Bathroom

Well, I finally got tired of our bathroom and its weird old split mirror and glaring lights that threaten to poke me in the eye when I lean in too close. On top of that, the mirror smudges every time you open or close the vanity—such a brilliant design. So, armed with our Christmas gift from Packards (thank you! thank you!) I set out to change it. Here's what we had:

I disconnected the electrical, then took out the two whole screws that were holding that puppy on there. We discovered something exciting after it came down:

Apparently before the giant split-mirror contraption we inherited, there was a small, almost non-existent recessed medicine cabinet in there. The studs are even cut away to make room for it. So, the hole is still there, but I simply consider it an easy way to access the shower in the other bathroom should the need arise. You should notice that I installed that light all by myself, including moving it a foot higher than it was before. Black to black, white to white, ground to ground. I was a little nervous turning the power back on, but Liz, who was on spark patrol, gave a clean report when I returned to check it out.

The next step was to replace the mirror because, quite frankly, we like to see ourselves in the morning. You can also notice that I hung it too high when compared with height of the vanity. That's my tall person prerogative; what's the point of doing it yourself if it's not just right for you when you're done? Ideally it would be both higher and lower, but it was a pretty cheap mirror; maybe one day I'll swap it out for one that fills that little gap more suitably. All finished, here is our new vanity space:

With our cabinet now gone, we needed a place for all our stuff, so up went the shelves. I think I'll add another at the bottom to even it out, but they look great, as you see here:

So there it is, our two hour bathroom, just a little better than it was before. You can use the comment box to congratulate me on not burning down the house. Joshua likes the new mirror: