About a month ago, I wrote an update on our upstairs bathroom remodel. To recap: after a couple of disappointing contractor visits and bids, I decided to call Janet, our previous project manager at Lowe's. You may recall that in 2016 we hired Lowe's Remodeling Services for our gut kitchen renovation.
After that phone call, I…
In my day-to-day life, no news almost always mean good news. However, in the home reno world, no news means nothing is happening. At the end of last year, Andy and I considered an easy refresh of the upstairs bathroom. However, once we started dreaming, we decided that maybe moving forward with the full remodel…
Demo in this room is so different from our past projects. Since this is our main bathroom, even though we are tearing it up right now, we still need to use the shower, sink, and toilet every day. It is a challenge to balance the demolition without impairing the function. After each workday, we have to…
I have not talked about the upstairs bathroom for a few weeks, so it may seem like nothing is happening up there. However, there has been some forward progress on the project.
Due to our partial demo, the bathroom looks worse than it did. (How is that even possible?) Andy removed all of the wallpaper, and…
About a month ago, I wrote about our plan for the upstairs bathroom refresh. Andy and I discussed it thoroughly, and I thought we were on the same page. The to-do list was relatively simple overall.
Remove the torn wallpaper and paint the walls
Restore the marble sink
Paint the exterior of the…