Master Bath Remodel
9 Materials
$800
2 Weeks
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My master bath was ok...but it did not go with the rest of my home. It was actually the only room I had not done something to. I was looking at our local swap shop and ran across an old claw foot bathtub for $100, and that is what got me to thinking about redoing my bathroom. I had a separate shower and garden tub in the bathroom and I need a shower AND a bath. After going over several options I decided to gut the whole bathroom and install the claw foot tub with a shower attachment. I have a separate toilet room and all I did was paint it. As always I am on a slim budget. I did not want to replace the flooring and I could not match up my current tile so I built a small platform where my shower, tub and vanity was. Making the platform also made it very easy for the plumbing. After tearing everything out I was starting to panic as I realized I would also have to sheet rock a piece of the ceiling and a lot of the walls, and match up the texture. After making the platform and sheet rocking I painted the walls with Valspar elephant gray and used vinyl flooring in weathered oak for the bottom half of the walls and trimmed it out with 1x3’s painted white. I also did the platform with the same vinyl planks, these are $.98 sqft at Lowe’. Money was tight so I had to find something to use for my sink. I originally bought a pedestal sink for $25 but when it was placed it looked odd because it was too high because of the platform. I redo furniture all the time and had a cabinet that I had redone that would work perfect and serve as 2 separate pieces. The bottom was shorter and would sit perfectly and the top would be perfect for towels. So I seperated the two pieces and added legs to the top part and put a top on the bottom part. I had a kitchen table that I had bought at the Goodwill for $14.99 and I took it apart to use the legs and cut the top to use. I put in a vessel sink and loved how it looked. Amazon has great prices on vessel sink/faucet combo. I reused a lot of what I already had to save money. The most expensive pieces for this whole project was the plumbing/fixtures for the tub/shower/sink which was $350. I did not have to move any plumbing which saved me tons. The tub was in pretty good condition, all the legs where there and no rust, but as I cleaned it I realized it needed to be redone because it was flaking. I called around to see what it would cost to get it redone and was quoted around $500. That was out of the question, I could have bought a new tub for that! So the diy‘er in me did it myself. I sanded the entire tub inside and painted with tub and tile paint. It works great and only cost $36!!!! I painted the outside with Rust-Oleum spray paint. I also painted the feet silver. I am in love with my new bathroom and the project budget came in at about $800 which for me was great for such a big remodel.
Before
Before
all torn out
Eek...
Paint in elephant gray.
Getting plumbing to the tub.
All in and ready for trim
tub repainted
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After video! Just love it
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WOW! What a gorgeous makeover, bravo!
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