Jennifer’s New Laundry Room

 

Jennifer’s laundry room was a cabinet in her kitchen. She wanted to move the laundry room to this bathroom linen closet, and gain some storage space in the kitchen. So Jeff was able to convert the closet into her new laundry room. So that she didn’t have to do her laundry IN the bathroom, Jeff suggested making it accessible from the hallway, which Jennifer loved…

       

                        BEFORE                                                                    AFTER

 

        

Left:You can see into the bathroom where the linen closet access is, and you can see where Jeff has started to remove the dry wall to create a door way. Right: You can see the opening for the doorway is being prepared to receive the new jam.

 

        

    Left: The custom door jam has been installed.                                Right:  Plumbing is run.

 

                                     

Jeff removed the pull chain light fixture from the ceiling and placed it on the wall above the hallway access door since it’s previous location would have only cast shadows of the stack unit and not really provided needed light.  With it shinning from the front, the light would actually be shinning on the front of the unit.  You can also see that the light was wired to a switch for easier use.

 

                          

Once the tile floor was laid Jeff installed this custom floor vent for the dryer exhaust.  What he was looking for to run the ducting through the floor didn’t exist at Home Depot so he made this piece from parts made for other uses, and it worked perfectly.

 

       

Then the electrical was installed.  The dryer runs on 220 and the washer runs on 110 so Jeff had to run a separate outlet for both.  The 110 outlet was fitted with a GFCI outlet which is standard in wet areas.  The drywall was patched and the room was painted. then the cover for the washer box was installed.

 

                                       

          The wood flooring from the hallway was finished off with a threshold, and baseboards were installed.

 

                                 

And the laundry room Jennifer was needing was complete.  The door to the right in the photo is old linen closet access from the bathroom talked about before.  They decided to leave it to make access to the back of the unit much easier.

Wheeler Powder Room

 

The Wheeler’s have a small main floor bathroom, that needed an update.   

     

                            BEFORE                                                                AFTER

The linoleum flooring and fixtures were removed before getting out the camera so the before photo is actually post demo.

                          

Jeff accompanied Mrs. Wheeler to FLOOR AND DÉCOR where they have a great selection of well priced tile.  They  were able to find 3 tiles that she liked and were able to come up with this design.  As you can see there is the darker tiles on the outside edges, the accent brick pattern strips in between, and then the lighter tiles on the inside of the accent tiles which we turned on a 45.  This is great if you want the look and feel of a rug but you don’t want to cover up the beautiful flooring itself. 

     

In these photos you can better see the detail and coloring of the tile. You can also see we used the same darker outer tile as a tile baseboard.

  

I liked that we were able to frame around the toilet, and it just added more dimension to the tile job.  The plumbing was then reconnected and the anchor bolts were trimmed, then caps placed to cover them (not pictured).  The Wheeler’s were very happy with the outcome, especially given the fact that when you have such a small space to work with it’s hard to do something that brings life to the room without overpowering it or making it seem even smaller.  This definitely opened it up and gave it the update it needed.

McKinnon Master Bath

Meredith McKinnon wasn’t happy with the Master Bath of her new home.  She wanted more space, something more functional, and something a little more contemporary.  She came to Jeff with her plans he was able to bring them to life, along with a few personal touches. With the mix of ideas we were able to create a contemporary master with so much more to offer, and subtle accents that really make this room pop.

     

Vanity:      BEFORE

The Counter Top was faux-marble plastic resin that was resurfaced white by the previous owners instead of replacing.  And the cabinetry had years of wear and tear and had multiple layers of paint. All hardware and plumbing fixtures were original and outdated gold. As you can see the lighting was in need of an update as well, and there was only one power source located on the far right of the vanity. The mirror was framed with a cheap gold frame that needed to go.

            

Shower:      BEFORE

As you can see there is limited shelving, outdated plumbing fixtures, a leaky pre-made shower pan, and very generic tile lacking character.  The shower glass framing was very cheap and again gold.

     

Bathtub:        BEFORE

The tub looked incomplete, and had an unnecessary wall to wall step that took up space making the bathroom look smaller that it is.  Also the plumbing access panel appeared to be an after thought and had a nice cover that slid around.  Again the gold plumbing fixtures needed updating.

Demo begins……

                  

          

Reconstruction:

                                                            

                                        The frame was built to support the new soak tub.

                        

                                      Pictured here you can see the threshold for the shower.

                        

                                             Jeff installed the valve for the new shower fixture.

          

Pictured above you see the preparations for the corner  shelf design Jeff pitched to Meredith to maximize shelf space.  Also he moved the electrical as to bypass where the shelving would go.

                           

    Jeff supervised and coached me through grading this shower pan while he mix and poured the concrete.

                         

                           And we have a shower pan! The grading is finished and we wait for it to dry.

                         

              With the shower pan completed we were able to install the M-bloc (mold resistant drywall).

       

Jeff taped and mudded the joints using thin set. Here is a close up of the corner shelf before the tile is installed.

             

While we waited for the tub to arrive which was special ordered, Jeff took advantage of this time to run the wiring for the new vanity lighting.  Jeff also saw the need for an additional power outlet on the left side of the vanity since there was only one on the right side, so Jeff spliced into the existed power outlet. (remember this bathroom is for 2)

         

Also as we waited for the tub to be delivered we started the tiling around the tub area.  Once the tub arrived we were able to install the tub and finish the plumbing. Once we had the plumbing done we could finish the tile around the tub, and in the shower area.

       

Next Jeff installed the custom ordered vanity cabinets, the counter top, and penny tile backsplash.  Then the baseboards were installed followed by the new dual flush water efficient toilet.

     

Here you can better see the penny tile backsplash which we also used to accent the shower.  Jeff was able to use the old mirror and did a custom frame that merges nicely with the framing on the backsplash.  You can see the new faucets have been installed as well.

 

The over-all final product:

 

           

                

                    

      We decided to not replace the medicine cabinet, and instead dry wall and create a simple open shelf.

                        

Close up of the corner shelf in the shower and a better view of the accent tile. Jeff really wanted to use strips of the gray tile to help make the penny tiles pop.  I think it frames it well and pulls it all together nicely.