Before and after small bathroom makeover
Sue
4 years ago
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Finally updated my old 1980's small bathroom. Next onto kitchen!
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Sue
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Comments (10)Wall color is a light blue, and the tub is white. One of the thing's that really pulled it all together was the shower curtain. jbjust, I would love to remove the old mirror but DH has a hard enough time with what work we've already done. He's not the DIY type. I am happy, it has made such a big improvement to that little space that use to be all beige. DS came over yesterday and saw our handy work for the first time, he's a very good handyman and he praised us for the work we did. Yesterday I finished hanging the door back on and the trim, the trim is very hard to do when you have to cut and piece to fit between the door trim and wall with only half inch. A pro would have no problem but for someone that doesn't do that type of work I'd go broke if I was trying to make a living at it LOL. It took me 3 hours to do a 18 1/16" - 3" and 1/2 inch cut. The thing that I liked about doing the trim myself verses having it done was it could be done right. I use the oil based primer doing two coats front and back making it water resistant. Were the old stuff was rotting away from the back side. Next up is the kitchen but we're having to hire it out :( it's to big of a job for me. Thank you for your kind comment, Barb...See MoreBefore and After - Avocado Bathroom Update
Comments (99)Rjinga, I hope you see this, since it's not moving to the top. I was out of town for the holiday, but I found your posts in my email. Thanks so much for your lovely compliments! The painted top held up well. We sold the house a few months ago, and all the potential buyers thought it was granite! Even many Realtors (who have likely seen plenty of the real thing). I never did redo the poly to smooth out the brush strokes, and never even had to touch it up. My husband and I aren't hard on things, but I did have water, perfume, hairspray, curling irons, etc. on and around the counter with no problems. It wiped clean with a spritz of 409 and a soft cloth. If I ever do it again, I will try the oil poly with a pantyhose applicator, but I definitely recommend this easy technique if you want a faux granite top....See MoreBefore & After $17k Full Master Bathroom Remodel (Modern)
Comments (97)We generally prefer historical cost basis over any time of assessment, so what you paid for an item. However, one problem with the historical cost basis for ad valorem taxes is it adjusts for realized gains and losses while not adjusting for holding gains and losses. This means that two identical houses would pay two different taxes based on the last time they were sold. This isn't quite fair so to remedy this, ad valorem taxes are occasionally adjusted to compensate somewhat for holding gains and losses. In other words, we don't want people who bought 3 acres next to Central Park 65 years ago, to be paying property taxes on $100,000 when an identical property next door pays taxes on $15,000,000. That is the entire purpose of adjusting property values. Improvements aren't simply holding gains, it is putting money into the structure so that it is nicer. If you want to fairly tax improvements you would need a tax on the increased value less a tax credit the amount paid over the marginal assessment value. So, the premise that you have some moral obligation to pay marginally higher taxes because you spent $50,000 for a nicer kitchen that adds only $20,000 to the property value, is one I find questionable. In other words, if you paid more for the remodel than it added in property value you should get a tax credit against the increase. However, that is far too complicated and thus taxing jurisdictions who are acting efficiently and attempting to be fair, avoid increasing valuation for improvements and replacements, but do increase valuation for additions. Now this is completely different than rules that allow select groups to avoid assessment for holding gains and losses....See MoreStuck for two months now on the bathrooms - Posted before and afters
Comments (6)THIS is the new kitchen? Very nice! Or that's the inspo? The bathrooms ........is one a powder room for guests and the other is en suite from his bedroom? What does his BEDROOM look like? What is his favorite color? Pull a color from there for that bathroom. Take a color from the living room for the other bath! Neither needs to "go with " a lovely white kitchen. Forget the themes! With that?.......... I will give you my tip: He loved your mom for a 100 reasons that have not one thing to do with her fabulous taste, or creativity! He loves you for different reasons! You can't "replace" her and he doesn't expect, or want you to. Assuming your parents married between the ages of 20/24? For 63 YEARS? There is no decorating decision you can make that will be "bad" . What is bad? The shock of losing his soul mate and best friend. You can't UN sadden him. His sadness makes YOU sad, I totally understand. But.....he's grieving and the best way to lessen that? Be there. Visit as often as you can, have him to dinner at your house -often. Make sure everything is stocked and within easy access in his bath. Make sure it is well lit! That there is absolutely nothing to trip on, that he needn't bend far, to get at anything. I have lived this - my dad died seven weeks after mom, his choice, to cease dialysis. He just wasn't having a good time. His whole reason for carrying on, slogging on? Mom. Don't wring a hand. Just lend a big eager ear. Talk about her, go through the albums, have a good cry together. : ) Your intent is wonderful - but it's the last thing on his mind. Guaranteed. You can't rush love, and you simply can't rush the recovery from loss that inevitably follows ...love....See More
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4 years agoSue
4 years ago@recordaras - hmmm, it is okay, not totally crazy about the placement but I didn't want it over in front of the opening of the shower, which is where it was placed before. The roll use to get wet sometimes coming in and out of the tub. Because the space is so small, I didn't want to have a standing tower one. But its functional.
@TAS - I bought it on Amazon - it is listed as a "medicine cabinet" so it does not have a ton of storage space but it works for my small bathroom and I do like the fact that I can change the picture with anything that I like.
Link to product:https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07QP369H7/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o07_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
They are glass mosaic and they are different colors. I see hints of blue/green/white/gold/grey. Its hard to describe but here is a link to the tile that has more photos. It tends to take on different colors depending on which way you are looking at them.
https://www.tileshop.com/products/grenada-glass-mosaic-tile-0-5-x-0-5-in-615502
The contractor who did the bathroom told me that he would never do an entire wall of glass mosaic again. He said it was a pain because the tiles are not hard set like regular tile, they are flimsy (they are set on like what I would call webbing) so it took it two days just to get the back wall set. But the end result is just beautiful. I saw it in a Tile Shop and fell in love with it.recordaras
4 years ago
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