Main Floor Bathroom - II

Once we had gutted the bathroom to studs and floor joists the reconstruction began with framing around the sewer and water lines from the upstairs bathroom.  We moved part of one wall about 30 inches to create a space in the kitchen for the refrigerator.  When we raised the ceiling I decided to make a coffered ceiling and we constructed a built-in cabinet above the toilet.  The window sill had been chopped back level with the wall so that had to be built back out.  We found marble tile at Home Depot for $1 a piece and had a friend's son lay it for us.

Next we installed bead board and a cap trim.

Cheap marble floor tile

View from back wall

Poplar cabinet

Cap, beadboard and cabinet

Coffered ceiling and dark primer

Basic cabinet shell

To balance the cap trim I started by centering under the mirror and then cutting the trim so I was able to get a mirror miter on each corner and worked outward from there.  This was one of those projects I delayed and delayed until I felt comfortable that I had come up with the correct solution.  I built the cabinet doors and ended up just painting the inside of the glass panels white to get the effect I wanted.  The tub came with the house and we splurged by having the feet chromed for $160 and the interior refinished (a polyurethane coating) that turned out very nice.  We were able to reuse the sink faucet but did replace the pedestal sink as the former one was a modern design.

As for the rest of the features:

We sanded and painted the exterior of the tub.

The tub fixture was ordered from a company on the internet.

The wall sconces came from ebay and are antiques.

The mirror frame came from a great aunt in Michigan and we had a beveled mirror cut to fit it.

The chandelier we found on clearance at Fred Meyer for about $50.

The stained glass hangs inside the regular window and came from ebay.  We won the auction and paid about $300 for it - we would have paid probably twice as much locally if we could have found one in this good a condition.  We stripped and stained the frame and then built a secondary frame to tie it together.

Aunt Justina's frame

Lot's of advance planning to get it right

Built-in cabinet with painted glass

Finally ready for tub and sink

Close fit 

Coffered ceiling

Stained glass from ebay

Morning sun

Since we had no choice about the placement of the bathroom off the dining room I'm pleased with the overall appearance as it almost looks like a powder room more than a full bathroom.  I thought if we had to we would have located the door further down the wall and had a two foot hallway leading to the bathroom!

Once again, we found the internet and ebay a huge help in the whole remodeling process as we were able to get much better choice and quality for the money than we would have been able to locally.  I'm all in favor of supporting local businesses but there are times when they don't have what you want or it's out of the price range.