I am taking the first steps towards remodeling the master bathroom in my home. This house is slowly transitioning into a Hacienda Style Home… It's a money thing as well as a whole house upheaval thing.
The house is a not-so-new 4 bed/2bath ranch style home. But it has "Good Bones"- which means that it came with some things I could work with. All the windows on the front of the house are arched as is the arches over the walkway to our front door.
Their are several arched doorways and an arched fireplace in our home as well. That pretty much is where the Hacienda style stopped.
I don't want to make this story too long… so of course I will put up articles of my ideas and decisions along the way. I hope to have a finished product to show… hmmm, this year. 
Almost all of my home is tiled with Mexican saltillo tile except the bedrooms. Saltillo tile can be very peachy or orange in color, but we requested the Rojo' (red) color, which is a very burnt orange.
The main accent color in our home is burnt red. Not tomato red or fire engine red, but a very dark rusty brick color red. At least that is what I was hoping for. I did stray into some cranberry and tomato reds in a variety of ways, because all the burnt colors were becoming lifeless.
Because the entire house uses the same main accent color… it makes it very easy to move accessories and furnishings from room to room.
The smaller bath in our home has already been remodeled. (Broken pipes seemed to be as good a reason as any for me to tear it up and redo!) The floor in that bath is the same Mexican tile as the rest of the house, but the rest is beige. I mean beige everywhere. You know how something can be just too neutral? So the towels and rugs are burnt red in color.
Now… for the new Master Bath! The inspiration picture at the top of the page is probably my final choice. I am not interested in the busy red marble used for the bath surround or the counter top.
I think the vanity is gorgeous and the floor is unbelievably gorgeous. I don't want a combination bath/shower… so no shower curtain is needed.
If I just had to have a vanity like this one… I would need an antique side board to revamp. But I am looking for a less expensive route. I think I'll start looking for light fixtures here (they have really, really good prices): Great Deals from Destination Lighting!
The bathroom will be enlarged, but I know it is very expensive to bump out walls, so I am going to try to bump into the closet, and enlarge the closet into the bedroom. Drawing floor plans was getting tedious, and I was running out of erasers.
Those little books with the cutouts that you can move around on a graph are a pain, and I kept loosing the little pieces.
I found a solution… and it is free! It's at the Better Homes and Garden website and if you register you can save all your plans. It is so easy to use and so far I have 12 different ideas saved in my plans area. Arrange-a-room
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