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My First Major Home Improvement


(That I didn't *have* to do)


BEFORE PICTURES

This bathroom is 30 years old, and it showed.

The linoleum was old and yellowed and missing in some spaces due to having to remove it to repair a leaking toilet. The vanity was old and old-fashioned, white with gold flecks in the vanity top. Nice. The door is a dark brown wood-grain laminate hollow door, not pretty at all. The shower had old white tile (with gold flecks). Some tiles were falling off and the grout was getting moldy. It was obvious the wall behind the shower was damaged because the wall gave a little when you pushed on it. The toilet and tub itself were in very good shape, so they were staying. Pretty much everything else was being changed, except for the lavendar walls which I had painted last year.

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Before – Bathtub/Shower Before – Bathtub/Shower Before – Bathtub/Shower Before - Showerhead Before – Bathtub Faucet/Handle Before – Bathtub and Closet Before – Closet Doors Before – Towelrack Wall and Door Before - Door Before – Door and Vanity Before - Vannity Before – Vanity Top and Sink Before – Medicine Cabinet Before – Vanity, Toilet, Bathtub/Shower Before – Vanity, Toilet, Bathtub/Shower

DURING THE REHAB

I am going for a “Cape Cod” style bathroom, with white porcelain and chrome fixtures, white beadboard and my lavendar walls.

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RIPPING UP THE OLD LINOLEUM

During – Bare subfloor under the old linoleum During – Bare subfloor under the old linoleum During – Bare subfloor under the old linoleum During – Bare subfloor under the old linoleum During – Bare subfloor under the old linoleum

PUTTING DOWN THE NEW WHITE CERAMIC TILE FLOOR

During – Laying the tile During – Tile is laid During – Tile is laid During – Grouting the tile During – Tile is grouted

PUTTING UP THE WHITE BEADBOARD

During – The beabdoard is up During – The beabdoard is up During – The beabdoard is up During – The beabdoard is up

INSTALLING THE VANITY

During – The vanity is in! During – The vanity is in! During – The vanity is in!

INSTALLING THE TRIM PIECES AND TOILET

During – The trim is up During – The trim is up and the toilet is installed During – The trim is up and the toilet is installed During – The trim is up

TACKLING THE BATHTUB AND SHOWER

During – Showerwall tiles coming down During – Showerwall tiles coming down During – Showerwall tiles coming down, mold behind. Ew. During – Showerwall tiles coming down, mold behind. Ew. During – Showerwall tiles coming down, mold behind. Ew. During – Showerwall tiles coming down, mold behind. Ew. During – Showerwall tiles coming down, mold behind. Ew. During – The nasty old moldy, rotten wallboard is gone; thanks to my brother I didn't have to touch it. During – The nasty old moldy, rotten wallboard is gone During – Peek at the plumbing to be replaced During – Peek at the plumbing to be replaced During – The new greenboard is up During – The new greenboard is up During – The new shower surround is up! During – The new shower surround is up, along with the soapdish and faucet handle. The spout goes in later. During – The new shower surround is up, along with the towel bar

THE FINISH WORK AND SOME DETAILS

During – A closeup of the trim detail around the base of the bathtub During – The vanity area During – The vanity area During – The tub and closet. I need to repair and paint the wall by the shower and put up a curtain for the closet During – The vanity/toilet/tub area. I need to repair and paint the wall by the shower During – The ceramic tile is dirty dirty dirty. Clean up is going to be pretty easy though

AFTER PICTURES

My new Cape Cod-ish, Cottage-style Bathroom.

Even though the before and after pictures look similar, everything in the bathroom was pretty much ripped out and replaced, except for the bathtub and toilet. My brother and I put in a new ceramic tile floor, new vanity and sinktop, new shower wall, new fixtures, painted the door and put beadboard up. The finished result is my dream bathroom.