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12 Tips for Installing a Penny Tile Floor
This post is part of a series of posts describing the processes that went into our entire bathroom remodel. For this one I will go into detail about our tips for installing penny tile. I decided to go with the classic and timeless look of white penny tiles for the floor, and I love how it turned out. Penny tile is unique from other tiles in several ways, so here are 12 tips for installing a penny tile floor. If you’re planning on installing penny tile yourself, you’re going to want to read this first! To read about this entire bathroom remodel go here. (This post contains affiliate links. This…
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How to Drill into Tile
In this ongoing bathroom remodel, I decided to put tiles all the way around the room. Because of this, when it became time to hang up the toilet paper holder, we really had no choice but to have to drill holes into tile. Drilling into the brand new tile was a scary thought! However, it turned out to be a doable DIY project. Follow along to find out how to drill into tiles. (This post contains affiliate links. This means I receive a small compensation at no cost to you. For example, as an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. You can read more about it here. Thank you for…
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How to Install a Shower Niche and Cement Board
This post is part of a series of posts about our complete bathroom remodel. At this point in the remodel, it is time for the shower niche and cement board installation. Follow along to go through all the steps! You can read all about this entire remodel from start to finish here. (If you were following along, this update was part of the journey through the One Room Challenge: Remember the marble countertop that arrived cracked? Well, the replacement hasn’t arrived yet. Between that, sickness and just this being a huge project, we’re no longer participating in the One Room Challenge since we won’t be able to meet the deadline.…
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How to Determine the Bathroom Heights of the Wall Tile, Vanity Mirrors, Lights and Shower Niche
This post is part of a series of posts describing the processes that went into our entire bathroom remodel. When the bathroom remodel was still underway, we were getting things ready to be installed. As part of this process, we were making decisions about different bathroom heights. These heights include height of the wall tile and backsplash, vanity mirrors, vanity lights and shower niche. Let’s see how to determine bathroom heights. To see the post, “Bathroom Remodel: The Design Plans” go here. To see the finished remodel, summary and reveal, go here. (This post contains affiliate links. This means I receive a small compensation at no cost to you. For…
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How to Demo a Bathroom
To recap this past week of the bathroom remodel, every day has been demo day! Everything is now out of the bathroom including the old tub and tiles, toilet, vanity, flooring and walls. Follow along as I go into more detail on how to demo a bathroom. (This post contains affiliate links. This means I receive a small compensation at no cost to you. For example, as an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. You can read more about it here. Thank you for your support!) Removing the Walls We wanted to remove all the walls because they weren’t made with moisture resistant drywall like they should have been as…
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How to Fill in a Doorway
As part of this bathroom remodel, we decided to remove the adjoining door to a bedroom and close up the doorway in the wall. This would allow us to then be able to fit a double vanity in its place. In this blog post, I will be showing you how to fill in a doorway. To see the post, “Bathroom Remodel: The Design Plans” go here (This post contains affiliate links. This means I receive a small compensation at no cost to you. For example, as an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. You can read more about it here. Thank you for your support!) Materials and Tools Needed: 1.…
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Bathroom Remodel: The Design Plans
This has been a long time coming! We are finally going to remodel our upstairs full bathroom. It has always been put off while other projects kept popping up before it. After about 20 years, it has hardly been touched! This project will be a complete gut job and rebuilding of the room basically from scratch. You can follow along as we go in a series of blog posts documenting the progress. This first post about the bathroom remodel is the design plans. (This post contains affiliate links. This means I receive a small compensation at no cost to you. For example, as an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying…
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Adding a Bathroom to the Basement
As part of our basement remodel, we decided to add a full bathroom down there. You can read more about our basement renovation here and here. (This post contains affiliate links. This means I receive a small compensation at no cost to you. For example, as an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. You can read more about it here. Thank you for your support!) Before we finished the basement, our house had one and a half bathrooms. Being a family of four and especially when having overnight guests, we had always wanted to add another bathroom. We still had a plan to add a master bathroom down the line,…
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12 Ways to Make A Small Bathroom Look Larger
I am going to take you through the 12 ways we made our small bathroom look larger. First let me take you back and show you what it looked like over the past 20 years! (This post contains affiliate links. This means I receive a small compensation at no cost to you. For example, as an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. You can read more about it here. Thank you for your support!) The Before We have this very small half bathroom on the main floor. It measures 2’3″ by 6’10”. When we first moved in almost 20 years ago, it had a linoleum floor, wallpapered walls and an…
