Bathroom mini renovation...Somehow on our mile long list of "home improvement" project, we wind up with a new master bathroom...
The project was fun and the final product is just wonderful! The bathroom had nothing wrong with it, it was just full of basic, builder grade amenities. We also had the "let's tile" bug for some reason. This project did teach Lisa one thing- tiling stinks!!!!
Here is Joe during our demo day, undoing the plumbing.
And here is everything removed.. vanity, sink top and wall mounted mirror....
We found the tile at a lovely local tile store "Town Tile" run by a very nice guy by the name of Gary. Lisa made the initial discovery of his little store.. She was pleased with his customer service and encouraghed her to take several tiles home to "get a feel for the color etc". Where as we also bought from tile from Lowe's and of course had to pay for the tiles.
Tile picked out, backerboard, grout, mortar, spacers, etc, etc etc... and what feels like a million dollars later.. we were set to tile..
Lisa's parents came for 2 days to help us.. Mario is an expert tiler! He and Joe worked very well together.. here is a picture of the backerboard almost done!
And now the NOT so fun job of measuring, laying, taking up, mortaring, and relaying of the tiles. Did i mention that stuff dries FAST?!
Finally, after thinking that we would NEVER find a vanity that fit, we found the perfect shape and wood tone at Just Cabinets.
We reused the sink top, it was white and in perfect condition. We got new faucets, of course and the same mirror went back up.
Everything back in place and here is the final product. We LOVE IT!!
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