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The Flip: The Jack ‘n Jill Bathroom, Then & Now

January 11, 2011 By Liz - It's Great To Be Home 22 Comments

And the before and after tour of the flip continues! (These links will take you to tours of the great room and dining room.)

There are 3 full bathrooms in this house – the one that you’re going to see in this post is pretty important as it adjoins two of the bedrooms (a.k.a. jack ‘n jill bath) and also serves as the guest bathroom for the house.

Here’s how the jack ‘n jill bathroom turned out after we spiffed it up with a smorgasbord of travertine and a fancy chevron patterned tile floor:

And here’s how the jack ‘n jill bathroom used to look:

Ah, a 1970s classic. Even though the existing tile was in great shape, it was avocado green and therefore had to go. The wallpaper, counter top, sliding shower door and existing fixtures also got the boot. In their place came crisp white subway tile, mexican noce travertine, accents in a glass and marble mosaic tile, and new fixtures including a dual flush toilet. We also decided to have the demo guys remove the doorway/wall that separated the vanity from the shower/toilet area to get rid of that choppy feeling.

And now it’s time for the gratuitous “after” shots. :)

( Recognize this tile? That’s right, it’s extra tile left over from the glass and marble backsplash we did at the first flip! )

( These built-ins were originally a cabinet with doors, etc. – but it was accidentally torn out during demo. Whoops! When it was re-built, we decided that open shelving was the way to go – I envision lots of baskets and rolled towels. )

( My next house will have a chevron patterned tile floor like this one – it makes me swoon every time I see it!! Three cheers for our tile guy, he did a fab job. )

That’s all, folks! Did this before and after live up to your expectations?

The Flip: Counter Tops & More

December 1, 2010 By Liz - It's Great To Be Home 11 Comments

Are you ready for a slew of the worst iPhone photos in recorded history? Many of these were taken at night, with only a flashlight for illumination. Aren’t I just the best blogger? :) Sorry, maybe it will build the suspense for the final reveal!

Anyhoo, all of the counter tops have been installed!!! We used 2 different companies for fabrication – one gave us a great deal on remnants for the bathrooms but were really high for the kitchen counter tops, so we used another company for those.

Here is the bar in the kitchen getting a few custom, on-site tweaks:

Sorry for the blurriness, but didn’t the island turn out gorgeous?

The back wall of kitchen cabinets:

A close-up of the granite (we went with the Kodiak, in case you’re curious):

Now on to the bathrooms – they’re all polished Mexican Noce travertine, and I’m really in love with them!

Here they are in the Jack ‘n Jill bath:

And being fitted for the master bathroom:

The counter top is pretty dusty, but you get the idea!

And the tile is finally starting to come together. All of the trades have been in each other’s way, so it’s been slow going.

More travertine on the floor . . .

And that’s it for now! Painting is supposedly finishing up tomorrow, with the bamboo floors going in on Friday. Hmm, who wants to bet that doesn’t happen? :)

The Flip: I’d Like Your Opinion

October 21, 2010 By Liz - It's Great To Be Home 18 Comments

Things are chugging right along at the flip – sorry I haven’t been updating you as frequently as I’d like but it’s been crazy around here!

Framing is almost 100% complete, and plumbing is supposed to begin tomorrow. I may be weird, but I find that really exciting!

In other news, we picked out some gorgeous Mexican Noce polished travertine for the bathrooms – we originally found it at the expensive stone yard but then found a remnant in our fabricator’s warehouse (so we didn’t have to go to the expense of buying the whole slab) – score!!

We still need to pick out the granite for the kitchen, but since we stretched the ol’ budget by using remnants in the bathroom we can basically have our pick of the litter for the kitchen countertops. I’m definitely excited about our next trip to the stone yard. :)

We ordered a window for the bathroom (at 5 x 3 the new window going to make the master bath oh-so-bright-and-shiny!), and we’re on the verge of finalizing our order for new trim and doors. Which is where you guys come in.

You see, we can take our pick from any of these doors below:

Some I like, others . . . not so much. Here’s my narrowed down list:

I had my heart set on a single panel door but it wasn’t to be, and that’s okay because I think we’ve got some really great contenders here. Numbers 1, 3 and 4 are my fave (2 is a distant fourth) – we have 4 in our house and I really love them, but part of me is wanting to try out something different in the flip.

Which door would you choose, and why?