Wednesday, January 1, 2014

Narrow cabinetry for a narrow space

Narrow cabinetry for a narrow space.

These were two old medicine cabinets from restore  ( habitat for humanity thrift store).  Hardware, paint and granite ... voila.





Rolling, marble-top kitchen island. Bathroom finished


Kitchen with island



Bathroom



Rolling, marble-top kitchen island



During the bathroom transformation 
 insulating the exterior wall

building a raised platform for the tub
(allowing for drainage to gravity)



Plumbing placed with PEX  system
Platform painted with marine paint




PEX plumbing is pretty easy to do yourself


Flashing around tub with roof flashing


Hardi tile backer board shower surround




Tile saw 





Tile before grout





Existing plumbing , water suply and drain for laundry



PEX system used to tie in for supply to vanity ,
 toilet and shower .
Schedule 40 pvc ties vanity drain into laundry drain stack



The above plumbing is now behind this vanity.

















Thursday, December 5, 2013

Before and after


5' X 9'  Bathroom Before



Bathroom After




5' X 11'   Kitchenette Before


Midway



Kitchenette After
still have to granite the narrow counter at left,   and  do backsplash, tile and paint




Livingroom before




Living room after






Livingroom after carpet removed, concrete prpared for acid stain







Livingroom after wall built, floor acid stained























Monday, October 14, 2013

Cat Box Counter

In preparation to create a bathroom in what was a laundry room,  I built a small cabinet / counter that houses the cat's poopularium (cat box cave).  Notice the cat door by the floor.


Here is a sample of the granite counter top and a couple of backsplash options.
The white tile will cover one wall of the kitchenette and the interior of the bathroom.




Thursday, September 5, 2013

Kitchen Refacing

                       Kitchen cabinets before chocolate raspberry paint
                                        and satin nickel hardware


Kitchen cabinets After



Saturday, August 10, 2013

This door used to be 8 inches wider

Door between Mom's unit and mine.
Note the base board is missing 8 inches of baseboard.  I shrunk the doorway so I would have room fro the kitchenette counter in my apt. on the other side. As shown below.


I got this counter and cabinets (all wood not pressboard) at Habitat for Humanity's RESTORE . 
Add new pulls, paint and stain for about 120 total. How's that?
The "stainless steel" fridge was 188 at home depot. It is 43.5" high.


pale green paint ahhhh

Tomorrow we place the last of the floor tile.  Yippie !!