So cute! Love the paint color.

Love it-- what a great project. You replaced your special pieces for your own home and created a fresh new look! The $13 lampshade makes it! (and how cool that you can repurpose the vase! I might be inclined to use a pottery pitcher but love the touch of bling!)

I thought the bit o' bling was unexpected and worked with the modernity of the faucet.

One question - how are you ever going to leave this adorable bathroom and all your other updates :) the sink and the shade - that alone makes me smile! Everything together makes such a pretty statement!

Arapaho, it will be hard to leave, It was hard to leave our first house 10+ years ago (and some of my peeps still miss that one!). But I'm excited too, about change. In a few weeks we go to Charleston to look around.

Meanwhile, we are still here at least till next spring, and I am taking some of my faves with me (next up, DH's bathroom sink). Part of the reason I hate to leave some of these items is you never know if the next person might not junk them!

I agree Mtn-- I was starting to rewrite the "i would be inclined" sentence and i got a work call so i abandoned the rewrite and just submitted. What I really meant to say is that I would normally go for one of those pieces but the gold adds to the look. It IS unexpected and I love the bling!

Looks great!! Your comment regarding HGTV doing it on the cheap reminds me of Trading Spaces. We used to watch that at our lake place with my FIL - for some reason he really liked that show.

Love it!

Gorgeous!

Why is the sink not centered under the faucet?

You know, Lars that came up when my DH put in this new sink. No idea why we did it that way originally (this powder room did not exist before us); I don't recall any limitations that drove the decision, and I am pretty sure i chose it this way. Can't explain it, but I like it. Doesn't create any functional issues really ... it is one of 2 PRs and obv only used to wash hands.

Very nice!

I think having it to the side makes it more interesting and you have more space for things on the counter. I love it. It look perfect and meant to be just like that IMO.

ATK, I can see a reason to have the sink to one side, but why I didn't then center the faucet over the sink remains a mystery to me!

Is the drain in the center of the sink? or is it centered under the faucet stream?

I think the oddities in placement go a long way in creating truly unique… authentic feel …as if it has been this way since forever

I think the HGTV show you are thinking of was Design on a Dime. Nice re-do!!!

I didn't notice that it wasn't centered. Sometimes that stuff is overrated.

Love it!

Is the drain in the center of the sink? or is it centered under the faucet stream?

In both the old sink and the new sink, the drain is in the middle if the sink, therefore the faucet stream is not centered over the drain. When my DH put the new sink in, he wanted to scoot the sink over to the right so that the faucet stream was directly over the drain. I said "no" because then there would be unusable extra space to the left of the sink.

I just went and looked, and there is a slight slant to the ceiling. The faucet sort of lines up with the point where the slant starts. Maybe I wanted the faucet in a spot that maximizes headroom, IDK. It was many Mimosas ago now.

What @btydrvn said! LOL

Wow! It is absolutely perfect! I can't believe you accomplished all of that so (relatively) inexpensively. It looks wonderful.

IKR, Ida! Lesson learned.

Strait, Yes, Design on a Dime. I liked that show. One thing I liked is that, by trying to find less expensive substitutes, they also elucidated the qualities of a piece that made it work. That is helpful even if you are not copying, because you start to see elements in terms of scale, shape, color, tone, texture, era, style, etc.

The finished powder room is dreamy!

I’ve never seen your DH’s sink! I want to see what it looks like!

That sounds dirty.

Can't wait for when you get the new house and start over!

Great finds!

I liked the before pic (esp the vintage sink), but I really love the after! Nice job!

Does it make you wonder if you should have done it for 1/9th the price, or so, the first time around? Just asking, usually for me the answer is no, because I am often equally as concerned with the way they feel as I am the way they look.

Did you get rid of the wall hung toilet? I am familiar with that animal from my camp director days. Curious mind wants to know . . .

It's always fun to see your beautiful home. It must be fun for you to change things up with resale in mind plus getting to enjoy them while still there. May also help with your decision on your next home selection (which we all can't wait for :)

Does it make you wonder if you should have done it for 1/9th the price, or so, the first time around? Just asking, usually for me the answer is no, because I am often equally as concerned with the way they feel as I am the way they look.

It makes me feel literally ignorant. And I was, to some extent. I only shopped for plumbing hardware at the place my IDs used, and they certainly did not sell anything for anywhere near Wayfair prices. I thought everything else was junk. I got a little savvier when I did my Maine house. I didn't use an ID and chose something midrange from a plumbing supply place. It cost far less than the plumbing fixtures in my CT house but did not feel at all like a compromise and it still very stylish and in keeping. TBH, after a while, you don't notice your faucet unless it is bad.

Everyone in my house has loved the PR refresh, and I was ready to heap scorn on the "original version" as total folly.

Then , today, actually, I looked at the pictures again. And i can see the following reasons why the old version is far more expensive. The old sink is so massive and weighty and yet, that rolled edge...it is downright sensuous. It is one of my fave things and it has a fan club among visitors (but probably also a silent group who find it very odd!). The new sink is pretty cool but no history; I'd also bet it was not available, or not for $83 when we did the bathroom 10+ years ago. But modern farmhouse has trickled down and now it is available in mass produced items at low cost. So there's that. The new faucet works simply by dint of color, and it's plain utilitarian lines are in style now, which was just lucky. The old faucet is really quite lovely: here is a closeup from an ad.

