The Full Bath Renovation - Before Pics and Demo

**I was fixing some links to photos on the blog and this post was eaten by Blogger...apologies if you have already read this! (March 1, 2011)

Back in March 2008 we embarked on the complete renovation of our full bathroom. This project had been at the top of our list since we had moved into our house and became a priority when I was pregnant with our son. 3 weeks before I was due with him to be exact! It probably wasn’t the smartest timing, but it got done. Our bathroom was so sketchy that neither of us liked the idea of bringing a baby home to it – let alone giving him a bath in the tub!

Here are some before photos – not too many unfortunately. You’ll notice that the floor is low grade vinyl (the same that was in the ½ bathroom). This “theme” continued into the shower and walls around the bathroom with some plastic wall-covering. Not really sure why this was used here – kind of reminiscent of a public restroom. This bathroom also had DINKY little sink. You’ll also notice the accordion door here again, connecting the ½ baths and full bath.


Before:

 

Demolition:

Joe and Tim went to town ripping up the bathroom. This is always the easy/fun part!

Here’s a great shot of the cruddy tub surround – see the water marks around the faucet?

Demo'd Shower:



Half Bath - After!

I am back with a recap of the updates and the after pictures of our master bathroom/half bath.

Once the bead board was hung Joe finished the project by cutting and installing the chair rail and baseboards. We are so happy with how this look came together. I’d recommend the bead board to anyone trying to dress up a small bathroom. It really helped to make this small bathroom feel larger.

Wall color is the same that we used in the revamped kitchen – Behr’s Garden Wall.

Flooring:

Instead of installing ceramic tile in this bathroom we researched some of the newer options with laminate tile. We ended up purchasing this 14x14 tile from Tile and Stone Warehouse in Merriam, KS. It’s purchased by the box and runs about $3.00/square foot. The great thing about this product is that it just peels and sticks to your existing flooring or subfloor. It’s thicker than your basic vynil tile so it has a higher end look.

New faucet & hardware:

In this room I wanted to go with the oil-rubbed bronze finish that we have through out the rest of the house. We purchased the new towel ring and TP holder from Home Depot. The new faucet is a Pegasus brand one that I found on the clearance rack at Home Depot for $30! What a steal!

Light fixture & Medicine Cabinet:

Purchased this at a local freight close-out place for $45! Love the timeless look of it. Much better lighting than the crummy 1950s fixture we had before. Originally I had wanted to hang a more decorative mirror in here but we ended up going with a standard style mirrored cabinet with a beveled edge. It fits perfectly between the light and chair rail.

Overall we’re really pleased with the new bathroom. Here are some pictures!

 

The Half Bath Makeover - Part 1

Over the last 3 weeks we have been renovating our ½ bathroom. This bathroom is off of our master bedroom. This odd little space used to be shared with our full bathroom via  a small accordion style door. When we remodeled the full bathroom (future post) we filled in that door.

We envisioned an upscale, clean, and classic look for this bathroom since it is attached to our bedroom.

Here is a mood board I put together with the finishes and color palette I had in mind.

Here are some before pictures. Note the plastic walls, and dated fixtures. Unfortunately, I don’t have great before pictures but this bathroom also had a dated vanity and cheap-0 linoleum flooring.

Progress:

-First Joe demo’d the space by taking down the wall coverings and removing the flooring, sink, and toilet.

-Next Joe hung a new piece of sheetrock to fill in the opening left by the former door.

-My first project was to sand down the walls. I used a circular sander on the finished parts and another sander “paint eater” to get the old adhesive.

- Next up was The Bead board. This took us much longer than we thought it would. Grandma Megan offered to keep Collin overnight so that we could work on the house. We figured we’d stay up later and knock out the bead board and trim in the bathroom. Umm…that took a lot longer than we expected. We ended up working till almost 4 AM! It wasn’t that it was difficult to cut the pieces  - it just took a while to get the smaller pieces to fit and then to make sure we had the holes cut out in the right spots for the plumbing, air vents and electrical..Fun times. 

Here are a couple pics from after the bead board.

Funny Story – This room has a pocket door. To make the job  a bit easier Joe had been using the air nail gun to nail in the bead board and the nails that you use with it are kind of long. Well we finally got to the last bit of wall and glued and nailed that sucker up to the wall. As I was standing there “helping” I said – “ I just had a bad thought. What if we just nailed the pocket door in?” We did. J Luckily we thought of it before the Liquid Nails had dried at all and Joe was able to pull out the nails that were in. It was funny to pull out the door and see the nice little row of nail holes in it. Live and learn we say!

Next update will include pictures of the floor, trim work, painted walls and installed sink and toilet!