Our Forever Home: Bed, Bath, Laundry Choices

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We have a main-level master suite and laundry room in this house. Since there are bedrooms on both levels, we decided on a main-level laundry room to prevent any 2nd floor leaking/water damage if something ever happens to the washer (speaking of washers, we are still trying to decide on one…if you have a washer/dryer you love, help!).

I'm also going to cover a teeny tiny bit of the 2nd floor in this post. If you read my last post, I've really debated whether or not to share the kids' area. I'm still not going to share their rooms, but I have so many fun ideas for the playroom area that I couldn't not at least give y'all a peek! Our playroom is right up the stairs (which are in the 2-story foyer).

I posted this in the last design post, but it carries into this one as well. I'm still trying to decide between a few neutral taupe colors for the majority of the house…Amazing Gray, Perfect Greige, and Pavillon Beige (not pictured) are on the short list. I kind of want to see how they look on the actual walls before I decide, but you get the idea…a medium gray/taupe color is what I want.

That medium gray/taupe color will be on the walls in most of the house, including the kitchen/family room area, halls, office, loft (see below), and master bedroom. For the bathrooms and laundry room, I'm almost 100% sure I want to use Comfort Gray (though I did see Oyster Bay in a house a couple of weeks ago and it was gorgeous!).

We will also be continuing the A&M LVP in Majestic Oak throughout the first floor (yes, even in the bath/laundry areas)! It's a really pretty (but not too dark) wood tone that is water-resistant and so easy to clean. I'm more excited about this flooring than just about any other design feature in the house…it's so easy to maintain and so soft under your feet! It is the perfect combination of warm/homey and higher-end finish too.

Let's move on to lighting…

We'll be using ceiling fans in all of the bedrooms (duh…we live in the south…absolutely and totally necessary 10 months out of the year!). The master bedroom fan is #1 above (it matches the living room) and the other ones will be #4 (simple, basic…we have these in our current home and they're really pretty!). We chose to do sconces in the master bath on either side of both Noah's and my mirror. And I think I already showed the lights for the half bath, but I had to show them off again…I love that they're a little rustic! (So much that I'm thinking about using them in the other bathrooms upstairs instead of the #5 I previously chose.)

Now, for the master bath….guys, I am so excited about this area.

For years (I'm pretty sure from the time we got married), Noah and I have said that our forever home would have a huge shower. So, when we were making edits to the floor plan and budget, one of the non-negotiables was this huge, awesome walk-in shower! You can see it at the top left of this image. It will have both a traditional & rain shower head and a seat area. We decided to not have a door on this one (no more cleaning glass shower doors! ??). I was actually really inspired by Melissa's shower in the home she built a few years ago. That's kind of been my vision for this space ever since she shared it! Our tile will be a similar color to hers as well (I can't remember the name, but we have already picked it out).

This is the page where we found our pedestal tub…it will be between our sinks and feature bronze fixtures. We debated whether or not to put the fixtures on the front, but I'm really glad we decided to kind of keep them out of the way in the back.

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Our bathroom/laundry cabinets are going to be pretty consistent throughout the house (except for the half bath, where we'll have a pedestal sink similar to this one). These match the kitchen cabinets in color and the granite is very similar – it's a composite granite, so it was an easy way to save a little bit of money in the budget while still getting that pretty granite look.

And speaking of laundry room…

…one of the biggest design requests I had in this space is to integrate these laundry basket storage cabinets! How awesome does that look for family laundry organization? They will be to the right of the washer and dryer.

The only change from this plan is that we'll have a little space opposite of the sink for our smaller deep freezer (similar size here). We use it so much (if you don't believe me…see this post) that it definitely needs a space inside the house.

And last but not least, the loft area!