It feels like this basement project has lasted forever with very little actual change, but now things are really starting to come together. We actually have the shower totally tiled! First a bit to show just how much WORK this tile part has been. First I had to remove all the blue tiles… I decided [...]
Now that the walls are up and sanded and then primed, we can start to tackle the mosaic tiles for the shower and floors. We knew we wanted to use a mosaic glass and decided the collections from Modwalls were the coolest in our price range. I ordered samples of the below “Brio Blends” mosaics: [...]
Putting drywall up is only half the challenge then you have to fill in the gaps, cover seams with tape, apply the joint compound, and sand it all flat Then reapply and then sand it again. Dear god how I HATE sanding drywall!!! Anyway, here we go: We used spray foam to fill in the [...]
We were excited to slap some walls up in our bathroom. After all the patches and blending old and new parts of walls upstairs we figured it should be quick and easy to start fresh with just drywall and studs right? Nope. Creating solid walls is hard no matter how you approach it! I’ll approach [...]
We finally finished the plumbing lines for the bathroom. Add to that the electrical bones and all the framing and it’s equals time for the second inspection!! So here is the pic of the final framed room. Pocket door on for the entry. Shower in the far corner, toilet right next to it. The sink [...]
We had the plumber out to lay down the piping for the bathroom, unfortunately we discovered the main pipe was about 3 inches higher than we thought it would be and you have to have a grade between the drain and the main pipes that goes down at a certain rate (which I didn’t bother [...]
Now that we finally have our permits approved, we are ready to get moving on adding a second bathroom to our house in the basement! This might be the most exciting and intimidating project so far. First stop on the obstacle course is to open up the floor so we can tie into the main [...]
Choosing a counter for our kitchen was one of the toughest choices we’ve had to make in our remodels so far. First there are so many choices out there, second it’s pretty permanent, and third it’s crazy expensive!! We toyed a long time with the idea of a butcher block or DIY cement countertop (and [...]
When tackling the kitchen remodel we had some serious problems seeing eye to eye on what the best layout would be and what to sacrifice. I did NOT believe we would have enough storage in the small room without wall cabinets, but Alex knew that the problem was effective storage.. quality and not quantity. Alex [...]
To maximize the design in our bathroom we needed a mirror that didn’t clutter up the visual of the room. Such a small and narrow space needs things streamlined to keep them from feeling claustrophobic. So when it came time to replace the giant clunky ghetto mirror we wanted to match the width of the backsplash [...]
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