KIDS BATHROOM REFACE WITH WAYFAIR
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Wow is all I can say to this project! You know when you have old kitchen cabinets and you reface them, or you have an old bathtub/shower area and you go over the existing bathtub/shower to make a brand new one? Well, that’s pretty much what we did to our kid’s bathroom that was original to the house, built in 1940. Even the toilet was the original with the date stamped on the cover of the tank…September 30, 1940! This is a tiny bathroom, about 30 sq. ft., so we did not have a lot of room for error, literally or figuratively! One question kept plaguing us…How could we redo this bathroom without gutting it? The tile up the wall definitely had cement, chicken wire and Lord knows what else behind it. We did not have the patience or the money to hire out the work and did not want to take that on ourselves. Soon enough, I came up with a plan! We could shiplap over the tile walls and tile over the original floor. we decided to leave the shower area as is, because the shower curtain would hide that. We replaced the window, toilet, vanity, faucet, mirror, light fixture, all towel fixtures and added all new decor! We basically gutted this bathroom, without actually gutting it and achieved the same result without the cost and the mess! It’s as if we slipped an entirely new room over an old one, perfectly, only losing some space, but adding so much character and charm!
So, what materials did we use, how did we do it and how much did it cost? Here are all the answers to all of these questions!
Material and Steps (Note, this project was completed in partnership with Wayfair):
We started by framing it with these furring strips. To get these in place, Mr. Seasoned Home had to use a wood drill bit to get through the wood strips, a tile drill bit to get through the tile, then a cement drill bit to get through the cement behind the tile and then had to use special, cement screws to anchor the wood to the cement.
To avoid shadows and seeing the tile/wood behind the shiplap boards, we had to put this white plastic panel over the wood.
Once that was up, we put up the boards of shiplap. We knew we didn’t want to use wood because of all the moisture and size of the room, so we found a PVC board that could hold up to all elements.
We spaced each board two nickels thick and nailed them to the frame. Once the walls were done, we used this cement tile that we had leftover from our fireplace redo last fall. We had just enough, with 4 tiles to spare.
We did the tile second, because we knew the room would be getting smaller and we had limited tile, so we wanted to use as little as possible. Mr. Seasoned Home cemented, tiled, sealed and grouted the floor himself.
We had a plumber come in to hook up the new toilet vanity and faucet took him about 2-3 hours.
Once those were in, Mr. SH trimmed out the room with the same type of PVC boards and caulked all seams. We removed the old door because it opened into the room and cut off even more space. We got this barn door and hanging kit and will install that when it comes in.
How much did it cost? (Note this project was completed in partnership with Wayfair)
Furring strips – we used (3) 9 packs. Each pack was $13.50, so total $40.50
White plastic panel – we used 3. Each was $21, so total $$63.00
Shiplap boards – They come in 2″, 3″, 4″ and 6″ widths. We used the 6″ for the walls and many other sizes and variations for trim, etc…Total cost was around $1000.
We used 56 tiles at around $11.00 a sq. ft. The tile would have cost around $300
The toilet was $150
The plumber was $300
The window was $115
The shade was $60
All decor was around $180
Odds and ends of nails, screws, cement, caulk, etc was an additional $100
Vanity, mirror, light fixture, and faucet were provided in partnership with Wayfair and were around $1200
So total cost for this project was around $3,500.
Thank you to Wayfair for their amazing customer service, fast shipping and continued support and partnership! We couldn’t ask for a nicer company to work with!
