The Process-Master Bath Remodel

<div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Hello Everyone! </span></i></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> I thought I'd share a new remodel project that I'm working on.  The house that my girlfriend just moved into is really great but the Master Bath has some issues.  Since they were going to remodel the Basement anyway they decided to tackle the bath at the same time.  Here is the Bath as it was when the house was for sale.</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgix5i8k-3_wK7cG05LyMvHNqZkCXi3zupBwggNyLqQOUXa19tfG-ScIpD8M5ljo67JmFd9sbtraEjGQ44Qy7uA15DMpYI-hWNbjvD3uRjpi3_pU9Rg3_FFgiB0ZYKAhi72I27UgAQA63KH/s1600/IMG_4038.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgix5i8k-3_wK7cG05LyMvHNqZkCXi3zupBwggNyLqQOUXa19tfG-ScIpD8M5ljo67JmFd9sbtraEjGQ44Qy7uA15DMpYI-hWNbjvD3uRjpi3_pU9Rg3_FFgiB0ZYKAhi72I27UgAQA63KH/s640/IMG_4038.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">It's a pretty large space as you can see.  </span></i></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Here is another view into the bedroom.</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzTUBnYc_9HtEalqG8DqZw5I3cHCxZIpQLrbWEByMb5Y24eAt_avNpJ5PPwSLvMkj1nuUHI3C6z1RB2R03R7NGOwc7xAZ4XdMfHJyecBa6krkAdBvQ6HDEHiobsTkyZifDPOG9ZAq5LbYD/s1600/IMG_4039.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzTUBnYc_9HtEalqG8DqZw5I3cHCxZIpQLrbWEByMb5Y24eAt_avNpJ5PPwSLvMkj1nuUHI3C6z1RB2R03R7NGOwc7xAZ4XdMfHJyecBa6krkAdBvQ6HDEHiobsTkyZifDPOG9ZAq5LbYD/s640/IMG_4039.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">The biggest problem in this bath is the vanity height.  My clients are both very tall and they have to lean way over the tiny 30" vanities.  The lighting is also really poor.  The natural sunlight through the skylight is great as long as it's a nice sunny day.  Recessed lights in a soffit is the poorest lighting you can have for a vanity.  You end up with shadows and bags under your eyes!  Not very flattering.  The bathtub needs to be replaced and they want to raise the shower half wall for more privacy.  We have already met with a few contractors and have selected one that we have both worked with before. I thought you might like coming along with me and seeing the process that I go through during each design phase.  </span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO16CM8q9MM_wIEwxlJPmphAdOzpln8gTEOtMxRfPdTUVBEDboibnd_zk2WUUXcCPFIItuYzOAcyWP7DPAXw_MjjkVYhYYkdzqC2ORGqwWg7ZgfsOIsGASIn7d4w1niqHINpz7CYP4heBw/s1600/IMG.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO16CM8q9MM_wIEwxlJPmphAdOzpln8gTEOtMxRfPdTUVBEDboibnd_zk2WUUXcCPFIItuYzOAcyWP7DPAXw_MjjkVYhYYkdzqC2ORGqwWg7ZgfsOIsGASIn7d4w1niqHINpz7CYP4heBw/s640/IMG.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">  </span></i></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">The first thing I do is sketch out the floorplan.  In this case we are not changing anything structurally, just cosmetically. I talk to the clients and discuss what their needs are as I have mentioned above.  I encourage them to show me pictures of their inspirations.  In this case we met at Barnes and Noble in the cafe and broke out our Pinterest files on our IPADs and scoured the magazines and books.  Here are a few of the Inspiration photos:</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxYi85pcFmsjvkhuSuEjLhkwxDX7UZIIsYqwPgXH98xcW9UmT1auo8uzin4-mvirgdeaqr5UiNB79TyepbkseoSlGcXKyfHKLzCGhPIVDM-QBXi3jOlBAxPngf7FNc6-Lv3hli1gu2vQSR/s1600/4masterbathidea.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxYi85pcFmsjvkhuSuEjLhkwxDX7UZIIsYqwPgXH98xcW9UmT1auo8uzin4-mvirgdeaqr5UiNB79TyepbkseoSlGcXKyfHKLzCGhPIVDM-QBXi3jOlBAxPngf7FNc6-Lv3hli1gu2vQSR/s640/4masterbathidea.jpg" width="419" /></a></span></i></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAldwicbDJIf206WL_L7vHOLnTwICCfBlNLmP_Xg1uDMu0ObJwDA-gy7A0XEnO9h-LZX0JdQKqZkOtRMOpI92onw6WGr5Q4SwO95h9599ihObBGbwyrgvwhA5YR077IWMVNLNkn_w4Zz8t/s1600/2masterbathidea.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAldwicbDJIf206WL_L7vHOLnTwICCfBlNLmP_Xg1uDMu0ObJwDA-gy7A0XEnO9h-LZX0JdQKqZkOtRMOpI92onw6WGr5Q4SwO95h9599ihObBGbwyrgvwhA5YR077IWMVNLNkn_w4Zz8t/s640/2masterbathidea.jpg" width="512" /></a></span></i></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOh2dmkFoLWZuMxQa094zSsYS_VmGN2_WMOqPZXwks1N0DEPyLbt_fwxv9O8fyIkcoW9304EQP3ieQskVfcslZGkfAnv-KrnfOrD6KH-j3Z2kbglKDYwJVJgGC3ZBvGGVHpRGUJ1Aq9fdT/s1600/masterbathidea.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOh2dmkFoLWZuMxQa094zSsYS_VmGN2_WMOqPZXwks1N0DEPyLbt_fwxv9O8fyIkcoW9304EQP3ieQskVfcslZGkfAnv-KrnfOrD6KH-j3Z2kbglKDYwJVJgGC3ZBvGGVHpRGUJ1Aq9fdT/s640/masterbathidea.