Bathroom Remodel Project

Well, where do we start or should we say end. It's Sunday evening & we just put the finishing touches on our bathroom remodel project. Above is the counter "before" shot. DH & DW took a one hour class at Lowes on tileing. We had our own teacher who walked us through the whole process. Keep in mind that neither DH or DW has had ANY remodeling or construction training. The floor of the bathroom was actually done by some close friends of ours & they had mentioned that we should do the counter tops & they would be willing to do this for us. We decided that we were well educated & could take on this little project. So back to Lowes we go with checkbook in hand!

Tile saw $78.00

Tile $30.00

Tile glue bucket $17.00

Grout $10.00

Trowels $20.00

Tile spacers $5.00

Tile nipper $7.oo

Hardi-backer board $15.00

Compound miter saw $100

Finish nails $7.00

Bostich air compressor and finish nailer gun $170

And it only took DH and DW three trips in one day to get all of that! : ) Once we started cutting the tile, we realized that we might actually be able to pull this off! The hardi-backer had to be measured and cut to size. It is remarkably similar to cutting sheet rock. It was glued and screwed down to the existing countertop. That sat overnight and then DH showed his hidden talent in home improvement while setting the tile down. DH finished grouting after DW decided she didn't know what she was doing. After reviewing the finished product, we realized that we pulled it off! Our next project is to tile our kitchen floor with beautiful beige tile to maintain a neutral color scheme.

(Extra bag of grout due to DH's screw-up: priceless! Yet another trip to Lowe's)

Our remodel projects will continue. Stay tuned.