Master Bath Vanity

I think we are getting closer on the vanity for the master bathroom. Rob got a quote on a custom vanity/cabinet thing so that I could get the espresso color finish I want with the light color counter top that I want.

Here is a picture of the door face style and granite. The color of the stain on the door is not the finish that it will be. It will be darker.

And a rendering of what the cabinet will resemble. The wholes for sinks will be oval, not the funky shape in the drawing. The undermount sinks will be white. We will use some existing hardware that we got from my parents after their remodel.

Our space that we have to fill is 88". This unit is 72" which would leave us with 8" of free space on either side. I'm thinking about having them quote a 60" vanity with a 24" linen closet and two inch fillers on either side of the vanity to have it completely fill the area. But the finishes would be the same.

Tile is heavy!

This is the tub surround combination. There will be a 2-3 inch border of the tavertine above the glass tile row. Its interesting that this tavertine is the same as the one in the picture of the box. In this none lit room it looks a little more brown than it really is.











This filled tavertine tile will be on the floor and tub surround of the master bath room. This picture is more true to the color, although its a touch more tan.








This is the ceramic tile that will be in the kids and guest bathroom.









This is the glass tile that will be part of the tub surround in the master bathroom.










This is the whole lot of tile that Rob picked up at Lowes today. Tile is very heavy! I'm a whimp! I carried the glass tile and some of the ceramic tile. But when I tried to carry a box of tavertine tile I fell on the steps to the house and broke it. I guess that box will be for edge pieces. I am expecting to be sore in the morning.-

Purchasing of materials has begun, vanity(ies) still undecided.

Today Rob went and purchased the tavertine, glass and ceramic tiles for all the bathrooms. His total came in much lower than I calculated. I am suspicious that we may not have the right amount of tavertine. He is not home yet. When he gets home we'll look at it all again. I know he said they were short some of the glass tile. So he will need to pick up a few more from the other Lowes near us.

Also, the tile labor is going to be $100.00 less than I had budgeted. Woo Hoo! So far the budget is going great. But I'm not confident that will continue to be my feeling.

The vanity or vanities in the master bathroom have been really hard to choose. I really want a dark finished wood with a tavertine, or light granite top. But I'm not finding what I want in my price range. I have found some really neat vanities that I like, but they are too modern for our home I think.

Budget...

Everyone's favorite part. I have been spreadsheeting like crazy hoping I'm thinking of everything. Our budget for all the bathroom projects is $4-5,000. In sane I know.

Here is the budget:

Kids Bathroom QTY UM BUDGETED
Flooring 60 SQ FT $47.40
Backer Board $40.00
Adhesive $20.00
Grout (sanded linen) $13.27
Bath Enclosure $300.00
Vanity have
Linen Closet $200.00
Sink have
Tile Labor $200.00
Plumbing Supplies $60.00
2x4s $25.00
Light over Vanity $40.00
Drywall $35.00
Shower Curtins & Accessories $50.00
Towels $48.00
Green Board $15.00
Tub Faucet/etc $80.00
Sink Faucet $30.00
Mud and Misc $40.00
Paint $60.00
$1,303.67

Guest Bathroom
Flooring (Tile bath and closet)45 SQ FT $35.55
Labor $100.00
Backerboard $20.00
Vanity & Sink $75.00
Paint $20.00
Baseboards (30 ln ft) $20.00
Antimicrobial Stuff $40.00
$310.55

Master Bathroom
Flooring Tile 120 SQ FT $180.00
Float $30.00
Adhesive $40.00
Grout (non-sanded antique white) $25.00
Sealer $20.00
Tub Tile
Bottom Edge pieces 40 EA $32.80
Glass 40 EA $120.00
Tile 70 EA $35.00
Top Edge 22 EA $14.30
Corner Pieces and misc (fudge factor) $60.00
Adhesive $20.00
Sealer $20.00
Grout (non-sanded antique white) Incl above
Vanity $1,000.00
Sink INCL
Plumbing Supplies to move for sinks $30.00
Lights - Over Vanities $90.00
Lights - Ceiling $20.00
Alder for half wall $15.00
Tile Labor $400.00
$2,152.10

Guest Bedroom/Living Room/Dining Room/Hall Floors
Sanding Pads 750 $80.00
Sander (172/wk 43/day) $172.00
Edger (26/day) $52.00
Pro Finish Gloss (19.97/ea 500 sq ft) $40.00
Minwax Eng Chestnut (7.18/qt 150 sq ft)$50.00
Application Pad $7.00
Replacement Pads 6 EA $24.00
Stripper $50.00
Misc Supplies $150.00
Hall Baseboard $10.00

Level Living Room $500.00
$1,135.00

$4,901.32

As you can see, there is not much room for overage. That concerns me a bit. But we'll buy the big and essential items and hopefully the smaller items will all fit in.

We are doing most of the labor ourselves. We have a plumbing friend and an electrician friend that will help for a nice dinner or two. Our neighbor's grandson does tile work for a living. We will be paying him a very modest amout to do the tile work.

So do you see anything obvious we are missing?

So much to do... Will we ever finish one project?

OK, we have so many remodel projects going on, will we ever finish one? No we're just going to start more... I know, makes tons of sense.

So here are the projects...

1. Remodel Girls Room

Why, we had wind damage over a year ago that led to water damage that went undetected. The room was well...





Notice the lovely color. GREEN! The girls want to have NO green in their new room. So we decided to rip out all the paneling and drywall the entire room. Then we decided if we were going to do that we should also replace the rediculous windows that were there. So we replaced those. When the insurance adjustor was touring the place with Rob, he mentioned that the chimney really needed to be removed and the roof patched there. So we did that. Since the chimney ran through the girls closet and made it next to useless, we tore that out and built a whole new closet.







We still have some drywall to finish, mudding and taping, texture, prime and paint, carpet and baseboards. Then we're done...



2. Master Bathroom

We decided to start another project in our master bathroom. We were just going to put a little paint on the walls and paint the ugly oak vanities a dark chocolate color. Install some nice chrome faucets that mom and dad gave us along with towel racks and such that were lacking when we bought the place. But we decided since we were buying a texture gun anyway we'd fix some poor workmanship of the guy that built the bathroom. So we started ripping off drywall tape and sanding... We still have some sanding, the tape and mudding, painting and putting all the fixtures and mirrors back...

I don't think I have any pictures to go with this one yet...

3. Two more Bathrooms Remodel/Refinish Hardwoods downstairs

So while I was on vacation with the kids in Arizona Rob calls. We had a toilet in our guest bathroom break and flood two bathrooms, a closet, a hallway and the guest bedroom. The hard wood floors were covered in water. Again the insurance company came out. Those bathrooms would need new vanities, all the floors would need redone/refinished, baseboards must come off and holes drilled and filled with antimicrobial stuff... So now we have another project. And since we are so quick with them, we have decided to do all the labor ourselves so we can stretch the dollars.

So now... keep watching our blog and you will see some of our ideas.