A sneak peek..

There is something about having a cherry cabinet in an all marble bathroom. It's a great contrast. Especially when you have the talented Benjamin Blackwelder making the vanity. We used hex tile in a couple places in this house. It has a early 1900's feel.


And nothing like a 1923 original clawfoot tub to compliment the other finishes for this bathroom. If you need one of these call Mike at the Tub Doctor. He has 70+ of them and he can re-enamel them any color. If you're going to do a tub, it may as well look classy. And no, I'm not a fan of the space-wasting corner jetted tubs. They're so 2002.

And this is the kids bathroom vanity, still needs drawers. We did a 1" white ceramic hex tile with a black inlay. This yellow light fixture is going to be a perfect accent in this bathroom.

Vintage Bathroom Take 2

If you haven't noticed already, I'm a big fan of turn-of-the-century style bathrooms. This bathroom is my 2nd attempt at this type of bathroom with a less than $5,000 budget. I like this paint color a lot more than the green we put in our bathroom. This color is Silver Sage from Restoration Hardware.

The bathroom started out as a standard master bath built in the 90's. It was small, had a worn out looking shower surround, linoleum, and a insignificant vanity.

Initially, the homeowners wanted to put a tub in here. After marking it all out there just wasn't enough room to make it work comfortably. We kept the same layout but switched the vanity with the toilet, that way the vanity was on the side with more room. We also put in a bigger shower base and tiled the walls and floor. Lighting was key for this bathroom. The sconces add prestige and highlights the vanity space. The can light in the shower brightens up the space as it reflects off the white subway tile. These seemingly insignificant changes to the lighting is what really makes this bathroom seem larger and much more luxurious. We reused the original mirror. Almost any glass shop can cut holes in it for mounting sconces. Adding the sconces and holding the mirror off the wall a couple inches added some needed interest.

The homeowner picked out the vanity from Costco. I think it was a good find, especially since they sold out in a couple weeks and there are none left in Utah. I was a little worried about it being a more antiqued piece with all the bright white tile and trim, but I think it works because it stands out more as a piece of furniture.

Our bathroom final pictures

This project has been completed for several months but renters moved in before we had a chance to take pictures. As a reminder, here are the befores and it really was a disaster. Not only did it have a leak and mold was starting to show but it felt so small and awkward with the washer, dryer and tiny shower. And now we love it's layout and wish we had this bathroom and it wasn't just in our rental but still totally worth it.

And if you're interested on what kind of price tag comes with a bathroom remodel like this (even with it's narley rough plumbing work) it is only around $5,000. If you only have so much to spend, you don't have to compromise style. For example, I found the vanity at Lowes for $200 and it included the sink and counter-top.

Bathroom Remodel

We recently remodeled this bathroom for some great friends of ours. They had problems with their shower pan leaking and ruining their wood floor and causing other internal damage, not to mention mold to growing.

So one thing led to another, as it usually does, and we were tearing it all out and starting over. Just for the record, I really wasn't pushing for tearing it all out. We had some cheaper alternatives, but the homeowners saw it as an opportunity to change it up.

This bathroom's unique blend of traditional and modern turned out awesome. We combined the natural elements of travertine stone, traditional cabinetry, and modern tiles and fixtures.

Bathroom

Here's quick bathroom remodel we did a few months ago. Unfortunately, I forgot my camera on demo day so here are some awful pictures from my iPhone. However, I guess it makes the after pictures that much better.

After: New tub, tile and facet.

Bathroom Remodel

One of my recent personal projects is our basement bathroom. It had some mold problems that could not be ignored. Although there are a few possible cosmetic fixes like just replaces the dry wall or taking out the shower and replacing it with a shower insert, they just aren't worth the cost. If we are going to put any money into it, we wanted to make it right. So we gutted it and have plans to completely rearrange the bath. There will be a tub along the back wall, the toilet will go where the shower was, and the vanity will replace the washer (and the washer/dryer will find a place in the garage).

This will obviously require a lot of work when it comes to the rough plumbing but it will be worth it. I will post additional pictures as I continue the project and I will also include costs.





The bottom piece of wood really shows how bad the mold had really gotten.