Timberwolf
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Post by Timberwolf on May 17, 2016 19:52:14 GMT -5
I have a curved shower rod in my bathroom. I like the look of it because it goes well with a curved light fixture and other curvy shapes in the room. I thought it would make the shower feel more spacious, but, for me it doesn't feel any bigger. I still like it though.
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Post by taz157 on May 17, 2016 19:52:50 GMT -5
So another question: I have been in many hotel rooms that are now using a curved shower rod. Would you use one in your own home? My DH likes them as it gives him extra room while it doesn't make a difference to me. When we redid our bathroom upstairs, we decided against as it would make the room feel smaller when we go to sell soon. If we were staying here, we may have put it in but maybe not as DH wouldn't be taking a shower in that bathroom anyway.
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Post by Timberwolf on May 17, 2016 19:55:39 GMT -5
double post
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Anne_in_VA
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Post by Anne_in_VA on May 17, 2016 19:59:46 GMT -5
We have one in our hall bath and I like it.
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Post by suesinfl on May 17, 2016 20:04:18 GMT -5
I love my curved shower rod. I got the idea from the may hotels the kids and I stayed when DD was in travel volleyball. I slightly claustrophobic and with the curved rod, keeps the shower curtain from blowing in and makes the shower feel larger.
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Post by steph08 on May 18, 2016 5:15:22 GMT -5
I will never go back to a straight shower curtain rod again.
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Post by yogiii on May 18, 2016 6:28:01 GMT -5
There are no downsides to a curved shower rod
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Post by lynnerself on May 18, 2016 21:35:50 GMT -5
The remodel is scheduled. The granite people come template Tuesday and demo starts Wednesday. They say we will be without both baths for about two weeks. (Still have the master to use, not doing it until later.) But everything should be done by June 3rd. I decided to leave the builders grade mirrors in place and possible frame them later myself. DIY videos look easy, but we'll see.
We are also replacing all of the baseboard trim in the common areas and painting all of the other trim and all of the walls in common areas. Not touching bedrooms at this point.
Before and after pictures to follow.
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Post by zibazinski on May 19, 2016 5:50:51 GMT -5
I had all three bathtubs and tile resurfaced to white from yellow, blue, and green in one of my older homes. Other than not using an abrasive cleanser, it held up fine.
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Post by Anne_in_VA on May 19, 2016 6:37:43 GMT -5
Anyone added breadboard wainscoting to their bath or have it already? I like the look of it but am not sure it will hold up under the damp conditions of a bathroom.
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Post by lynnerself on May 19, 2016 9:28:49 GMT -5
I had all three bathtubs and tile resurfaced to white from yellow, blue, and green in one of my older homes. Other than not using an abrasive cleanser, it held up fine. I'm glad to get one positive feedback, because we decided to do this. Otherwise we would have had to replace the entire bath/shower insert and this would get much more expensive.
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Post by zibazinski on May 19, 2016 12:48:14 GMT -5
I had all three bathtubs and tile resurfaced to white from yellow, blue, and green in one of my older homes. Other than not using an abrasive cleanser, it held up fine. I'm glad to get one positive feedback, because we decided to do this. Otherwise we would have had to replace the entire bath/shower insert and this would get much more expensive. That's why I did it that way
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Post by lynnerself on May 19, 2016 19:56:17 GMT -5
2 trips to Lowes today. Bought two light bars for the bath which we will install these ourselves. While we were there we bought a new light fixture for the entry way ( to replace this with something more like this and a new screen door for the back sliding glass door. Also made arrangements to order new cellular shades for the living room. The replace the regular blinds that I hate. Lot's of updating and fixing up getting done. Hopefully all before the July 3 wedding and out of town visitors.
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Post by Deleted on May 19, 2016 21:07:52 GMT -5
So another question: I have been in many hotel rooms that are now using a curved shower rod. Would you use one in your own home? YES!!! And I know I am shouting but that's b/c we went with a curved rod when we redid the house last year and are incredibly pleased with the change in the feel of our tub/shower area. DH was sort of ho-hum about the idea but we stayed in a hotel with one before we redid the house and he could tell the difference. One year since the re-do and we still love it. No more wet shower curtain brushing against us.
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Post by lynnerself on May 24, 2016 19:41:34 GMT -5
It all starts tomorrow. They came today to measure to template the granite. Tomorrow (7:30 am ) they start demo on the 2 baths and replacing the baseboard trim in the rest of the house. We have spent the last week packing up and moving everything away from the walls. 10 boxes of books we kept, 4 we gave away. 5 boxes from the china hutch. TV and computer will be the last things moved tonight. Next bath question: We have a small window in the master bath. Currently it has cheap Venetian blinds. What sort of window treatment do you recommend? We are getting new cellular shades in the living room and bedroom, but I'm not sure about them in a bath. I don't want curtains but some kind of blinds or shades. What to you think works in the humidity of a bath?
