finer things in life.

One of the first rooms to be trashed and rebuilt was the bathroom.  It's not finished yet, we still need to paint a wall and replace some bath fittings that were delivered faulty :( However, it is getting there and I can start to see it take shape.

I thought I would show you some of my inspiration charted against how my bathroom looks currently.  This should give you an idea of what it should look like when it is finished.

Naked art whether it be sculptural or illustration, i love it!

A chandelier and a rolltop bath were always top of my list

Dark walls against warm rustic pieces look awesome

I wanted brick tiles, marble and vintage touches

In my head I had the idea of a 50's/60's era New York City style bathroom with brick tiles, monochrome colour scheme and a bit of marble thrown in for good measure.  You won't see in the photo but our shower cubicle is covered in brick marble tiles and a retro rain shower head.  The rooltop bath was debated over for weeks, we originally wanted a modern rolltop but this reproduction was too lush to resist.  I am a little obsessed with grey and black walls at the moment so I painted the bathroom a Valspar shade 'Caviar for the Tsars'.  I want to paint at least one wall in every room black for some reason while others desperately try to talk me out of it. Go figure. 

I'm also obsessed with fur blankets, rugs and taxidermy so as well as the Ikea sheepskin rug in the bathroom, I plan on adding a few extra creepy bits and pieces that will act as a talking point/incite disgust ;).  TK Maxx has been a bit of an interiors paradise for me lately.  I don't know what I would do without that shop.  I always find interesting and 'on trend' pieces for a fraction of the price.  I found these 2 framed naked lady illustrations there for £10.  whoop! 

rolltop, chandelier, black walls, sheepskin rug

TK Maxx bargain 'art'

Currently we are adding a pop of yellow/gold to the room to help warm it up and add a modern/vintage balance.  Hopefully we will have finished it soon and I can post some final photos.

Oh and a quick edit for you - I forgot to post a pic of the bathroom BEFORE I got my hands on it so here it is. It's small and blurry but it's all I have.

BEFORE the makeover

As ever, I would love your opinions of my humble abode :) 

Changing Rooms!

I realise I have been AWOL this week but things have been pretty messy at Chez Saskia!

We are selling our apartment so we have been trying to fancy the place up a bit for viewers. We have a spare bedroom that was never used, so for the purpose of the sale we had to quickly turn the room around to do what it says on the tin.

Stupid me forgot to take 'before' photographs and we did have a dilemna when the wrong bed was delivered to us but in all this was a 24 hour turnaround and I think the room looks pretty cute now.
It's certainly not amazing but apart from the bed and mirror, we utilised what we already owned and I think we made the space look cosy and inviting while keeping the spend to a minimum. Before this, the room was used for storage and had lots of units and a sofa bed in it... not very appealling for potential buyers you will agree! I've now housed my make up collection in here so I get to use it as a dressing room so really it's all worked out in my benefit heh heh!
Photos are bad I know, they were taken from my iphone. We picked up the bed cheaply from Ikea. The worst part was the mayhem left over in the rest of the flat but we are back to normality now thank goodness!

So thats what I have been up to this week, hopefully normal business will resume shortly!

What has everyone else been up to?

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