MJ Maccardini (trailerfullofpix)'s photos with the keyword: remodel

The rattan panels I wanted to hang to hide the laundry area didn't work (I bought the wrong track and the panels wouldn't have stacked out of the way properly), so I went to The Mercantile and got a new batik bedspread, which I hung on the old rod and rings. New towels from Target. The whole bathroom looks so fab that I often just stand in it and look at everything.

Bertch vanity (it has drawers!) with custom glass top. Toto Drake II toilet -- comfort height, 1.2 gallons per flush. Gerber faucet, towel bar and toilet roll holder. I bought the soap dispenser pump on Etsy and attached it to an old Mason jar.

All neat and tidy. I bought a plastic washing machine pan to protect the floor should the 30-year-old washer decide to spring a leak.

The ugly popcorn ceiling is gone, replaced with a skim coat of plaster. The horrid fan/light combo is gone, replaced with Kichler light fixture and Nutone (energy star) fan.

I continued the same flooring into the hall and the bathroom.

The flooring is Armstrong Alterna luxury vinyl tile in Durango: Deep Gold. The tiles are 12x12 and they are grouted. It feels warm, is easy to stand on, is very low-maintenance, and looks fab. I still need to have the walls in the foyer painted later this summer.

Painting of the bathroom was finished yesterday. The paint is C2 Amontillado (it's made in Massachusetts by a collective, and is low-VOC). Today, I re-installed the shelving in the laundry area. Next: I need to clean out the floor of the foyer closet and remove all the furniture and assorted junk from the foyer. New flooring goes in Tuesday.

This is around the corner from the foyer photo. Door to the bathroom is on the right. I'm tearing up the two different types of crap sheet vinyl and having vinyl tile put down (one pattern throughout the foyer, hall and bathroom).

The clutter behind Ganesh. This mess will be hidden behind sliding rattan panels hung from a track on the ceiling. I bought the panel system at Ikea many years ago and never got around to putting up.

The original 1986 fixtures. The batik Ganesh hanging here is a bedspread, not a shower curtain. It hides the washing machine (circa 1982) and the related cleaning product clutter.

The mixer valve in the upstairs tub leaked behind the wall and water came down through the ceiling of the bathroom below. This was the start of my bathroom remodeling adventure and money pit.

After the ceiling is fixed, I'm having a new fan and vanity light installed and then the bathroom will be repainted. Then the new flooring, toilet (lo-flow) and vanity come in. The two prints on the wall will stay. One is a James Cauty print called Global Warming, the other (seen in the mirror) is an Adams of Rye letterpress print of the Aardvark Manifesto 2010. The mirror and the washing machine will stay also. Everything else goes, including the finger towels that came from my mother's house. FYI, she died in 1980.

New flooring going in here. Might have the foyer and hall painted later this summer.

I'm pretty much settled on the tile. Sliding rattan panels will replace the Ganesh curtain. Having a hard time deciding on the paint for the bathroom (trying to find the right orangy-yellow).

Recessed can light going in over the laundry area. Replacement ventilation fan going into place (just a fan -- the old one was a fan-light combo, which was noisy and ugly). Next, the popcorn will be scraped off the whole bathroom ceiling, and a plaster skim coat put on. The plaster will cover the water stain.

Old vanity is gone. Toilet going soon. New color patch on the wall.