My Bathroom Remodel--Before and After

By: Diy maven Aug 19, 2009

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We started this bathroom remodel last summer, and since it's been done for months, I thought it was about time to post some pics!

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The morning we decided to start the project, MWT got right to work. He had the room mostly gutted by the time I pulled out my camera. Although, this is a shot of what it pretty much looked like before.

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Here it is after about 15 minutes of work! We pulled out the light fixture, vanity and tile. We chose to keep the toilet and the bathtub, both of which were in very good condition.

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Here's a shot of the tub after we removed the old tile and smoothed out the new durarock we installed.

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MWT made the vanity and the mirror. We based our design on one we found in a local big box store. Their version was constructed rather poorly and not out of real wood either! We did like the marble vanity top and bowl sink, however, which were paired up with the store-bought version. MWT made our vanity to fit the store bought top and sink perfectly.

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We used 13" x 13" tiles on the floor (with bullnose mopboard) and smaller 6.5" x 6.5" on the wall with some smaller 3" mosaic tiles to break things up and add a little interest. One of our 'splurges' was the shower head/faucet which matches the sink faucet.

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Another indulgence was the drawer pulls. Made of solid bronze, they were 17 bucks a pop. If we'd of had more than 2 drawers, we might have passed on them!

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We chose to install a wooden Roman shade, which we customized like we did in this old tute.

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All in all, I love the minimal look and the calm, spa-like vibe I get from it. 

 

 

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So even if you spent the same you got so much more for the money. Full extension drawer glides are awesome and your drawer pulls will never look worn. Good choices.

DM--I can't remember, but not much. We opted for those fancy pulls and full extension drawer glides. It wasn't about the $$; it was about the construction.

Great job Maven. I wish we would have thought to make our own vanities when we were building this home. How much did you save in making your own better made vanity?

oops, http://www.mybath.biz/servlet/the-303/Bathroom-Vanity-with-Multiple/Detail

I like what you've done with your bathroom.

I finally found a <a href="http://www.mybath.biz/servlet/the-303/Bathroom-Vanity-with-Multiple/Detail">Bath Sink</a> that works for my bathroom. Hopefully it all works as planned.

Nicely done!

 

Yeah, I'd love to hear more about exposed/unexposed pipes and ways to hide them. We're redoing our bathroom with a pedestal sink, so the water lines will be exposed.

Olivia, I'm glad you like the 'after'. Actually, the pipes are all exposed now, but they're new chrome, so they look nice. They also have decorative flanges slipped over them which cover their access into the wall.

Your question has given me an idea for a future post...."Exposed pipes on not exposed pipes?"....something like that. I'll find some examples and let the Curbly readers decide!

Oh gosh, that is a gorgeous bathroom! I wish mine was like that and didn't have the ugly cabinets under the sink.

I'm wondering, though, about the pipes under the sink. Where did you hide them?

Amy--I prefer hand crafted furniture--especially if the hand making it belongs to a skilled woodworker. ;) The guy that sold me the pulls, btw, was a complete snob. Yup, that's right...a knob snob. I almost didn't buy them from him for that reason!

Love it.  The drawer pulls were worth the splurge... not that the vanity looked handmade or anything, but nice hardware just takes it up a notch! 

 

Well, we didn't work hard--just sort of picked away at it, if you know what I mean. We gutted it last May. The floor was done in a weekend and then we did the shower over the next few weekends. MWT made the vanity last fall before his tools started to protest to the cold. He didn't get to the mirror until this spring. I only decided on the wooden shade last week. If we didn't have a second bath, I'm sure we would have been much speedier. Oh, and we also had some pipe leakage from this bath to the second one below, which caused some damage to the ceiling & part of a wall. We had to fix it with new drywall and a paint job. THAT was maddening! 

Looks great! How long did you spend on it?

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