Master Bathroom Reno week 3 – Jeffrey Court All-Star Challenge

We are in week 3 of the Jeffrey Court All-star Challenge hosted by Jeffrey Court along with Behr Paint and Frog Tape. This week I tackled some of the big building projects, some that have been waiting 10 years to be finished. 🙂 ha ha

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Been Building…

With the beautiful floor tile getting put down last week, I started worrying about my next big hurdle in the bathroom reno. I really need to get the vanity built and in place. I also need to find a counter-top for it. Being on a tight timeline, I realized I really should have had a counter-top company lined up weeks before. But alas here we are. I contacted solid surface companies for bids.  I started looking through the classifieds for maybe something useable.  Then I found an ad in the classifieds for bathroom countertops with sinks, that are made from kitchen remnants. Lucky for me, they have a quick turnaround and I should have a new counter-top next week. Woot Woot!

Building the Vanity

My new vanity is based off a unique vanity I saw in a home many years ago. It has an open lower center, great for baskets with towels. Then 4 drawers on each side. The original vanity’s top jagged in, following the shape of the inset. However I decided to just go straight a crossed and hopefully it works out.

Last Fall I bought a pallet of 18″-36″ knotty alder cutoffs from a business for $1/piece. I have been trying to use those boards wherever possible. The saying that you never have enough clamps is true, as I was trying to glue up the 4 main panels for the vanity.

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Master Bathroom Reno week 2 – Jeffrey Court All-Star Challenge

The tiling has begun…

We are in week 2 of the Jeffrey Court All-star Challenge hosted by Jeffrey Court along with Behr Paint and Frog Tape. This week has been all about getting the bathroom floor tiled! I only crossed one item off of my To-Do list, but I feel good about it. It was a big task.

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Installing Cement Board (Hardiebacker)

Materials Used

Tools Used

A good system for DIY’ers to get a good solid base for tile is with mortar (thinset) and cement board. My bathroom is small and a complex shape, so I precut out all of the hardiebacker cement board so it would be ready to lay all at once.  I mixed up a batch of mortar with a 1/2″ drill, thinset mixing paddle and followed the directions on the bag.

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Master Bathroom Reno week 1 – Jeffrey Court All-Star Challenge

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It has been 10 years!!!

insert face palm

man time flies

10 years ago, we bought our house. It was a bank owned unfinished house, but the location and neighborhood was perfect for us. We were in a hurry to finish the house, and trying to get it completed on a budget. It was after all, the beginning of the recession. There were a number of things that I said, Oh this is good enough for now, I’ll upgrade it later.

It is finally later, Yay.

Introducing our not so grand, master bathroom.

It is a fine functional builder grade bathroom.

I have been wanting to upgrade it to be a little more grand looking and pretty.

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Farmhouse Style Twin over Full Bunk Bed Plans

My Brother and Sister-in-Law needed a bunk bed for their little boys. They already have a twin and full mattress, I made plans for a farmhouse style twin over full bunk bed. This bunk bed style works really well in their room and doesn’t cramp the space like separate twin and full beds would have done.  Thanks to my Bro and SIL for testing out these bunk bed plans. The boys are in love with their new beds!

Save space in your kid's bedroom. Free plans to build a farmhouse style twin over full bunk bed.One happy boy!

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White Craftsman Mantel and Shiplap Wall Makeover

White craftsman mantel and shiplap wall makeover is sponsored by The Home Depot. I have been compensated for my time and provided with product (tools). All ideas and opinions are my own. This post contains some affiliate links for your convenience. Click here to read my full disclosure policy. 

My Aunt’s house was built in the early 90’s, when honey oak was all the rage. She’s had a few updates along the way, but she is ready to get rid of her honey oak mantel and go light and bright with a modern craftsman mantel and shiplap wall. One major goal of this makeover is to mount her large 75″ TV above her fireplace. The current oak mantel is too tall to mount the TV and it is not wide enough to look balanced with the TV.

Before I came to help her with the mantel and shiplap wall, she had an electrician come and move some outlets and put a cord tube (blue) in the wall so she won’t have cords showing.

Mantel Before

Mantel After

DIY modern white craftsman fireplace mantle and shiplap wall.

She is LOVING the new look and having the TV mounted and out of the corner of the room. The bright white really lightens up the space up!

This post will show how I built the mantel from a $32 sheet of MDF and some 2×4’s. This whole wall makeover with the shiplap, mantel, paint, supplies etc came in less than $300. It made a huge impact and didn’t cost that much money! yay

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