DIY bathroom remodel

Three years ago, Adam and I purchased our very first home.

It's an oversized bungalow built in the 1950s with three bedrooms, two baths and a half bath.

My mom calls it our "gingerbread house."

When we bought the house, the previous owners made a few updates to the house including a new extension on the back of the house for a new living room and master bedroom. With the new extension, the rest of the house looked a bit outdated, especially our spare bathroom on the main floor.

The spare bathroom was made up of salmon-colored tile, an outdated wooden vanity and cabinets and we knew all of it needed. to. go. (Sorry guys, but I can't seem to find a photo of our original, pink, 1950s bathroom).

We made the decision to gut the bathroom and take on the remodel project ourselves this past Christmas. With the help of our amazing friend Jeff, Project Bathroom Redo is nearly finished.

 Top left: Gutting the bathroom, taking it down to the studs; Top right: Gutted, cleaned and new studs in place; Bottom left: New shower bin and drywall installed; Bottom right: Drywall seams done and sanded.

Top left: Painting the bathroom; Top right: Installing natural slate flooring; Bottom left: 1x1 tiles installed in the shower bin and half of the porcelain tiles installed on the wall; Bottom right: Lighting and sink installed.

As of now, we need to finish grouting the shower and sealing it one more time. We also have two small sections of wall left to tile in the shower. Once that's complete, everything else will be easy peasy including installing a new door (we cut a new doorway when we gutted and extended the bathroom), adding trim to the floor and the window and installing a new toilet.


Today I spent nearly three hours grouting the remainder of the bathroom floor and starting on the shower floor.

Grouting is not fun.

It's tedious and really messy.

                                                  Aren't those grout lines gorgeous??

Although a lot of sweat and tears have gone into this remodel, it's also been very gratifying to have a hand in everything that has gone into this project. And I mean everything.

In just a few short weeks, our bathroom will be done and we can finally put our house back together and invite friends over to use our new, fancy powder room.

Have you or are you working on a DIY project?