{one room challenge} Week 4: Tile, Mirrors, and Lighting Decisions

I’ve really got lighting on the mind, so I want to share that decision process with you guys, but first, let me catch you up on the progress that’s been made since last week.

Full disclosure – we haven’t DIYed everything in this space. I am happy to admit when something is beyond my current skill level, so I hired out the tile installation and the construction of the inset for the TV.

When we left off last week, there was giant hole in the wall – creating a window into the closet. The hole is no more! Instead, we now have a lovely inset allows a thin, flat screen TV to sit flush with the rest of the wall, making it possible for us to install a barn door to cover the closet opening without me having to give up my precious television. Creating this inset required bumping a few inches into Scott’s side of the closet, but not enough to lose any valuable storage space.

With the hole repaired, I could finally paint the last remaining beige wall in the bathroom. This also brings us one step closer to banishing ALL of the beige in our house! Only the halls and three stairwells remain.

The door I ordered for the closet came in this week, but we had to paint it before we could install it barn door style.

As of yesterday, the door is in place and I no longer have to stare at my messy closet every time I walk into the bathroom! I’m keeping those photos to myself for now though {I have to keep some mystery!}.

As much as I love my TV inset and my new door, the biggest change this week was obviously the installation of the wall of cement tile above our counter.

Two of the three mirrors {affiliate link} for this space had to be special ordered, because West Elm only had one in stock, but fortunately they came in the same day that the tile was finished. That was perfect timing to be able to get all three hung and leveled at the same time.

Now we just need to get the lights installed so that we can really shine some light on the transformation!

Lamps Plus is always my first stop when I’m shopping for lighting, and because I have a store super close to my house, I often find myself browsing even when I’m not specifically in the market for new lights. That’s why I was so thrilled when Lamps Plus agreed to partner with me as a sponsor of my One Room Challenge master bathroom makeover! The hard part, of course, was narrowing down the options.

We decided early on in the bathroom planning process that we would be relocating the lights from the wall above the mirrors to the ceiling. I envisioned one light hanging down in front of each of the three mirrors. After spending hours online pouring over the huge selection of chandeliers at Lamps Plus, I totally fell in love with all the ring style pendants. I was able to narrow it down to four favorites, but from there it was a really hard decision.

When I doubt, I always like to create a Photoshop renderings to help me visualize what the options will look like in the space. I already had a mock-up of the tile and mirrors {affiliate link} as result of prior indecision, so I was able to simply layer in the various lighting options.

This was the first light that caught my eye – the Possini Euro Wide Black Ring Pendant, which is currently on clearance, so that price was definitely right!

The Access Oracle Collection Brushed Steel Pendant has a similar shape, but a much more space-age flair.

This black and white striped Possini Euro Elfi LED Circle Pendant immediately caught my eye… as black and white stripes always do.

I described my bathroom makeover plans as graphic glam, and this light certainly screams glam. But too much so? I couldn’t decide.

So which one would you have picked?

After much deliberation, the lights I finally chose are…

{If this were a reality show, this is where I’d make you wait until after a commercial break}

…the Possini Euro Elfi LED Circle Pendants! And they are ever bit as gorgeous in person!

I am so eager for the electrician to get these new lights installed, I feel like a kid waiting for Santa on Christmas Eve!

Now that the bulk of the construction work is done, I have a lot of paint touch up and clean up to do before I can start moving on to the rest of my list – like rehanging our giant photo mural, installing shelves, and beginning to style the space.

Thanks for stopping by to see this weeks progress update! Now be sure to head over to Calling it Home to see the updates from all of the other guest participants – it’s so fun watching more than 200 rooms go from design plans to reality each week.