Bathroom Project at the Mountain Cottage

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I'm happy to report that our downstairs bathroom project is now underway after more than a year of planning. 

Since it would entail building in the porch which would take Mr. DIY months to do on weekends and one or two weeks of vacation time, we decided to hire the first part of the project out to a contractor.

It's taken awhile to find a good contractor and then get on his schedule, so I had plenty of time to plan, plan, and plan some more. Here's the floorplan of our mountain cottage as it was before we started. 

Our goal was to  have a large bathroom accessible from both the bedroom and the foyer.  Since the porch was above/inside the foundation and under the roof, it could easily be built in. 

The bathroom project basically involves the whole front of the house. 

Steps:

1. Install a new front door (new porch will come later)

2. Hire contractor to build bathroom exterior

3. Paint the front exterior

4. Rework the wall between bedroom/bath, install pocket door

5. Finish bathroom interior(plumbing, electrical, sheetrock, fixtures)

6. Remove walls, build new entry closet

7. Move laundry room to former bathroom- install cabinets

Looks like we're going to be at this awhile. 

  Here's how the front of the house looked before:

The first thing Mr. DIY had to do was install a new front door.

A couple of weeks later, the contractor and his team got to work. They worked fast and got to this point after one day. 

No more worrying about whether or not the porch floor would give way...the new floor was so sturdy and level. 

...and that's where the in progress photos end. I don't have any pics of the walls going up because I was in the hospital for the next 4 days. 

I came home to this!

Eventually, we hope to add a portico over the front door and we plan to add a tall shrub to make the space to the left of the new window a little less noticeable. Mr. DIY will also be installing a new matching window to replace the one on the right. 

Here's how the room looks now:

The old front door will be replaced with a new interior door. 

Here are  a couple of perspectives of the design concept for the space.

 I'm excited to get this far! I have the all the fixtures picked out and will show you what I have planned next time. 

Thanks for stopping by,

Pam

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