What a man, what a man

Yesterday was mine and Matt's 3 year anniversary (cue awwwww) and Monday night after my soccer game, I came home sweaty and exhausted to find a great surprise.  Matt had been on-call all day (at home) and worked on the bathroom!  He managed to take it from looking pretty good, but not done, to looking GREAT and almost done. 

I had finished painting the vanity doors last week and had picked up two knobs for the doors this last weekend at Home Depot (we also picked up a nail gun and air compressor, both on sale for $69.99 each).  Matt put on the knobs and reinstalled the doors, without even hinting that he had done it, that rascal. :)  He also reattached all the baseboards  (minus one, that we can't find anywhere...) and attached the mirror frame to the mirror!  Happy anniversary to me :)  Here are some pictures, so you check out the amazingness that is Mr. Kendall (witrh a little help from me too):

We made the frame for the existing mirror using trim sold at Home Depot.  We bought 3 pieces (it came a white color) and then Matt used his Miter Saw (from Mark and Janet aka the in-laws for Christmas) to cut the pieces to size and at 45 degree angles.  Once cut, we used Liquid Nails to conect the four corners.  And since we did not have a nail gun at the time, we used a staple gun to attach the four corners from the backside of the frame. (Yeah, we're a bit hillbilly like that)  It actually worked and held up nicely.  Once the Liqud Nails dried, I painted 3 coats of the Marth Stwerart paint we had picked out over the wood.  We also bought, painted, and attached the 4 squares in each corner of the frame.  I like to think it gives it a little somethin' somethin' extra.  Though it looks different in the above pictures, the frame and vanity are the same color.

Here's a before and after to get a better idea of how much more awesome the new sink area looks.

Before:

And After:

If you're extremely observant, you may have also noticed the new sink faucet!  I'll post about that ordeal tomorrow...or later today maybe.  Here's another new thing we added (which you may have noticed on the back of the door above):



Cute, huh?!  I found them at Pottery Barn.

With all these little things being done...we are sooo close to being 100% finished!  I will be painting the walls (man, how many times have I already said that?...) THIS WEEK and also painting all the trim and baseboards.  Since our wonderful house has crooked walls galore, I have some serious caulking to do around all the baseboards.  And find that missing baseboard....  I know, you're super jealous of the fun times ahead, right? :)

~S~