The renovation of the bathrooms is finished. (pictures!)

**MomToTwoBoys** · 08-20-2010, 10:31 AM

So after a week and a half straight, we finished both the half bathroom on the main level and the master bathroom on the second level.

The half bathroom was a complete gut job. We removed everything except for the plywood below the subfloor (because it was in good shape) and the walls. The master bathroom was a removal of the walls surrounding the tub, the flooring down to the plywood below the subfloor, and the toilet and vanity.

We learned a few things during this renovation period:

1) Nothing is ever easy. Ever.

2) Your initial plans may not go as planned.

3) The end result is fantastic.

We had originally set out to budget for about $5k in work. Luckily for us, it cost about half of that. None of it went on credit, which was awesome.

The result?

Here are the pictures. These also include the fence, but you can bypass those.

The House Renovations | Facebook

I'd say that it took us about eight days instead of a week and a half. The fence is next to be painted, but the bathrooms are finished.

**jas** · 08-20-2010, 12:51 PM

Looks great! You did so much in such a short period of time, everything here takes soooooooo long to get totally finished.

Again great job.

**monkeywrangler71** · 08-20-2010, 12:59 PM

Lots of work! Looks great.

What is the paint colour in the half bath? I'm looking for something similar.

**angelbumpkin** · 08-20-2010, 02:09 PM

Looks fantastic!

**YankeeMom** · 08-20-2010, 02:35 PM

Awesome!!

Did you use the peel & stick tile? I want to put that in my bathrooms and mudroom. Do you like it?

**nodmicks** · 08-20-2010, 03:50 PM

That really turned out great!!!!

**MomToTwoBoys** · 08-20-2010, 05:00 PM

Originally Posted by YankeeMom

Awesome!!

Did you use the peel & stick tile? I want to put that in my bathrooms and mudroom. Do you like it?

Yep. We used TrafficMaster Biege Slate Peel and Stick Vinyl. It's at least three times thicker than your normal peel and stick tile (which also makes it almost three times more expensive). But this stuff is great.

Originally Posted by monkeywrangler71

Lots of work! Looks great.

What is the paint colour in the half bath? I'm looking for something similar.

Thanks.

We used something called Polar Drift (it's from Behr). It's part of their Premium Plus Ultra All In One series.

**Palooka** · 08-21-2010, 07:29 PM

Wow, great job and fast too!

**mamamia** · 08-22-2010, 03:47 AM

How exciting! I think you're right about those bathrooms selling the house for you guys.

Nice job!

Theresa

**NikoSan999** · 08-22-2010, 09:43 AM

Very nice and good job! Loved the pix.

**monkeywrangler71** · 08-22-2010, 09:49 AM

Did you find the all in one better? I used some and didn't find it stuck as well as primer, but I was on a surface which really needed priming. Also, the smell was a little crazy. But for painting on regular walls was the coverage as good as they claim?

**MomToTwoBoys** · 08-22-2010, 01:18 PM

Yeah I sort of noticed the stick factor was a little less than desirable on unprimed walls. As far as covering walls that had primer on them already, it did fine. I do have to go in and do touchups to the shower area because I found that masking tape will remove it pretty easily.

It's not bad if you're painting to sell your house. But I'm not sure if I want it for the next house.