Master and Guest Bath Remodeling - Clean slate
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5 years agolast modified: 5 years agoBelow are color schemes I like which will drive the colors we do elsewhere in the home, including the kitchen. While the grays and whites are cool and the ivory and wood are warm, I love both.
Option 1 - I love this color scheme for example - with slightly lighter gray walls
Option 2 - love this as well, however I will not have a chandelier or sconces so that changes the look, but still love the colors.
Option 3 - Greige - maybe with a Revere Pewter wall - I like the non stark white cabinets
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Comments (13)None of my baths are remotely the same. I suppose the only similarities they have is white toilets and tubs (because I believe plumbing should be white). My powder room is venetian plaster in a soft green with dark empredor marble floor with crema marfil insets. Victorian music stand with an onyx sink in green. The fixtures are gold (shiny brass) as is the antique lighting. DS's bath is done in a mid color cherry with a very fancy cabinet. His wall is a mix of antique golf posters which I made into wallpaper. His counter is black marinache (looks like dinasour eggs) and the tub is surrounded with nordic black antique and travertine. Chrome fixtures. My bath is in crema marfil, chocolate croc and white (tub and toilet) with chocolate cherry cabs. ORB fixtures. All of the tiles have individual designs, on purpose. I personally hate a home where all rooms are done in the exact same finises. Even subtle differences make a huge difference in the overall look of the room and are necessary in good design. Fancy, I'm having trouble with the white on white on white. Have you considered any colors in your tile or counters?...See MoreMy DIY Guest Bath Remodel - progress
Comments (6)Hey we have the same faucets for our yet to be installed double vanity. I installed one temporarily in another bathroom and we LOVE it. The handle feels nice and solid in motion and the stream of water that flows out is strong yet smooth - it just coats your hands without splashing or any bubbly aeration. Great price too. - D...See MoreMaster Bath Remodel - 4 questions
Comments (2)By "minimum square footage for a walk-in shower" do you mean a doorless shower? Because the minimum size for a shower stall is only 32x32". :-) IIRC I have seen doorless showers as small as 3x4' in magazines and it seems to be a popular retrofit for the replace-tub-with-shower scenario because it can be fitted in a standard 32x60" space. The location of the plumbing bits in relation to walls and openings is potentially more important than the size. Think about having the crack in the tub repaired; now would be better so that the little crack does not become a big crack, but at the very least do it when you plan to put the house on the market. As a buyer it would be a red flag for me. Bath showrooms, auto-body specialists, and marine suppliers can all point you toward someone who can repair fiberglass or acrylic and do it pretty much invisibly. And yes, you can replace the tub filler as long as you can get access to it from underneath. I'll put the fourth question about adding a second sink here instead of last since third question's answer is long. This can be very easy or rather difficult depending on where the sink is going and where the existing plumbing lines are in both bathrooms. You're going to gut to the studs, right? That will make it easier to see what you have where for rough plumbing; your plumber is likely to tell you that unless money is no object, you can't really make the firm decision until you can see what's where. Demo... demo is pretty easy and can be lots of fun - talk about getting rid of your stress! It does take some physical strength and endurance though, so couch potatoes or people with physical issues like arthritis may have a difficult time of it. It's good to have friends come help, if you can, especially a friend who knows what s/he is doing! Promise them pizza or steaks on the grill :-) and buy a few cases of Gatorade and beer if you/they drink it. (It goes without saying that no one gets beer until afterward!) Although I almost entirely supervised (since I was the only one who knew what we were doing LOL), three of us demolished an 8x8' bathroom to the studs and the subfloor in 3 hours. You will need to borrow or buy some tools if you don't have them already, and I've listed what we found useful below. Buying them will reduce your savings, but you'll have them for the next project, or you can resell them on Craigslist or eBay and get back a little of what you paid. Useful tools include: *a three- or five-pound sledgehammer with a short handle (easier to control where it goes), whichever size is more comfortable to handle. This may be called a "drilling hammer" or "engineer hammer" in some stores. 10+ pound sledges with long handles feel more macho but they are harder to control and the user gets tired faster. *a short wrecking bar (24" was good for us), the kind with one hooked end and one straight end. *reciprocating saw with more blades than you think you will need (save the recipt so you can return the extras; it'll cost a bit more but get the individually packaged ones rather than the bulk pack), because it seems like you always break a blade or it goes dull just when you're eyeballs deep in something and can't take the time to go get more. Try to borrow this if you don't have one, because good ones are expensive. *a wide tile or masonry chisel for getting up the floor tiles (the kind with the wide plastic collar at the top of the handle are safest) and a hard rubber or wooden mallet - If you have large amounts of floor tile and it's being a real beyatch to remove, hie thee to the tool rental place and rent an air-powered chisel and compressor. It'll be about fifty bucks a day. Yee-hah! What we did was bashed at the tiles with the sledgehammer and used the chisel to break the pieces off the subfloor. We were able to get the subfloor clean enough to put the new underlayment right over it, which saved money. *the usual selection of screwdrivers, wrenches, etc. for disassembly. When you can, disassemble and recycle rather than destroy! *heavy leather work gloves that actually FIT - write your name on the backs or cuffs with a Sharpie marker. If they don't fit you will get blisters. If you have ethical objections to leather, there are some good non-leather ones out there like these Work Crew gloves but the thin cotton ones don't do much for you. *dust masks (the ones with the valves are most comfortable and won't fog up glasses as much) *safety goggles (crucial! conventional eyeglasses are not enough) *earplugs or sound-proof earmuffs *kneepads - try on a bunch at the store and get the ones that are the most comfortable *even if it's hot wear jeans to protect your legs and workboots if you have them. If you don't have workboots, wear sturdy sneakers for better footing. Do not do as my friend did and attempt to demo a kitchen in Birkenstocks. :-) *a rented dumpster and a bunch of trash