Is it worth the money... is it an investment? (Page 2/3)
82-T/A [At Work] SEP 07, 10:59 PM
I wonder if... in addition to faucets and door pulls, if I just replaced the medicine cabinets, it would emphasize less, the non-desireable design of the cabinet doors...

Unless... anyone knows where I can get cabinet doors for under $40 a door?
Keel SEP 08, 07:14 AM
Who puts carpet in a bathroom..
82-T/A [At Work] SEP 08, 07:22 AM

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Originally posted by Keel:

Who puts carpet in a bathroom..




Oh dude... I know, it was disgusting. It was this thick brown carpet. It was throughout the entire vanity area. In the bathroom / shower area, there was lenolium (sp?) flooring.

Same thing in the master bathroom... there is carpeting down in there. In the toilet room (separate) there is tile, but the big shower room steps out directly onto carpet... ?

The dinning room, and the "great room" for lack of a better word, is all carpeting. I've since torn it all out, and really the only thing left for me in this house is flooring on the bottom floor (going to go with hardwood throughout the first floor, with tile in the kitchen and utility room, pantry room, and laundry room.
cliffw SEP 09, 06:52 AM
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Tony Kania SEP 09, 10:24 AM
It is just difficult giving an estimate over the internet.

It sounds like you have a lot of wiggle room on the costs of remodeling. Stay under your budget and you can never go wrong. It is when you over extend that it becomes a burden.

If you really are that much ahead, new doors for the cabinets might be in order.

Yes, dump the medicine cabinet and get a nice mirrored one. That is what is selling. Just my thoughts...
Blacktree SEP 09, 10:43 AM
Dark colored hardware in a bathroom seems odd. Generally, you'd want a "bright and clean" look in a bathroom. And that usually calls for metallic looking hardware (silver, nickel, gold, etc). Brushed nickel is a good choice, if you don't want it to look too "blingy".

As for the cabinetry, here are my thoughts: Replace the medicine cabinets with mirrored ones, as mentioned above. Then paint all the cabinetry below the countertop level white, to match the trim and the door. The white color will also downplay the dated cabinet door design.

Oh, and the sink faucets definitely need to match the rest of the hardware. If they don't, they'll stick out like sore thumbs.

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Stubby79 SEP 09, 01:03 PM
Maybe you could lighten up the cabinets by stripping them and varathaning them a paler color?
E.Furgal SEP 09, 04:08 PM
Here is the problem, what is in today can be dated just as fast so, put in what you want.. YUPPIES are the ones that walk into a house and find a clean good kitchen or bath needing a total gut job, because it is "dated" (read: not their taste) . it is a thing based on opinion.. contractors love it as they take a completely functioning kit/bath and remodel it.. I've seen people take out 25k cabinets and stone counters to replace it with chic white "modern" looking one.
same in a bath.. sure some older homes with a blue or avocado tolet and tub might need work, but most it's just a taste thing..
Some it needs a gut from eck, carpet in a bathroom..
Case in pont wife wanted to gut the bath, as she didn't like the oversized (read huge) claw foot tub.. That is until she was wathing those diy tv shos and saw what people pay to get and install a much smaller one.. Then it was we need to keep that.. I will say the marble pink (yes pink) tiles on the wall need to go.. but that is basic..
Same with the kitchen, she wanted the built on site cabinets gone, until on those shows it showed how much they cost and how much better built they are, lol..
So what is in is a fad and it can be dated asap and what you removed can be in just as fast..
From watching those house shows all I've learned is many are might opinionated on the look of a bathroom, and must take mighty long dumps that it's style is THAT big of a deal.. Like I told the wife you **** and shower in it then ,not in it all day.. it does not need a 1200 vanity , and 1000 sink top.. etc..
82-T/A [At Work] SEP 09, 04:41 PM
Quick update... I donated a bunch of stuff at Habitat for Humanity. I've never been to their home stores before... but apparently this is where the Home Depot contractors go to dump all their left over cabinet doors after doing a refacing or remodel. I found a ton of shaker cabinet doors. They don't match, but I may strip the paint / sand them down and stain them to match the cabinets.
82-T/A [At Work] SEP 09, 04:50 PM

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Originally posted by E.Furgal:

Here is the problem, what is in today can be dated just as fast so, put in what you want.. YUPPIES are the ones that walk into a house and find a clean good kitchen or bath needing a total gut job, because it is "dated" (read: not their taste) . it is a thing based on opinion.. contractors love it as they take a completely functioning kit/bath and remodel it.. I've seen people take out 25k cabinets and stone counters to replace it with chic white "modern" looking one.
same in a bath.. sure some older homes with a blue or avocado tolet and tub might need work, but most it's just a taste thing..
Some it needs a gut from eck, carpet in a bathroom..
Case in pont wife wanted to gut the bath, as she didn't like the oversized (read huge) claw foot tub.. That is until she was wathing those diy tv shos and saw what people pay to get and install a much smaller one.. Then it was we need to keep that.. I will say the marble pink (yes pink) tiles on the wall need to go.. but that is basic..
Same with the kitchen, she wanted the built on site cabinets gone, until on those shows it showed how much they cost and how much better built they are, lol..
So what is in is a fad and it can be dated asap and what you removed can be in just as fast..
From watching those house shows all I've learned is many are might opinionated on the look of a bathroom, and must take mighty long dumps that it's style is THAT big of a deal.. Like I told the wife you **** and shower in it then ,not in it all day.. it does not need a 1200 vanity , and 1000 sink top.. etc..




Yeah... that's the thing for me... it's the time and money... because I do almost everything myself, I just want to weight ROI... and investment being both time / sanity / money.


Here's the kitchen, almost done... just need a few more things and need to put in a floor. I've since jack-hammered up the floor and now it's bare concrete... wife is pissed, so I've got to get some tile down quickly.

This style probably doesn't appeal to too many people here, nor would the fixtures... but this is ALL THE RAGE here in San Antonio for the fancy people in Stone Oak and Encino Park. Everything is shaker and oil rubbed bronze.













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And this is what it originally looked like. I pulled out the desk, moved the fridge to where the oven box was. I widened the oven box to 30"s from 24", moved the water (there's a bathroom on the other side), and replaced most of the electrical. I mean... I'm sure this looked nice back in the day... but it's soooo dark. Anyway, I installed recessed LED's everywhere. Still haven't hooked up the hood vent, but the stove is also downdraft too... so it'll have both. Everything is Jenn Air and Samsung.





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