Question @1214mom - what is your tile material? I ask because we have marble tiles in our shower and some of them have “feather” cracks that are just part of the stone. Chips and elevated tile would need to be replaced for sure.
@momofsenior1, our tile is ceramic. It’s definitely cracked, and its definitely chipped (small chip but noticeable). He’s coming on Wednesday. Hopefully this will end well. With the amount I withheld I could likely get the problems fixed, but it’s very difficult to find good contractors here, especially for small jobs.
For a skilled tile guy, it’s a couple hours’ work to chip out and replace a few tiles, and regrout the affected parts.
It shouldn’t be a big deal.
I thought I was pretty much done with remodeling my house, but as usually happens, a small idea to put a frosted glass barn style door between my laundry room and kitchen has now turned into a $30k project! And the one pushing the cost up is not me this time, but my husband.
The laundry room contains my pantry which is one of the reasons cost is that high.
I meet with my designer on the 9th to see the mock-up. I’m going to be using the same tile (Italian porcelain) as I have in my bathrooms. Putting radiant heat in, too.
Work will begin in March and take about 5 weeks.
Are you storing food items in that pantry? I would do without the in-floor heat for that room then. The cooler the room, the longer the food keeps. But if it makes your husband happy… 
gotta keep the peace. 
Our major projects are sort of shelved for the winter. Mr. fixed all questionable gutter/downspout connections and blew leaves off the roof. A new roof is definitely in the not so distant future (5yrs?). We will concentrate on the landscaping and finalize blackberry eradication. Easy to pull those suckers now when the dirt is soft and moist.
My last two projects of this calendar year are happening this week. Repairing some of the leaded glass windows, adding a missing storm window, and doing the last of the electrical work (rewiring the exterior for a motion sensor and replacing the porch light). Minor stuff but it will be nice to get them off the “to do” list.
After this, we’re looking at replacing windows in our sunporch and eventually redoing the hardscape in the backyard. We’ve nixed finishing off the basement. It’s just not necessary. Instead we’ll do a clean up, re-organization, and paint the posts. We’re also going to hang a curtain separator to partition it off.
There is already a heat source in my laundry room. We are just removing the radiator and replacing it with radiant heat.
Many kitchens have radiant heat and food in cabinets doesn’t go bad.
I was considering expanding my pantry to include laundry. The prospects of lint and humidity near food are a bit daunting. I guess it’s all about proper venting!
I’m giving a huge thumbs-up to radiant floor heating. I can set mine wherever I want, and 67-72+ is bliss on cold tile, especially in the Midwest. If my food can’t stand toasty toes at this level, so be it. Feet win!!
@sryrstress, I have radiant heating in both my bathroom and I love it. What will be really great having it in laundry room is that room is on a slab (the rest of my house I have basement underneath,) and the floor is always freezing in winter.
I met with my designer today who has computerized renderings of what the space will look like. I love everything. Then I picked out the under cabinet lighting (led strip) for inside pantry closet. Still have to decide what to go with in the 3 separate cabinets above the doors - battery operated ones that go on when opened or pots on a switch.
I picked out all the hardware for the barn doors, sliders and upper cabinets, too.
@BunsenBurner, H didn’t get everything he wanted. The built in mini fridge or wine fridge was a no go because we only have 20” space to work with and they are all 24” and I said no to stealing space from the garage for it. I can get an inexpensive refrigerator and out it in my basement for a lot less money and will hold a lot more.
@emilybee Wine fridges come in all different smaller widths- 15", 16", 18", and… 20".
For example: https://www.winecoolerdirect.com/summit-42-bottle-built-in-wine-cellar/SWC525LBI.html
I have a 15" dual-zone one in my kitchen, it holds 25+ bottles.
It’s not the width it’s the depth that’s the issue.
@emilybee Ah, my misunderstanding.
There are shallow wine fridges available as well, for example: https://www.ajmadison.com/cgi-bin/ajmadison/DWC032A2BDB.html
@notrichenough, my space isn’t quite 20” more like. It’s 19 something. I rounded it up.
Those are pretty inexpensive, too. The ones we were looking at were several thousand.
@emilybee - we looked into wine coolers at House1 and decided against one. The expensive ones can work as a fridge but are so much $$, and the inexpensive ones are just not worth the trouble as they can’t cool below 40 degrees efficiently. Typically, they will use peltier cooling which is not that good. A true built in fridge with a compressor that can go all the way to the back wall will have to route the air under the fridge instead of having it out in the back. Plus, the compressor has to be silent. That apparently adds to the cost.
We have 2 such “expensive kind” beverage fridges in our current house (installed by the prior owner). One sits under the TV, and the compressor is so silent you can’t hear if it is running or not! I never thought we would use them, but we actually keep beer and sparkling water in them. Kind of convenient.
Yeah, we only looked at expensive ones. It just isn’t worth it -especially when adding more cost into project since we’d have to steal space from the garage.
My kitchen opens into my family room so we can just go to the regular refrigerator when we want something to drink. More convenient than the laundry room/pantry.
H just liked the idea of it and thought it would look cool. It would have only been used for storage of extra wine/beer/seltzer. I already keep several cases of seltzer in the pantry. It’s not refrigerated so I just add ice to my glass when I open up a can. Works every time. 
I would have never paid $2k to install a beverage fridge, but since they are already here, we use one of them (the living room one). I agree that the location has to be convenient for it to be useful. The one in the basement we have is useless, frankly, but to remove it, we will have to do something to the cabinetry, so there it is.
I wouldn’t either but if it had been fit in the spot where we wanted it would likely have gone ahead. When you are already paying $30kish what’s another couple of thousand in the grand scheme of things.
Interesting read on a MCM renovation.
How’s this for a family home?
https://www.insider.com/family-freemason-temple-indiana-into-home
Lol.