cans to get stuff out to it It is best IMO to have an electrician and plumber come in and disconnect everything before you start so you don't accidentally punch through a pipe or hit a live wire. Our electrician just disconnected the bathroom's two circuits at the box and everyone involved used heavy-duty extension cords run in from the next room. If the toilet is being reused it should be taken out of the bathroom and moved to a safe place, because it is very, very easy to break a toilet. Don't ask me how I know this because I will start swearing. :-( By the way, if your walls are drywall and you're doing major tear-outs, we discovered that it was easier/cheaper to strip the drywall off the entire wall so that the drywall guy could use full (or as close to full as possible) sheets instead of cutting smaller pieces to fill in holes here and there. It cost more in materials but a LOT less in labor. A bit of unsolicited advice - if you are planning on selling the house in 5-10 years, do not do ANYTHING that is currently trendy. It will be dated by then and your potential buyers may not want to have to embark on a renovation! 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Comments (105)Lovely sense of style! Bravo! We investigated porcelain marble look-alike tile but we decided on real marble which we will have to care for without any acidic products. Beware that there is a repeating pattern in marble look-alike porcelain tile like (on wall paper which will give away the secret.) We found great deals on Amazon and at Lowes for Bianco Carrara subways, pencils, chair rails and floor and shower floor hexes (1/3 the price of tile stores). We found a gorgeous remnant for our shower bench at a marble and stone shop at an amazing price. I can't wait until it's done to post photos! But back to your house... it's gorgeous!...See Morejillybean103
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5 years agolast modified: 5 years agook so while I tried very hard to find a better pic that my photographer friend did..since I'm vain and shallow lol..I can't. I posted it here at some point-can't find it. can't find it in my files either. where are all the good photos when you need them?
so I gonna expose myself(not the first time lol) and post my own sad pics of our master bath(see how the mirrors don't reach the celing? don't do that. that's me being super stupid. I thought that if the mirror doesn't reach the ceiling-I'll see less of the pendants' chain. LOL). it's right after we moved in..still some dust on the tile because our "finisher" guy was an amazing guy-but wherever he went he left either paint or scratch or dust or whatever
so is it sorta gray? yes
is the gray warm? oh yes. It changes with light, it can look cooler or warmer-but the overall feeling is of warm, rather then cool
even that the stone that finally set the palette (I was set on it before I found the stone, because the stne, I found last-but the stone really helped to tie thigs together, and determined my paint color) has cool grays in it. But it also has warm grays, and these rusty, golden streaks
and just to give you the idea how photos can change colors...that's how pendant shades look irl...
our house is Spanish Ranch which I love about it and while remodeling I wanted of course to strengthen the idea without going overboard
your house might be totally different. Like, completely. I'm not showing you pics because of my choices that had to do with our house, our needs and our likes. I'm trying to tell that "gray" is a big umbrella for many grays..and some you'll be able to distinguish only when comparing one to another.
Same will be with "white" or "blue" or "brown' or "purple". One word gives a direction-but doesn't describe fully a color. And still you can think you know yours, bring it to your space-and it won't work. Or it'll work but you won't like it in the evening. Or at noon. You have succesfully chose your colors when you like them 90% of the time..:) Maybe make it 80% even. Light will change them. I like complex colors-these are hard to get right, and light changes them like crazy, and yes sometimes they'll play tricks on you-but I like that feeling of things being a bit not under my full control. I like taming things:) I like when things trick me a bit, and we have a dialogue. It's like they are alive. And have relationships. Which makes all this decor thing much more interesting, at least to me.
I do have white in my house(I mean big expanse, like walls..obviously I have it in accents too, I love too many colors to skip on any lol)..but it's not pure white, it's greenish off white that reads warm..yet it's rather white than say, not white.
what I knew when I started planning the bath?
I knew I want to have floor tile that is very non-slippery yet fits a concept of Spanish Ranch. (that was harsh. hard to find. My first choice was 130$ pers sq f after contractor discount. Would look amazing, I tell you. lol. That's my second choice tile)
I knew that I prefer stained vanity(kichen cabs are painted)-and that my favorites are either walnut or teak(went with teak)
I knew I have to have shower with bench and tub with step-nothing to do with other people, that's what's safe for me. Other people have their own preferences/restrictions
I knew we needed to increase amount of light.
I knew we had to leave the space open to the master bedroom or else we'll end up with master bedroom that'd be too dark, rectangular, boring,and won't have feeling of depth.
Thus I knew we had to have separate toilet with the door.
The rest I didn't know-but it was a puzzle that came together
I found amazing tile for the walls-by the time I found it I couldn't afford it (so the tile you see-not my first choice either)). yet I was stricken with green in my first choice tile..i guess hence the pendant
I love purples and pinks-hence another pendant. there's also a bit of pink in the hardware.
Determine your function. things should be functional, easy to use, safe, and if needed -to be tweaked for you.
Determine your style-sometimes easy as in my case since my house informed me of direction. I loved the house, so even easier. As the house is a later attempt on the style-I felt fine with adding simpler elements, and not going full Spanish Revival on it. I just adjusted interior with exterior..so they won't be like from different planets as they were when we bought the house.
and then decide on the feel.
Feel will point out your colors for you, The direction, Then it'd be lots of going through samples..
You can look at inspirational pics of bathrooms. But you can look at anything, not just interiors. Books, art, movies, parks, landscape..it will all be beautiful but some will get stuck with you more. You'll see. There'll be something about them that will have a bigger power on you, You'll get back to them more. That's how you'll eventually know. What has a staying power for you.
I wanted to add some other questionable words of wisdom but I forgot)) Maybe they were most important of all btw I don't know. If I remember and decide that they indeed are..
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