Master Bathroom Reno

We saved all our pennies and finally were able to redo our master bathroom. Check out the nice green tile and gorgeous lumpy wallpaper. You're jealous, aren't you?

Before

In order to save a bit off the final cost, Shon and I decided to do the demo ourselves. And let me tell you, it was NOT as easy as we expected. We started the project thinking...we're just going to hit crap with a hammer and we should be done in a couple of days. Well, we did hit crap with a hammer, but it certainly didn't only take a couple of days.

We'd made a little progress at this point, but still had that pesky green floor to get rid of. Little did we know that underneath the green tile was concrete that was reinforced with some kind of wire mesh that made demo EXTREMELY difficult.

 In order to gain a little square footage in the bathroom, we took a little space from our master closet, so here you see Shon after he'd finally made it through into the closet.

 40 hours later, over 2 weeks, and a couple of jacked up fingers/hands later, we finished the demo and our contractor began on the renovation.

 Lesson 1: wear gloves.

 Lesson 2: don't hammer your finger

Though the demo was slow, we saw quick progress when the contractor started working.

 
We chose a 12x12 travertine tile for the bathroom floor and walls, and a mosaic travertine for the shower floor.

 

 We picked a vanity and sink from IKEA because it was simple and had drawers vs doors, a look Katherine preferred.

And check it out! Just like that, it's finished! We are so happy with the end result and feel like we live in a luxury hotel now.