The Bathroom Remodel

As I try to think of what next to blog about, I decided to clean "Doug's bathroom." Why not take photos after something is nice and clean!  And being that this is Doug's bathroom, no it is never this clean ;-). 

I would love to show you a true before photo, but that I just can't find!  I was probably too embarrassed about it to take a photo at the time..

 

This photo the bathroom ceiling is gone. And it was March. And I think I had icicles in my hair it was sooo cold taking a shower!! (We also had no heat at the time because the furnace was out and all the insulation was gone too! Brr.. )

 

After months of working on the rest of the home the bathroom was one of the last projects. We had it framed in and that was it!

 

This is another demo photo.  The bathroom is the room to the left of the staircase. 

Now for the good stuff. We had purchased a new bathroom vanity and once we got it home, I knew it wouldn't work.  Doug wanted so badly to just install a normal vanity and be done with the project.  But the hardest part of a remodel is you have to work within the walls created.  With a staircase to one side and now the laundry on the other we had to work with the few feet given to us.  He had to build something long and skinny to fit along the back wall and tie it into the stand up shower.  

Then came so many choices.  Doug didn't want to hire someone to lay a counter.  Yes quarts or granite would have been beautiful, but oh so hard on the budget.  You have to consider not only the price of material, but labor.  We were able to do so much because we never had to pay for labor throughout the entire remodel.  As long as Doug could do it himself :)

Here is the progress.. then here is the finish!

So we used what Doug knows best.  Wood :-)

I went to Meijer and bought baskets.  Then he built cubbyholes to fit. The counter is left over oak floors from the kitchen.  I know oak isn't the most hip these days, but we wanted to match the original oak floors that were existing and continued it throughout the house.

This next photo is another reason why Doug calls it his bathroom.  Instead of dry walling the space above the shower to the ceiling he used old wood he saved from the house.  I had suggested subway tile, but Doug was sick of dry wall and tile and wanted to use wood.  Lets hope after layers and layers of polyurethane it will last!!

Then there it is. My beloved hexagon tile.  My dream come true.  I begged and begged Doug for this.  At first he was like no way am I ever doing that.  But then he was probably sick of me begging. So I won this battle. (And now I actually think he likes it!)

These are the shelves he built along the shower to utilize every last bit of space left.  And of course his reasoning is he has access to the plumbing if ever needed right here.

And lastly, I love this bad boy.  It is an outdoor light I bought from Lowe's and is much cheaper than any indoor light of its kind!  He also put these on the exterior of the home.  I love these lights!