70s bathroom remodel
Hardee Family
3 months ago
Need suggestions for wall and cabinet paint color that will work with the existing beige wall tile and almond tub. We are considering covering floor tile with LVP and will add a shower curtain.
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Kate
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New 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 Reveal, Thanks to the Bathroom and Remodel Forums!X-Post
Comments (6)Lovely! I like the classic white tile and porcelain and how you used furniture pieces in the bathroom. I love that the storage at the end of the tub has pull-outs that can be reached from the toilet. Your custom sink and backsplash and counter are unique and beautiful. Yours may be the first bathroom sink I have seen in which a small or medium dog could be washed! That is a good thing! I showed your pictures to my DH because I am thinking of classic tiled walls with a chair rail for when we redo our bath in a couple of years. He liked it! I was expecting him to say, "too old fashioned." He did not, he said it looked nice. From him, nice is a compliment. He even liked your rows of listello. I was just at the Tile Shop's site the other day looking at the Hampton tiles because someone was selling some on Craigslist. I am hoping to do as you did and get what I can cheaper there, and fill in the rest from the store. I can see that you worked very hard to secure all of your materials - and then cut the floor tiles to size and culled the Hampton tiles, too! You succeeded very well in getting the look you wanted while saving money along the way. Congratulations, and thank you for the pictures and great detail and supply list....See More70s bathroom remodel
Comments (8)Do you have another tub in the house? If so I would remove the tub in favor of adding a walk in shower unless you use the tub very often. As to barn doors, as a child in the 70s I lived in a house with track doors, not pocket for the track was not between the walls, so although very popular now with the barn hardware the idea is well over forty years old and they are often financially, structurally and functionally the best solution. I had French doors in a sunroom but the took up to much wall and floor space to function well so we bought track hardware for under 200 bucks and used the orginal style doors built a header over the track on the room side and everyone thinks they are orginal pocket doors to our 1920s house not barn doors. My barn doors are pictured here the project cost less than 300 dollars.Sorry tree is still up but barn doors need not be the style we always see in blogs or hgtv... They can be altered to look like pocket doors with out needing to reframe, move electrics or pay thousands for....See MoreHelp with bathroom remodel - BATHROOM question
Comments (21)We renovated recently and removed an old cast iron tub that had been reglazed badly several times - it was tough for our plumbing team to find someone to cut it up and get it down the narrow stairs.. we opted for an acrylic model for our replacement, I absolutely love old things too but definitely appreciate the new pipes that our team was able to run to the new bath as well as a nice level subfloor 😅...See More
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3 months agoConnecticut Yankeeeee
3 months agoHardee Family
3 months agoConnecticut Yankeeeee
3 months agoHardee Family
2 months agoAppreciate all of the feedback! i have decided to work with the current floors and i ended up DIYing the tub and sink with tub and tile paint which actually turned our much better than i had expected. I am also painting vanity cabinet SW urban bronze - hoping this will help take some of the focus off the floor tile. Attaching picture of how it looks so far (still have to caulk around tub and put another coat on cabinet doors/drawers). Also planning to paint walls above tile but haven’t decided on paint color for sure - considering SW accessible beige with alabaster white trim. I have door pulls and knobs picked out (champagne bronze color) and also ordered a new vanity light fixture (pictures below). Still looking for faucets and shower curtain that will help pull it all together. Any suggestions?
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Hardee Family
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