Our Habitat for Humanity project house had one full bathroom as well as a laundry room that needed some serious attention. You can see more of the before photos of these spaces here.
Where do I even begin with the bathroom? It was seriously one of the saddest bathrooms I've ever seen. The floor was multiple pieces of damaged linoleum, and it had an oddly shaped mirror and cabinet that could barely fit anything inside, an unfinished shower/bathtub combination and a severely water-damaged window. Yikes!
So many things needed to be changed in this space before it could feel like a place you would actually get clean in. We replaced the damaged linoleum floors with black and white rectangle tiles in a herringbone pattern. We had to remove and repair the window area and walls surrounding, which we added white wall tile to. We replaced the bathtub and updated the shower. And we removed the old sink and broken mirror and replaced them with a more functional pair.
This room took a LOT of work considering its size, but we are so happy with the outcome!
The laundry room gave us quite a surprise with a rotten floor underneath the old carpet. We had to get that repaired for safety purposes before we could lay our marble-like tile (see how here) and repair and paint the walls. We also purchased an Energy Star rated washer and dryer for the house. One funny thing about this space is that due to the venting and outlets (this room is an add-on from the original house), the washer and dryer have to be positioned a little apart, separated by the door to the kitchen. But the room feels so fresh now and provides quite a bit of extra storage space for the future family—major plus! xo. Emma, Elsie, and the ABM team
Credits // Author: Emma Chapman, Photography: Janae Hardy and Sarah Rhodes. Photos edited with A Beautiful Mess actions. Bathroom: shower curtain/Target, Mirror/IKEA, Vanity + Light fixture/Lowe's. Laundry Room: curtains/ IKEA.
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I adore the utility room – such clean lines! I’m curious about the cost of each transformation…!
This is gorgeous!
The improvement is phenomenal! I love how bright the rooms now look 🙂
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Although the bathroom mirror is beautiful you have removed a significant amount of storage from the room. It would be more suitable for a HFH family to have a medicine cabinet installed and a vanity with both drawers and a cabinet. Beautiful room, but, not very functional on a daily basis!
You guys are so talented! I love what you did with the bathroom and laundry room!! I am making a mental note about looking into marble-like tile when we finally purchase a home:)
XO – Sarah
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Absolutely swooning over those tiles and the shower curtain funnily enough!
Can I ask how much money it cost you to fix the bathroom (without the window work). I’m curious because it seems to be the same size as my own condo bathroom which needs to be completely renovated and the quotes I got from contractors were ridiculous. You guys have a tendency to fix rooms on completely affordable budgets and I was wondering if it was the same for this particular bathroom (which is gorgeous by the way). I’m looking to do a similar reno (changing all the tiles, bathtub, toilet, sink, mirror and lighting). I think I can safely say that my own bathroom is pretty sad looking too. For some weird reason, the previous owners felt it was ok to put white tiles in the shower and dark burned orange tiles(barf) on the floor……and use white grout for the floor and dark terra cotta grout for the shower (They were either insane or completely stupid!). Anyway, I’d love to know the cost of this reno if you don’t mind sharing. Thanks
Hello! I’d love to know where you go the mirror.
i am obsessed with both spaces! <3 <3
that subway tile and MIRROR in the bathroom <3 loveeee
and the floor and hanging rack in the laundry room – even more love!
These both turned out so well!
That bathroom floor is so fabulous! Love it!!!
♥ Heather and Melissa
WOW, what a makeover! That looks amazing, you can never go wrong with black and white design!
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such a wonderful idea!
Both these rooms look amazing! I especially like the tiles you used for both of them. This post makes me look forward to some day renovating my own home with pretty new floors!
What a great trick – just switch on the light and everything looks brighter! I will definetely try this at home. Maybe it works for me, too.
I’m totally obsessed at what you did with the white and black tiles! Ahhh I’d love to do that for my bathroom too!
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The renovated bathroom looks beautiful! I esoecially like the white wall tile, it looks so nice and fresh! It’s amazing how much time little spaces like this one can take to make them look presentable. But the final effect was worth all the efforts!
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Hi,
The floors look so beautiful in these images. You explain very well and thanks for sharing these images with us.
Cheers!
I love this! Particularly the bathroom tiles, such a creative way of using monochrome.