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></i></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">All Photos from Pinterest</span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">From there I sketch while we talk,</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6VfX7JiCgFVllygrRJHV8T7G5KaQK9WXd0Ry9JprgEqVfvKCPLnOUReWIl7UVxTlQum7IzyHM3UpEAvAdtCgXJ9NKXOoaKtkSECiBLajGhzqbQZHPSLIZc2W12ZyMOBC_2KqXjuOVSpFX/s1600/IMG_0001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6VfX7JiCgFVllygrRJHV8T7G5KaQK9WXd0Ry9JprgEqVfvKCPLnOUReWIl7UVxTlQum7IzyHM3UpEAvAdtCgXJ9NKXOoaKtkSECiBLajGhzqbQZHPSLIZc2W12ZyMOBC_2KqXjuOVSpFX/s640/IMG_0001.jpg" width="494" /></a></span></i></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Then I go to my drawing board and draw up a preliminary sketch,</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnPh6TbDKOPtIZDDPhSRo9ddKgHL5518GOH-KnTSSSfJTkGuHddAd7aI-ySCKefpLX-6wYFs1rytSHoyAJUeYzdnTKoAH_E6l_B7GaLGmE4Cvvgzwu7PGTSRwZ5OubuKRFDLvNdXuePFyB/s1600/IMG_0002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="498" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnPh6TbDKOPtIZDDPhSRo9ddKgHL5518GOH-KnTSSSfJTkGuHddAd7aI-ySCKefpLX-6wYFs1rytSHoyAJUeYzdnTKoAH_E6l_B7GaLGmE4Cvvgzwu7PGTSRwZ5OubuKRFDLvNdXuePFyB/s640/IMG_0002.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEQyKZoQWyH-0pvJwxJxZPw1z-qVOpLv9hy1hlkKbwF7p9BQEBx4tzf4pnDPr-B-UAybdwD8hePprUm9o2Eh1ITKw9z0p_HGXt03kYZjDsWEGuJjOvVe8nKRPBctZw2C2N3GFSqS0zYNg5/s1600/IMG_0003.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="498" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEQyKZoQWyH-0pvJwxJxZPw1z-qVOpLv9hy1hlkKbwF7p9BQEBx4tzf4pnDPr-B-UAybdwD8hePprUm9o2Eh1ITKw9z0p_HGXt03kYZjDsWEGuJjOvVe8nKRPBctZw2C2N3GFSqS0zYNg5/s640/IMG_0003.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">These are what I show to the contractor to get a bid started.  This makes it a lot easier to get closer to the real dollar amount.</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrB6V_1ohtaNXNB4ptQHXKgM0VdP88SnshIJXOh6yfx2j9zwk02QGWekCDduvwgJp_SqTorqOZtzKgjoB0FH69VLlt6vJpaPx_9pTTtW82uQdlbpRXPyj2Y4HBm2Rjh52-b6jBClL-x2SJ/s1600/IMG_0004.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="498" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrB6V_1ohtaNXNB4ptQHXKgM0VdP88SnshIJXOh6yfx2j9zwk02QGWekCDduvwgJp_SqTorqOZtzKgjoB0FH69VLlt6vJpaPx_9pTTtW82uQdlbpRXPyj2Y4HBm2Rjh52-b6jBClL-x2SJ/s640/IMG_0004.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtbEd3Y2GYNZMzBKGeCwg2ODqlesYTCquF55-2jorfWYDoRD7gQ1SkUiWSu7hXNB1MzePga_vztcZfE_Qn_6HdCYmZblazcBG9XO8wS7SZA41SA-k5ByCkjR6mh34RieFiI9pzxmq0Erzf/s1600/IMG_0005.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="498" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtbEd3Y2GYNZMzBKGeCwg2ODqlesYTCquF55-2jorfWYDoRD7gQ1SkUiWSu7hXNB1MzePga_vztcZfE_Qn_6HdCYmZblazcBG9XO8wS7SZA41SA-k5ByCkjR6mh34RieFiI9pzxmq0Erzf/s640/IMG_0005.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></i></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">And more drawings to bring to the cabinet shop and the Tile and stone shop.  There are still some issues to work out and that's when we all sit down and brainstorm some more.  Once we work out the design we will pick out cabinet door styles, moldings and hardware and the cabinet shop</span></i></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> will begin production.  </span></i></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">There's A LOT more work to do so </span></i></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">I hope you want to tag along with me!  </span></i></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Until Next Time,</span></i></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Beaux R'eves,</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">XO Cindy</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Sharing at</span></span></i>:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>Susan at<a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1057618964"> </a><a href="http://betweennapsontheporch.blogspot.com/">Between Naps on the Porch</a><a href="http://betweennapsontheporch.blogspot.com/2011/12/beautiful-kitchen-renovation-welcome-to.html"></a>for Metamorphosis Monday<br />Marty at <a href="http://astrollthrulife.blogspot.com/">A Stroll Thru Life</a> for Tabletop Tuesday</i></span> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #666666; 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The Process-Master Bath Remodel

Hello Everyone!   I thought I'd share a new remodel project that I'm working on.  The house that my girlfriend just moved into is re...

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