Bathroom Renovation Progress

We have moved on to tackling the bathrooms in our renovation projects....what a process! We started with the kids/hall bath for now, and have plans for the other two hopefully in the near future.

Here are some before pictures:

Bath tub surround area:



Ugly bathtub:



Toilet/sink area:



Floor in the bath area:



Vanity area with carpet:



Her are the pictures of the process during the renovation:

The took out the old tub and replaced with a new one, and tore out all the ugly tile surround as well as prepared the plumbing:



What a mess it was:



They replaced all of the surround with new hardy board and began tiling the surround:



They put in a shampoo box built into the wall with the mosaic accent:



Then, they ripped out all of the old flooring and replaced with new coordinating floor tiles:



And, then the grout was in.....



The completed tub and surround with new fixtures as well!...



A new shower curtain adds the final touch....



Vanity area with walls painted, floor tiles with grout and a few accessories....



We also tore out some old paneling and are in the process of replacing it with new bead board paneling. The walls are painted, but still need to paint the bead board, trim and cabinets.

And, the granite countertops still need to be installed with new sinks and faucets.

But it is well on it's way to looking like a usable bathroom!

More to come....

Kitchen Progress

Since we have decided to wait on doing a full remodel of the kitchen, I started at least sprucing up the existing cabinets and walls to make it look a little nicer while we figure out exactly what it is we want to do in here. The simple fact is, kitchens are expensive. So, we want to live in ours for a little while to see exactly what we want to change and how everything flows.

To start with, I fixed up the wall where previous owners had closed in the door to the dining room, which we decided to leave closed off since we don't use that room as a dining room either.

Here is the before pic of this area:


And, with the wall plaster going on:


And, finally, all painted out:




Here is another view of this area including where we previously took out the little built in desk:


And here it is all plastered and painted out:




Here's the view looking into the breakfast room:



And, here's the painted version...a little fresher and updated:






That's where I'm at so far. It's definitely a start. I will move on to painting out the cabinets and the built in hutch as well as changing all the hardware and some decorating!

More pics to follow....


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