Bathroom Renovations

We are finally remodeling both of our bathrooms. We saw Made Renovations Facebook ads and loved their designs so we tried to get a quote from them, but they couldn't remodel our bathrooms without us get As Built plans from the county. We think our 1950s house originally had one large bathroom that was split into two, so the toilets were not to code with 30" spacing and the bathtub was actually cut into the wall so they wouldn't be able to install a new bathtub like that. We decided to still with our trusted contractor Property Pros who redid our fireplaces, updated our electrical, and a few structural projects when we first moved in. Here are some of the designs we loved from Made. There are so many options to modernize our bathrooms, I'm having a hard time deciding what I want to live with for the next few decades. Decisions, decisions.  














Here is our current bathroom layout. The bathtub corner is actually in the drywall at a weird angle, so we can't replace the tub as is. We're going to going to turn the tub perpendicular and add shelving in the corner to replace the storage we're losing by taking out a closet.

The other option was to keep the floor plan and replace the bathtub with a walk-in shower, but you gotta have a bathtub, that's still a thing right?

Hall Bathroom Remodel


We currently have two closets on either side of the door making a skinny entrance into the small bathroom. We are going to remove the closet to the left of the door to create more space, and turn the bathtub perpendicular so we have more room for the tiny master bathroom on the other side of the wall. Here are the new floor plans.


Its a fairly small bathroom with the tub sticking into the wall. The master bathroom is behind this, so by moving the tub perpendicular we can add a large shower to the master bathroom.


Here are the 3D model renderings I built using free software from HomeByMe.

 







Our inspiration is a combination of these designs. We love the hexagon floor tile and we'll have a similar alcove tub in our layout.


For the tub surround tile we love the subway tiles in a herringbone pattern at perpendicular angles.


But we want to use a more burgundy large subway tile with matte black fixtures.


We are going to gut the current bathroom to the studs, move some walls, fill in some walls for a smaller window and move all of the pipes. The only thing we have for this room is this Madeli Bolano 24" sink.

Master Bathroom Remodel

We are finally remodeling our bathrooms. This is our super tiny "master" bathroom. The only things we are keeping are the toilet and vanity/sink. We're trying to find fixtures in Champagne Bronze, some of the Modern Brushed Gold is still a little too bright and brassy for me, so if we can't find matching Champagne Bronze fixtures, we'll go with brushed nickel.
  • shower kit needs to be CA drought compliant 
  • linear drain for shower
  • faucet and drain
  • medicine cabinet max width 16"
  • lighting fixture max width 18"
  • floating shelves max width 18"
  • toilet paper roll holder
  • hand towel holder
  • two towel bars or towel hooks
  • large 3"x8" blue smooth subway tiles
  • 12"x24" light grey tile for floor and shower walls



Current bathroom and 3D model of new design





This is our inspiration bathroom. We want a large blue subway smooth subway tile in similar herringbone V pattern across the entire right wall behind shower, sink and toilet. Then a large 12x24 light grey tile running vertically on floor and shower walls with niche in blue subway tile on back wall.



We love the warmer more brown Champagne Bronze color but are having a hard time finding it in the modern fixtures we want.

 

Progress in the Master Bedroom


Before & in progress Master Bedroom


My mother-in-law flew out painted all of our bedrooms before we moved in. 3 rooms in 3 days. I don't know how her arms didn't fall off, but all three bedrooms look amazing. We're so grateful for her help. This room is Magnetic Gray, Baer Ultra N500-5.


We bought our first real set of bedroom furniture from West Elm. Our closet is 1/4 the size of our last house, so I wanted a bed with additonal storage. The Nash collection in teak has four large drawers that open under the night stands.


We just ordered a custom rug from Flor Store so I'll post pictures when that arrives.
We have a Living Spaces near us that I love shopping at. We picked out this fabric for the Gretchen Accent Chair. Now my throw pillows have somewhere off the floor to live when we're sleeping.

We still need to find a new fan/light fixture to replace the Tommy Bahama looking one we removed.

Interior: Realtors Tour


Welcome to my house. Before we moved in, I created these floor plans with Autodesk's Homestyler to get ideas of how we'd like to decorate and renovate our house. The software has a cool 3D tour feature where you can see your designs come to life. You can see mine here.

The galley kitchen has great appliances, huge skylight, blue granite countertops and an interesting floor which seems to be a mosiac of granite offcuts.

The clubhouse has an incredible vaulted ceiling with 2 skylights and a bar that is almost as big as the kitchen.

The dining room and living room combo have another great skylight, original refinished hardwood floors, slate tile wall and a blue granite mantel. The face of the fireplace has a green stone I'm not familiar with.
The master bedroom has a cozy attached bathroom.
Bedroom 1 is on the left, bedroom 2 on the right.

The bathroom features more blue granite and very 50's tile, tub and surround.

The first thing we did was paint. I'll post those pictures soon.
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