For what it's worth: bathroom make over

Tuesday

A DIY small bathroom renovation and reveal

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I have finished both the guest bathroom and our master bathroom. They are updated and slightly renovated. I did most of it myself - DIY hubs changed out the toilets for me. Those suckers are heavy! Actually, we put new water saving toilets in the master and #3 bath. The #2 guest bath toilet is still is good shape and matches the décor. Here is a tour of the guest bath.

Wednesday

Bathroom decor

Hi everyone my name is Sandra and I blog over at Sandra's Ark. I'm very happy to be a guest here today. Jeannie has asked me to share with you today about something that I did a while back when I had moved house. When we moved back to Northern Ireland from Belgium in Dec 2010 I was so pleased to be moving into a house with a light, spacious, nicely decorated bathroom. It along with the kitchen and the master bedroom were the main attractions to persuade us to forget the previous decision of

"We do not want a house at the top of a hill!".

Monday

Bathroom reveal

My mom has degenerative arthritis. She has bilateral knee implants and is undergoing hip replacements. She has been living on her own on the farm where I and three siblings grew up. The small shower in bathroom #2 is not ADA compliant in any way, so while she was hospitalized and rehabilitated for 2 and 1/2 weeks, my two brothers and one sister in-law removed the cast iron tub and carpet from her bigger bathroom and completely remodeled it. As with all remodels on old homes, there were plenty of unplanned repairs needed.
The drain from the tub and toilet were rusted and corroded almost closed. My talented brother removed a portion of the cement foundation and replaced the ruined pipes. THAT WAS MAJOR. After the older brother built up a shower pan he built a short wall to separate the shower and toilet area.

Mom loves birds, so her new bath has plenty of those too.

The Demolition & re-building

The thing about remodeling is, you never fully know what you're getting in to. There wasn’t enough of the original brown tiles to complete the bottom in brown, but we like the resulting brown and cream color scheme as it made a nice transition to the tile floor. BTW my daughter in law found the cream 4 x 4 tiles, and 16 x 16 floor tiles at Habitat for Humanity. Habitat for Humanity Stores are a wonderful resource for affordable supplies plus you can donate recyclable items from your build back to them. I Googled them and found that they have store locations all over the US. She found the octagon shower floor tiles at Lowe’s. I absolutely love how it all came together and really appreciate her expertise is color.

The two brothers tiled the walls and floors, removed the existing window and added glass blocks, installed a new handicap height toilet, rebuilt the linen closet, replaced the sink faucet and put in a new space saving pocket door.
Our Mom was beyond excited when she came home and couldn’t get over the many improvements not only to her bathroom, but the guest bathroom and all the little repairs all over the house (including new paint in every room). This is the redecorated guest bath.