Ah! It feels great to be back. So much has changed since my last post. So many changes in our lives took me away from blogging. I returned to school and obtained my teaching certificate. I now teach elementary school and love it! It allows me time with my kids (my two girls Ada & Everly), hobbies and hubby. For sure, this school year has been all but normal #coronavirus. I have spent a lot of time on Pinterest and Instagram and decided to get back into my groove. I thought a great first post back would be to show our bathroom remodel. Wahoo!!
Just a refresher, we bought our home that was built in the 50s. We gutted most of it and designed it in an aesthetic that fit our needs and wants. The house has 2 bathrooms. This one we are discussing now and also a small en suite in the master bedroom. Needless to say, this bathroom is the MOST USED room of the house in a family of four. It had a pedestal sink, toilet and shower/tub combo. There was hardly any storage. Here is what I am talking about...
Niiiceee, right? 😜 I should also state that this picture happened after we tore out the floor. There was a linoleum floor that was on top of a blue linoleum floor (you can kind of see that part here). You get the idea. First things first, we moved the toilet next to the tub and moved the *vanity* to the corner where the toilet once was. Having a pier foundation house made moving the plumbing MUCH easier. The walls also had a sheet covering that we removed.
Fast forward to the final product:
The vanity was a one-piece purchase that made installation a lot easier. We chose the Lamport Vanity with stone countertop from Home Depot (here).
I chose a beaded mirror (similar here) that is 36' x 24".
We installed our flooring in 2015, and it is still holding up FANTASTICALLY. We did our renovation on a budget...as usual. I chose this TrafficMASTER Carrara Marble stick tiles (here). We have had no issues thus far.
The most cost-saving choice we made was on the shiplap. I chose to go with plywood and had it cut to 6" planks. Lowe's cut the planks in store for no charge. To install, we used liquid nails and a pneumatic nail gun with small finishing nails. We used nickels for spacers. I was concerned with durability being in the bathroom...humidity and all. This was installed in 2015 and looks the same as it did when we installed it. We also updated the tub surround, knobs and faucet, but I'll save that for another post. 😉
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