New bathroom in progress...
Soon after moving in 6 months ago, our second floor bath started leaking into the first floor bath. What a delightful surprise! Long story short, we’re getting a new bathroom. It should be done within the next two weeks. Here are the elements in my eclectic old house bathroom.
The floor tile, and the wood sample in the center background is the vanity wood (dark brown oak matches the dark brown accent in tile).
Style of vanity, but it will be in dark brown oak.
This is the shower tile. Hard to tell here but the blue is the same as the blue in the floor tile.
Faucet. (Towel bar and robe hooks are also polished chrome.)
Counter top is this creamy quartz with brown veining.
Light fixtures in bronze finish.
This old rustic cabinet is more blue than it appears in this pic. It will store towels and sheets and other bathroom stuff, as we don’t have a linen closet.
I intentionally mixed the metal finishes and the shiny vs rustic elements, but now I’m looking for a couple finishing touches to bring it all together. I had an idea that I could put a plant in a container that featured a shiny silvery finish combined with bronze, if that makes sense — it could go on top of the cabinet (which is just 5’ tall). Haven’t found it yet. Also thought I might get a small bench/stool to put under the window — I had a vanity stool with chrome legs in my cart at Home Goods yesterday — the seat was white vinyl but I thought I could recover it with a vintagey fabric. I didnt end up getting it, tho. Other ideas?
I’ll be hanging three framed photos by DH (all birds) on one wall. There’s not much room to hang anything else on the walls.
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Comments (3)It's looking very good, indeed! I think it's going to be beautiful when it's done. These things have a way of working themselves out. I wasn't entirely sure of the white carrara look alike tile in my bathroom remodel because the white felt cold at first. Now with all of the other elements in place, I really like it. I also like the wall niches for storage purposes. Good luck on the rest of the remodel!...See MoreMaster Bathroom in Progress...
Comments (17)Look forward to seeing that Leigh!!! It must be a trend I haven't heard of yet, because my daughter & her husband have a similar color in her kitchen! Sadler, maybe you could go with something like BM Waterfall or BM Peacock. Both of these are deep aqua colors I've seen in other bathrooms and are simply gorgeous. In my own home, I've used both Behr Grass Cloth & SW Celery and love them both. Grass Cloth is a darker citrus green and Celery is a light citrus green. They're both more energetic colors but are still very easy on the eyes. If you're inclined to stay within the warm color family, BM Aztec Brick or Apple Crisp are very pretty oranges too. Not quite as energetic as your daughters choice but all the same, energetic, warm and cozy. I got these colors from the Personal Color Viewer on the Benjamin Moore site. I simply did a search for the color orange and tried out different shades on one of the bathroom pictures. Maybe if you try that you'll be able to get a small visual of what you might like to see in your space. -- Lukki...See MoreNew Bathroom/Addition vs. Bathroom/Kitchen Remodel
Comments (5)thanks to all who have posted so far, especially Eric. We can probably save/budget down the road for a kitchen redo, or do part of it ourselves. Additions would be a little harder for us except finish work (floors, tile, etc. Can do drywall even but would need to find time to do it). What that kitchen has is a U shaped layout, not too bad except there are overhanging cabinets between a small dining/family space and the kitchen. It's a counter/pass through kind of setup where someone can sit at stools and talk with the person in the kitchen....except the cabinets hang down so the person in the kitchen has to look under them. We would likely tear those out and relocate the stovetop to the perimeter wall and make that pass through an island. Then that entire space could become kitchen/dining. It is possible we could still move out a wall on that (kitchen) side of the house down the road too, we are in Hawaii so all the construction costs are much, much higher than mainland. So jealous of all the posters here who can put on a large extension for less than 50K. Plan A or Plan B will cost us about the same. We don't plan to sell and move anytime soon, but should we need to we're leaning toward sq. footage instead of just extending current bath and upgrading the kitchen. Our neighborhood is about 20 years old so people are beginning to redo those rooms as the fixtures and appliances are ageing. We redid all the appliances about three years ago with stainless finishes, new faucet/sink, and redid the countertop Corian, so the kitchen is livable - just need to clear out some clutter and make smarter usage on available storage space. We could paint or restain the cabinet doors to freshen it up. A few neighbors are creating the "big bang" kitchen now but I'm not certain a 70K upgrade will improve the value that much as a new neighborhood is planned about 5 miles away within the next couple of years. Would we love to live in a "WOW" kitchen, of course. But as with most people we have to make a decision on where it is best to spend the money for now. We could feasibly also add on a 2nd story in future years, but we prefer the single story and if we age-in-place as planned, the new bath will include wide accesses and no-curb shower....See MoreBathroom Remodel Before, in Progress and After Pictures
Comments (12)@thisisnotadrill We had the bathroom stripped to the studs, so we installed a 2x6" notched into the framing (note this was not a load bearing wall) the full length of the vanity. We reinforced the inside of the vanity boxes with large L-brackets and screwed those into the 2x6" (behind the drywall at this point). If you can, it's undoubtedly better to buy a vanity made for wall mounting but we made it work and it's very sturdy. Good luck!...See More- 5 years ago
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Floor progress! Tile is taking eons but supposed to be done by Tues., then the rest should come together quickly.
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Thank you! Our contractor lined up the tile guy. Very good work but seemed to take forever!
Same guy did our powder room floor.
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