The Dapper Crapper

I guess we will continue on and focus on the resident bathroom in our new house.

This bathroom of ours wasn't so pretty at one point. Do you remember?? The horrible color, the tub, the hanging sink that was falling off the wall, and the smoke stained ceiling? Ugh it was horrible. 

I think I could have lived with it if I had to, but I was sort of excited when we realized that we would need to gut the entire thing. Not really friendly for our pocket books, but much more friendly to Liz's not-so-nice germ phobia. There is just something about this bathroom that was telling me to use bleach on every surface! (Now, that is saying a lot because I DO NOT use bleach on anything, ever. I don't even own a bottle of it or a cleaning product that contains it. Vinegar and baking soda all the way baby.)

Anyways, after our sink left us with a wall looking like this:

we had no choice but to do this: 

 We gutted her down to the studs, took out the radiator, and replaced the plumbing, electric, and made sure the stuff behind the drywall was updated to the 21st century. Then it was on to the finishing work of it all. Drywall, green board, and a new window. Painting, wainscoting, radiant floor heat, and tile followed. And finally it was time for all of the hardware and lighting fixtures. A little clawfoot tub action and a new sink to match and things were starting to really shape up.

Fast forward through all of that and our new bathroom was looking almost finished.

We still have a few things that we need to do. We have decided to finish the wainscoting (you can see the missing pieces behind the dresser in the picture above), do some decorative tweaking, and eventually she will be declared 100% finito! 

I love this room and honestly feel like it represents our sense of style the most. Now, I just need to figure out how to get the rest of the rooms on board. I'm in love with the old school charm of this space and really appreciate the color scheme and the not-so-obvious touches that have been added (i.e. the painted tub, dresser, and a few other things that are still to come). She is our dapper crapper. 

Now, that we have dug deeper on the ins and outs of the bathroom process, let's talk money. This is a big list y'all. 

Plumbing Materials: $100

Electric updates including radiant floor heating: $400

Finishing materials (drywall, green board, mud, tape etc.): $150

Clawfoot tub: Free (thanks Isaac and Mary!)

Sink: $54.38

Wainscotting: $402.78

Tile: $283.02

Dresser: Free (was left by the previous homeowners)

Toilet: Free (It is not even a year old! Jonathan saved it from a job that he did; they wanted him to just get rid of it!) 

Toilet Seat: $20.98 (we bought a new one to replace the used one on the free toilet :) ) 

Hardware (towel bars, faucet for sink and tub, and tub converter): $261.98

Window: $175

Paint: $0 (I said $0 because we used leftover paint from other rooms. Really the amount needed in this room was minimal.) 

Lighting (bathroom fan/light combo, vent kit, and lights above the sink): $176.91

Total: $2025.02

Not to shabby for a bathroom renovation! According to "the experts," whoever those people are??, we can expect to see all of that money back when it comes to resale value. Plus, with the national average being $10,000 spent on a bathroom remodel, I think we are doing quite well! 

Like I said, we do plan on doing some more work on her, but I really think that she came together nicely. Plus, she has really defined the feeling that we are looking for in the rest of the house. 

Ha! Imagine that!

A bathroom being the "defining" space in a house. 

Ew. 

I guess we really need to get to work. 

Tell us, what do you think? Have you ever done a bathroom remodel? How much did you spend?