Elisabeth's Bathroom - the Soap Dish, Corner Bench, and Curb

Elisabeth chose a beautiful marble subway tile for the walls in her master shower. We used a coordinating penny tile on the shower and bathroom floors. The penny tile came from Asia and we had to wait three months for it to come in! She decided to use the same penny tile as the inset of the soap dishes we made:



With the few inches we stole from the linen closet, we ended up with enough room for a corner bench. This bench is a prefab stainless steel unit that we installed during the tiling. We covered it with the marble that is on the vanity and also used the marble to cover the top and sides of the shower curb:


The neutral grays, creams, and tans make for an elegant, refined space!

Michele's Surprise Remodel

One day, Michele's family was living peacefully and the next day, the mold abatement team is at her home tearing up walls, ceilings and floors! Turns out a pipe in the attic had been leaking for quite a while and now there is mold in between the walls, warped wood floors and squishy ceilings. These are pictures I took on my first visit:


On the other side of this paneled family room is the living room. Part of the ceiling and floor is gone and the sheetrock as well, it is not possible to get a picture of this because of the plastic covering the space.

The bathroom is affected as well, along with the master closet that shares the bathroom wall:


The tile wrapped around all the walls, including the area above the vanity and behind the toilet:





This is a 1950's style ranch house, complete with peachy pink tiles and turquoise fixtures. The tiles cannot be replaced, and now the fun begins!

Lois' Bathroom- The Shower

Lois felt like her bathroom was small, but unfortunately, there no where from which to steal space. To help it feel larger, there are two things we are doing: (1) removing the fur down in the shower;and (2) making the wall and doorway between the toilet and the tub into a half wall. Here is the before:


After removing the fur down in the shower: (notice also there is a little bit of wall that we can use to make the shower a tad longer and on the opposite side we will replace part of the wall with glass for a larger feel.)


After removing the wall and doorway between the tub and toilet area:


We have also installed Hardie backerboard and sealed it with Red Gard. Hardie will not mold or burn, great product!