Upstairs Bathroom Progress

Remember this? and then this?

Well the progress has continued :)

Upstairs Bathroom

So ... there's been a long delay before I can do anything significant on the house because I have had to wait on my loan. While I'm waiting, however... I demolished the upstairs bathroom... ya know... like ya do...
This is my BFF Peaches beating down a wall...

Shower from hell...


So... inspiration for the bathroom to be honest comes from my friends Chad and Cheyanne's master bathroom. Sage walls slate looking floors and wall tile... very sexy.


This one is my fav

Best Green Bathroom idea EVER

In looking around for other green bathroom solutions I stumbled across this.
Pretty cool huh? talk about reduce and reuse! I wonder how hard it would be to do this yourself... hurm...

Master Bathroom Design Dilemma

I posted photos of the master bathroom and all of its horror.... but the major problem I have with that bathroom is that its about 6 feet by 8 feet in size. Long bathroom... not a lot of room. The bath tub/shower is about two feet from the vanity and sinks. This makes things pretty tight and impossible to turn into a true master bathroom.

Behind the bathroom (which is to the north) is the furnace and a linen cabinet that is accessible from the hall way. To the west of the bathroom on the other side of the wall is the hall way from which that linen cabinet is accessible. From within that hall way there are two hall closets both about 4 feet deep.

My mother's suggestion was to move the furnace because evidently furnaces should be in the center part of the house to be the most efficient in heath distribution. But one estimate on cost from a heating and air company proved to be totally unrealistic coming in at about $27,000. Another company came in and told me it was a total waste of time and money because I could just build into the hall way. I'd anticipated that, but it them limits the closet options for the "piano room" which I've now put a bed in for use as a guest room or sitting room.

I drew up some plans with a neat program I got in the back of a bathroom book I found at Lowe's. The book was $20 but like I said... software! If I break down the wall between the current bath and hall as well as the wall between the two hall closets and create a wall linking everything together - you basically connect a 6X8 foot space to about a 6X7 foot space.

My dilemma is how the heck I create essentially a Jack and Jill bathroom with a large tub, separate shower, two vanities, and a toilet and moving the least amount of plumbing.

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bathroom remodel

Very exciting adventure the bathroom... The nasty half bath I showed you earlier this month has been totally redone. It began with pulling off that awful wood paneling. What we found was a wall that was nearly falling down on the outer wall ... where the water damage was. The ceiling was bad too.

When we pulled everything out, toilet, sink, general junk, we started off with the hammer to the wall. The wall with the most damage was the only one we took down. The second I hit it with the hammer a HUGE chunk of the wall came down. It took about 3-5 big swings to get an entire wall to come down.

Working with the plaster was the hardest. I wanted to patch things and then texture the wall but I guess you can't do that with plaster, because the second I put water into it I could spear it around a little and then it would harden again. I ended up just adding as much water as I could and having it run down the wall. Ultimately I discovered that joint compound was the best way to create that more modern texture that worked. But I did try that stuff you get in a can.... I don't recommend it... EVER.


Inspiration for bathroom:


This is from HGTV's top ten most beautiful bathrooms which you can see here


Let us begin with the floor :) First time I've ever laid tile..... ever! This was difficult for several reasons. First ... let me highly recommend taking a class at Home Depot. I wish Lowes had classes like this, but they don't.



Details:
Tile: American Olean was about $4 per sheet took 15
Paint Color: La Fonda Mirage from Valspar (I think but I'll confirm) 1 gallon $25
Sink: Not the exact sink - this was the one I wanted, but we found this other one that was similar and on sale for $100 less. Lesson 1: check the sales. Sink = $100 (no seriously)
Faucet: Price Pficer - Actually got on sale for $45
Mirror: Zenith - no idea why its so expensive on this site but we paid $60 for it in store.
Light Fixture: Portfolio - was on sale for $30 at the time in store.

Final - although I hate the cabinet its too big/tall there is a great corner one at Target I want but I ran out of money :(