master bathroom bliss: BEFORE and AFTER.

Upstairs renovation: part one//master bath.

We weren't planning on this renovation, but our house isn't the newest one on the block and it became necessary to replace all the carpet on the upstairs floor of our house. We choose to get the cracking tile in our bath and the very old linoleum in the second bath replaced at the same time.

We did a lot of searching and got loads of quotes to find the best deal that still came with confidence inspiring reviews of the work. (if you are in the Houston area, you can check out the company we used here. overall we were pleased.)
We cut costs by ordering our own tile for the bathrooms wholesale for a fraction of the cost of anything we could find in flooring showrooms. (link at end of post)

I referenced this, then upcoming, renovation project when I did a very belated BEFORE and AFTER of the main floor of the house after we changed almost all of the flooring and some other things here.

The biggest difference between the two projects is the downstairs was all DIY, done by my husband, whereas for this project we paid for the removal and installation of the actual flooring. There are some really nice things about having someone do some of the work for you, the biggest thing for me was timeline, in total all the removal and installation took 3 days this time around.
We cut down on more costs by having Kevin put in new tile baseboards himself as well as reinstalling the toilets himself and building all the new shelves.

As with any renovation we started out with huge dreams and cut them down to budget-reality size and decided what was a must and what we could do to update the look without going over budget.

In the end, other than the floor and paint color, we only made minor changes, like changing out hardware, hangings, decor, adding shelves, etc...

Getting this work done with my 2 year old and 1 year old boys and being 30+ weeks pregnant was a bit of a hectic *adventure* to say the very least but I'm so glad we got it done before this baby girl comes.

BEFORE:

floating shelves Kevin built.

AFTER:

floor tile: Home Depot

baseboard tile: Home Depot

hooks: Home Depot

shelf brackets: Signature Hardware

towels: T.J. Maxx

frame: Home Goods

candle holder: T.J. Maxx

bell: Home Goods

tray: T.J. Maxx

wood boxes: IKEA

stone box: Target

wire baskets: Home Goods

basket: T.J. Maxx

hand towels: Home Goods

paint color: Sherwin Williams first star

We are so happy with how it turned out, even though getting ready for me these days is usually just  getting a shower in I still spend a good bit of time each day in our bathroom and I love having things be the way we feel is not only more functional but also generates a clean, crisp feeling in the space.