Lois' Bathroom - The Doors

This is the "before" view of the entry to the bathroom and closet area when standing in the bedroom:



This is during, here we have added 3 feet to each closet, removed the door and header into the bathroom part, removed the two closet doors and added art niches in the new space:




And this is after, with two antique doors mounted onto a track, these are the only doors in the master bath/closet area:


We used the other two antique doors for the entrance into the bedroom:



There is one more door, the shower door (it opens on the adjacent wall from before, I was able to accomplish this by replacing wall with glass door):



A reminder of this same space before the remodel:


Quite a change!

Lois' Bathroom - The Floor

Half of Lois' old bathroom was carpet, the other half was tile that needed updating. We are replacing all the flooring with a beautiful travertine plank cut tile:


The planks come in varying lengths and in widths of 4", 6" and 8". We ran the planks on the floor in a diagonal direction. Here is another picture:

Lois' Bathroom - The Vanities

The vanities in the bathroom had sinks positioned on the ends:


The tops were cultured marble and after 25 years, were showing their age, so we rebuilt the vanities, centered the sink and made them a couple inches taller. We then topped them with polished marble:

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!

Lois' Bathroom

This is Lois' Bathroom:








After 25 years, Lois has decided to update her bathroom with new flooring, fixtures, cabinetry and counters. We will also be remodeling the closets that are outside the bathroom. First part is demo, so everything comes out:

Shannon's Kitchen - Finished!

So here we are, finished with Shannon's Kitchen! It's been rewarding and exciting to see the kitchen transform into this beautiful space in just 10 weeks! I know it was tough on the family, living with no kitchen and all the dust, but they are very happy with the results. To recap, this is what it looked like before:


This is during:



And this is after:


Remember Shannon's 1'x1' pantry:


This is the new pantry:


Complete with a pass through to the utility room:


More views of the space, I am standing at the front door for this before picture:



And after:





Now it's on to a new bathroom for Lois!

Shannon's Kitchen - The Finished Entertainment Unit!

This is Shannon's kitchen remodel that also included a built-in entertainment unit in the family room. It is finished with the same elements as the kitchen cabinetry, i.e., door style and feet. We built it to house the new flat screen tv and the new speaker system. All the components for the tv and sound system were moved to a hall closet to be controlled with a single remote, too cool! The living room tv and sound system is also controlled from the hall closet.


There is a sliding door below the tv that houses the center speaker, here it is open:


We were able to slide the sub woofer into the closed-door area, thus hiding another black box. The sound quality is not affected by having it enclosed. Another thing we did was spend a lot of time discussing the height of the television, and since this is a very long room that is also viewable from the kitchen, we installed it at a height that works from all viewing areas-- a little higher than you would in a smaller room.