Conclusion; I probably did not have these choices when I first did the PR. If I did, I would have been foolish to pay that big a differential. Not worth it in the scheme of things.

Did you get rid of the wall hung toilet? I am familiar with that animal from my camp director days. Curious mind wants to know . . .

Nope, still there, just now without the "decorative" tank. I do recall why we made that choice. We made the room smaller to accommodate the roots of a 30' ish deciduous tree. The wall hung unit saved space. It's fine. The tree came down last year tho. 😂 Nothing makes me sadder than having to take a tree down, and then to have to pay so much adds insult to injury, no? And this one was very pricey bec it required a cherry picker as it was pretty much boxed in on three sides by the curves of the house and garage.

To be honest, one of my bosses' second wives is erasing all traces of his former wife from the house they live in and buying a lot of stuff from Wayfair, and a lot of it is junk, IMO, or at least the stuff she is picking and inserting in an almost $3M house.

Well done!

I have more than one boss, he does not have more than one second wife.

Yeah, I hear that. I guess it is hard for amateurs to know what is junk, what is value, and what is overpriced. I recall years ago, in my first house, a plumber telling me that Herbeau might look nice but to a plumber the innards were junk. I liked it too much to care.

Then you all may recall a year or so ago my Herbeau kitchen faucet in this house sprung a leak (not even at a joint, just a pinprick hole in the metal body). Well beyond any warranty, Herbeau did not help. I would have thought the metal body of a nickel faucet would last well more than 10 years, and well nigh indefinitely. With all of the matching elements on my K sink (oddly, TWO faucets, and a sprayer) I was not in the mood to drop a couple grand again. Especially with our short-ish horizon here. I bought something quite cheap on Wayfair and I like it better! High gooseneck and sprayer. So far so good. I could replace it several times and be ahead (though the environmental impact is dismaying).

For my purposes, for now, it is a clear decision. But TBH after my experiences in my first house, this house, and Maine (our other house, the lakehouse, involved very little reno), I am disinclined to buy high end anything. I need to be convinced that it will hold up better (Herbeau, I'm lookin' at you) and that the difference in look or utility warrants the upspend.

The sink is very functional IMO. Let's say you're washing up mud on you, or fixing your hair and need all the tools and products next to the sink. Plenty of room. Like it very much!

Mtn, I love it! Delightful. And I like the towel and hook and location.

Doggone! the wall looks happy. Other touches are lovely as well.

I thought in the first post you called the paint ”cooking” apple green (but I might have bee thinking of cooking. So, the color is cutting apple green?

It looks even better than the sample swatch. When apple trees blossom, maybe snip a cutting and put it in that rose copper vase.

Great job!

There is a lot of real estate between Wayfair and Herbeau, though and a lot of those "couture" brands really have a terrible reputation. A replacement screw at Herbeau is $20 + $10 shipping. A replacement toilet seat is $874. I mean, I can understand why you are disappointed. But a lot of these luxury brands are exclusive, and they don't sell a lot, but their quality and customer service is ---not very good. It's like what was said about Jaquar when it was its own company: the way to keep your Jaguar on the road was to own two because one would always be in the shop.

That paint is a perfect green and has that wellies and tack room vibe. Nice!

I could replace it several times and be ahead (though the environmental impact is dismaying).

It's a tough tradeoff, right? And frustrating that expensive does not necessarily equal durable. I've kept some cheap things going by repairing or upcycling them, but mostly when it comes to furniture and clothing. When it comes to plumbing and appliances, it gets so much more complicated.

There is a lot of real estate between Wayfair and Herbeau

Indeed! And I wish I could navigate it better.

Petalique, Yes, it is Cooking Apple Green. Oops, will correct it.

PS this is my post, and yet I keep thinking, hmm, what do you cook with Mushroom Powder?

Mushroom Powder

Omg, yes! I was just listening to a Milk Street podcast that mentioned pulverizing dried mushrooms.

Beautiful both before and after! I love the fresh green paint and the black edge on the sink. But yes, the original sink and faucet are just so spectacular with the thick rolled edge and the curved faucet. Well done all around.

"There is a lot of real estate between Wayfair and Herbeau

Indeed! And I wish I could navigate it better."

I think this says it all? If only we knew how?

The green paint adds charm. Now that the beautiful vintage sink is gone, the color is the first thing I notice and makes the room.

Great job. I really enjoy watching you decorate. I love how you get things beautifully done! I tend to procrastinate forever.

Thank you, we are very lucky that we have craftsmen who do such nice work and accommodate us so quickly.

PS Too funny, but had to mention. My DH went on a boys fishing trip and opted to fly a new airline out of New Haven's Tweed airport. I kept calling it "Teeda" airport for some reason and he looked at me like I had 3 heads.

OK, I take back the comment I made a while back about a room looking "Wayfaired." Your re-do is fantastic, Mtn! And that green is just so happy.