The Bathroom Remodel

Just a few weeks ago, we finally completed a project that has been on our list since we bought our home.  I have to say, it's always such a great feeling to be able to check something big like a bathroom project off of your "to-do" list, don't you agree?  

Renovating the bathroom kept getting put on the back burner for years, and it's because being without this room, for at least a few weeks is truly a huge inconvenience.  However, this spring we decided that it was definitely time to tackle this room.  Although, I can share some photos of the finished project, once again, we really didn't take good shots of the room before the complete renovation.  

So, I'll give you a brief description of what this room looked like when we bought the house.  If you looked at the before shots of the kitchen, you will see a truly unattractive laminate flooring, and we were unlucky enough to have this same flooring in our main bathroom.  Also, the toilet, sink, and tub were all different colors, and the plastic tub wall liner was cracked and just generally unappealing.  Oh, and did I mention that the bathroom vanity was PINK?  To top off the pink vanity, the previous owners had a blue counter.  Generally, it was just a very unattractive and chaotic room.

When we were planning the redesign of the room, Dan and I agreed that we wanted to make a big impact, but stay within our budget.  We decided to keep the look classic, with neutral tones so that the new space could be timeless.  Also, being that this is our main bathroom, we decided that it would be a great luxury to have two sinks and fortunately space was not an issue for us.

Here is a shot of the bathroom counter before the renovation....

To start with, we painted the vanity white with kitchen cabinet paint.  Replaced the bathroom mirror with a larger one with three doors.  This new mirror not only gave us more storage but allowed any person using the sink to be able to have a mirror to look into.  Then, Dan put in two new sinks and tiled the counter-top, which we think looks lovely and cost a lot less than some other counter options out there.

Since we love our new double sinks so much I thought I would show you another angle....

Photo taken by Marc Steiner

 Now that the sinks were complete, It was time to replace the toilet and tub.  Of course, we wanted them to all match this time, so we went with classic white.  Then we decided to use the same tile for the walls in the shower, but in a different sizes and patterns, check it out...

Photo taken by Marc Steiner

One more great feature that our bathroom has is a pocket door, so you can have two people utilizing this room at the same time with complete privacy.  

Remember I mentioned that we had terrible laminate flooring before?  We found a great option that brought warmth into the room, but didn't break our budget....we used Pergo flooring that looks like wood.  This new flooring was simple to install, the pieces link together, and it was a reasonably priced option for our budget.  Here is a photo where you can get a better idea of the look that the Pergo floor gave us...

Photo taken by Marc Steiner

 There it is in a nutshell, our new bathroom!