Master Bathroom Remodel

Finished Bathroom!

Yeah, I suck at cleaning glass.

The view when I'm scrubbing my avocados.

Diamond plate threshold so I could change the tile direction. It's height has not been a problem at all.

Shelves made with perforated metal from an old air intake grill. I had a friend weld them up since I don't weld. I rubbed them down with selenium dioxide (gun blue), then some penetrol, then some polyurethane.

TP and nail clippers, the essentials. A nice shelf for the phone as well.

Lustrous.

The original. Felted wallpaper on the cabinets and walls.

Fit for a queen.

The roman tub.

Planning everything out at the tile store. This took several trips.

buh bye.

Fabric-b-gone!

The fireplace on the other side.

I didn't take any pics between this and the next because I hired a guy to frame it all out and a plumber to route the water lines around to the other side. I just wasn't comfortable doing this stuff.

framed, cement boarded, and cabinets installed. The tall cabinet has an outlet inside it as well.

floor pan. I was super nervous doing this and it was hard work, but everything came out good. YouTube! The only thing I would do differently is add some thinset to the floor when I start. The pan never really stuck to the floor and sounds like a hollow floor tile. Since it's on 4" of concrete I'm not to worried about it though.

Moisture barrier, just pain it on.

Finished shower floor. Natural stone then sealed with a few coats of some 511 sealer. All the grout in the shower is urethane grout, much more expensive but I hope it stands up better.

Up the walls!

tile, wood, and paint. You can see the wood template I used for the concrete countertop sitting on the cabinets as well, just some thin plywood and hot glue.

Getting my cuts right. The Schluter edging is a total pain and expensive but it looks really good.

Finished tile. I think I went through 3 or 4 glass tiles drilling the hole for the shower head, probably because it was close to the edge.

Having the controls near the entrance is so nice.

The mold for the concrete counter top using 3/4" malamine. If/when I do it again I wouldn't use the melamine board for the sink cutouts, they got wet and expanded and cracked the corners a little, I was able to fill them later though. Use foam for inside cutouts. The back splash molds are on the right side of the board, and the round bits are for the sink knockouts that I placed in the wet concrete.

schlipity schlopity. I just used the quikcrete countertop mix from home depot.

used an orbital sander without sandpaper as a vibrator on the edges and bottom to get rid of air bubbles.

my driveway never forgave me. Started with a turbo cup to get down into the aggregate a little, then wet sanded it only down to 200 grit using an wet concrete polisher, then sealed it up with the 511 stuff I had leftover from the shower floor.

counter top, sinks and faucets installed. I used some undermount sink brackets that attach to the top of the cabinets instead of trying to mount them directly to the concrete.

My slurry coat for the counter top was just non-sanded grout in a matching color. After about a year some hairline cracks developed between the faucet handle and the sink basin, and more on the thin backsplash, a few months ago I filled them in with the non-sanded grout and sealed it up again. They're hardly noticeable anymore.

designing the rest on the computer. This design had the wood running vertically, I changed it because I looked at lots of pictures of wood running vertical and it looks dumb.

dry fitting the light fixture.

Used some quick disconnects and crimped them on. I might have soldered them, don't remember.

covered with some heat shrink tubing.

wood from some old pallets I bought off craigslist for $1 a piece. I played around a bunch with the paint and sanding, I think the best look was to put a coat of white then a few coats of the dark grey, then sand it down until it looks good. The boards the had a good rough texture on them came out the best. Liquid nails and finish nails to attach them to the wall.

magnets are great stud (nail) finders.

covered the sides of the wood 1/8" metal and sealed the wood in wax.

onto the floor! The long tiles were only a pain when I had to do the rip cuts, a lot of cuts half way then turning the tile around or sliding it further down the tray.

bought this at the local foundry for $17, then milled off the backside to make it flat. Sealed it with maybe 7 coats of polyurethane. I wanted a manhole cover but they're really thick and would have been a lot of work, maybe somewhere else in the house.

it took about a year to finally get the frames for the mirrors made and welded together. I copied the design from something I found online. I know a guy with a cnc plasma cutter and I think I paid maybe $40 for these and use of his shop to cut all the steel for the shelves and mirrors. The bolts are actually just the heads cut off and glued on, I used gun blue on them to turn them black as well.