Heh, our linoleum tile in the laundry room is 60 years old and the walls are original dark paneling! It’s also a level down from the kitchen, so while there’s a door to the exterior from the laundry room, it dumps one into the side yard and the grass. No sidewalks or driveway. The only time we use that door is when H connects the extension cod to weed wack on that side of the house.
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Some of the older vinyl flooring contains asbestos.
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I strongly suspect this is the case. 12" linoleum tile squares, circa 1966.
I finally got the quote for the bathroom!!! My husband threw out a number that he thought it would cost when we first started this process.
The final price will be right in that ballpark. One for the former project manager 
Costs are expensive, we are doing a full gut and we are not going with a cheap plan.
I want my fixtures to be champagne bronze which to me is a less harsh brass.
Do I need to hunt down all the other finishes in champagne bronze?
For instance the shower door hinges? Do the lights need to be exactly champagne bronze?
I get having the fixtures and towel bars match, but to have a custom color on the shower doors, it’s an extra $800.
Also my contractor keeps saying rose gold
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Designers all say that it’s fine to mix and match finishes.
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I would have the light fixture match, but I think the shower door is gonna be fine if it doesn’t, or is only close.
paint or wallpaper? Wallpaper is so popular now that it strikes me as something that will be dated very quickly – but there are so many awesome choices!
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Don’t forget the shower drain. I found a nice one on Home Depot’s web site.
The drain is going to match the shower floor
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How so? Isn’t the drain metal?
The contractor suggested that’s what she preferred.
It’s called a tile in shower drain. Here’s a picture but my tiles are not that shape and we are doing an envelope floor
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I’ve never seen that! (Picture one). Very cool!
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While I agree that metals can be mixed, I think it needs to be done with deliberation so that the room doesn’t look disjointed. What finish options are standard for the shower door?
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That’s a good question. I’ll have to reach out to the glass shop
I think the issue is that my contractor has never done champagne bronze before, she keeps confusing it with rose gold.
It’s not that uncommon, and when I went to the glass shops website, I can see at least 2 in a color that could work. So it might be standard unlike rose gold.
No idea where she got that color from but she keeps going with it despite me telling her no. And showing pictures of the color I want.
Today I went out and bought a toilet paper holder to take with me to the tile and lighting stores. It looks great with the tile sample I brought home yesterday!
I think standard is chrome or black but I will check with the glass shop myself. We’ve used them before and they are great and super helpful
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We used champagne bronze for the faucets, slightly different shades of soft brass/gold for the lights and mirror in one bathroom. Paired it with black hardware (towel bars, etc). We decided on black shower door frame as we felt it best fit the color scheme which was really quite wild. Chrome shower door frame would have been too harsh for the color tones of the room. Brushed nickel may have worked but was a $$$ choice.
Does anyone here have the Yardistry gazebos? Looking at either the 12x10 or 12x16 gazebos from Costco. We are planning a new patio and the area gets a lot of sun during the day so thinking the gazebo (rather than a pergola) would be better.
I stuck with polished chrome for my bathroom renovation. It’s usually easy to find chrome everything, but in some cases polished nickel has taken its place as one of the options.
My renovation broke ground this past week with demolition of the shower and the sink area. Very loud work. As expected, they found evidence of a leak in the shower pan. Already one hiccup having to do with a misunderstanding about some tiles that were pulled out, but can be remedied. I’m keeping my fingers crossed that it continues to go relatively smoothly. One thing that will probably delay final completion is the expected 2-4 week gap between measuring for the vanity countertop and installation. I just learned that the vanity installation will be one of the last work items, so we may have a couple of weeks with almost everything done except sinks with running water.
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I’m almost at the end of our master bathroom renovation. I used polished chrome fixtures but had a little difficulty finding sconces for either side of the mirror that had polished chrome accents as everything I was drawn to came in nickel but not chrome. Finally found ones I like 
Delays came with waiting for subs as the contractor I use is a small business and all his subs don’t work solely for him.
I splurged on the tile and those of you who live in Michigan may appreciate this, the tiler my contractor uses is the lead master tiler for Pewabic pottery which is a historic tile business in Michigan. Had to wait awhile for him to be available, worth the wait, he did a phenomenal job!
Now I’m waiting for the vanity. There was a major delay because the carpenter making my vanity was making the cabinets for the synagogue in Bloomfield hills that a man drove a truck into earlier this year and he needed to get them done by the start of school, so now he’ll be making my vanity.
It’s been the never ending bathroom remodel but I know it’s going to be great once it’s done! The shower is finished and looks amazing! The fixtures are polished chrome with crystal handles, a big splurge, and the vanity will have crystal knobs.
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I’d love to see pictures when it’s done!
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Thanks, I will happily post some pictures when it’s done!
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We finished up a DIY laminate floor in the master bedroom and bath in MIL’s mountain cabin this summer. It had previously had carpet and there was a small leak from the clean water line going to the toilet that spread everywhere so H ripped out the old carpet and then we finally got the floor in this summer. We DIYed it and there were several times I was wondering why we didn’t hire it out, but the answer to that is $$$. It looks great now. There was already Pergo in the other part of the house so just two rooms left with carpet. the Pergo held up surprisingly well to flooding from Hurricane Helene so I think this laminate will do ok.
Carpet in the bathroom is just gross IMO.
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