"Some really old bathrooms just feel grimy to set foot in - especially if you're walking around with bare feet. Homeowner Keela Wiseman said the following of her 1942-built bathroom: "I needed better accommodations for my toes." After all, the shower had a "dilapidated floor and gloomy cave-like inside," she says. She brightened up the bathroom and said goodbye to the yellow in an approximately $8,000 redo."
"One aspect of the reno Keela loves is the new vanity. "I love my cabinets and have storage where there was nothing before," she says. And if she could change one thing about the reno, she says she would add electrical outlets on both sides of the sink. Above the sink, it's the same mirror as before (refinished by a professional silversmith), and there's a new vanity light that Keela scored on Facebook Marketplace."
"Keela says demoing out the top portion of the shower walls was a difficult step (she hired pros to do this) because the shower still had to connect to the attic in some way to remain structurally sound, but the work (and construction mess) was worth it because the new cutouts make the entire thing less cave-like and let more light flow in."
A 1942 bathroom with yellow 4×4 vinyl walls, a low wall-mounted sink, and original fixtures underwent an approximately $8,000 renovation. The entire shower was rebuilt with new plumbing and top portions of the shower walls were opened to admit more light and reduce the cave-like feel. A solar tunnel skylight was added to increase natural light for plants. The vanity was replaced to add storage, the original mirror was refinished, and a secondhand vanity light was installed. Walls and floors were refreshed in clean white, and additional outlets were desired beside the sink.
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