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Post by The Walk of the Penguin Mich on May 24, 2016 19:45:10 GMT -5
We have cellular shades in the bath too, they work fine.
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Post by CCL on May 24, 2016 20:48:32 GMT -5
As long as the windows are away from the water and you don't have excessive moisture I think the shades would be fine, too. Have you considered the top-down shades? They would allow light (at top) but still offer privacy (at bottom.) Of course, it all depends on the location and size of the window.
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Post by gooddecisions on May 24, 2016 22:14:39 GMT -5
Next bath question: We have a small window in the master bath. Currently it has cheap Venetian blinds. What sort of window treatment do you recommend? We are getting new cellular shades in the living room and bedroom, but I'm not sure about them in a bath. I don't want curtains but some kind of blinds or shades. What to you think works in the humidity of a bath? The previous owners put up a cellular shade in the bathroom and I hated it. This is a large 6'x5' window. I replaced it with an opaque window film w/ a geometric pattern 2 years ago. It's much cleaner, let's the light in and keeps it private. It was super easy to apply and if I get sick of it, I can remove it. There are so many options with window film now and if you don't need a large size, home depot or lowes may even have a good option.
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Post by CCL on May 25, 2016 2:19:03 GMT -5
Next bath question: We have a small window in the master bath. Currently it has cheap Venetian blinds. What sort of window treatment do you recommend? We are getting new cellular shades in the living room and bedroom, but I'm not sure about them in a bath. I don't want curtains but some kind of blinds or shades. What to you think works in the humidity of a bath? The previous owners put up a cellular shade in the bathroom and I hated it. This is a large 6'x5' window. I replaced it with an opaque window film w/ a geometric pattern 2 years ago. It's much cleaner, let's the light in and keeps it private. It was super easy to apply and if I get sick of it, I can remove it. There are so many options with window film now and if you don't need a large size, home depot or lowes may even have a good option. That's a big window. We have a large 4 X 4 window in our bath and I considered using that option too but the window is directly above the tub and while that would block a clear view you could still see an outline of anyone standing there. I didn't want to scare the neighbors so went with something else.
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Post by yogiii on May 25, 2016 6:11:06 GMT -5
We have cellular shades on all the windows. In the bathrooms and common areas we have the ones that let light in, a decent amount of sunlight does get in and I checked, even at night you don't see much in the way of shadowy figures from the outside. In the bedrooms we have the room darkening variety.
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Post by lynnerself on May 25, 2016 11:33:29 GMT -5
Well, remodeler broke a pipe and flooded the upstairs bathroom. Apparently we have PVC pipe in the walls. Plumber is on his way.
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Post by ArchietheDragon on May 25, 2016 11:46:31 GMT -5
Well, remodeler broke a pipe and flooded the upstairs bathroom. Apparently we have PVC pipe in the walls. Plumber is on his way. It is always something with contractors.. sheesh. Who is paying for the plumber?
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Post by kittensaver on May 25, 2016 12:03:43 GMT -5
Well, remodeler broke a pipe and flooded the upstairs bathroom. Apparently we have PVC pipe in the walls. Plumber is on his way. It is always something with contractors.. sheesh. Who is paying for the plumber? It better be the contractor who broke the pipe!!
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Post by ArchietheDragon on May 25, 2016 12:04:17 GMT -5
It is always something with contractors.. sheesh. Who is paying for the plumber? It better be the contractor who broke the pipe!! better to bring it up to the contractor soon, rather than later.
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Post by lynnerself on May 25, 2016 12:46:31 GMT -5
The contractor has recommended updating the pipe to copper. Of course then it's our cost. But we are not ripping out any more walls . So will probably just have the valve repaired and make sure he pays for it.
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Post by lynnerself on May 25, 2016 12:48:40 GMT -5
On the bright side, the new baseboard in the living room and family room looks awesome. They are installing that while waiting for the plumber.
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Post by zibazinski on May 25, 2016 21:14:55 GMT -5
I put a half shutter on my bathroom window. I had light and privacy. Of course only deer looked in but still....
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Post by lynnerself on May 25, 2016 23:06:19 GMT -5
After consulting with the installer, we have decided to go with a cellular shade in the bath. The good ones are 100% polyester and have a long guarantee. The window is only about 2foot by 3 foot. We are going to get the one that opens from either the bottom or the top and is cordless.
I was however overwhelmed at the choices available in the sample books.
ETA We just ordered about $800 of cellular shades. 5 windows including installation. Lowe's is having a 40% off sale on Levilor. It may take 3 weeks to get them. Still hoping for them to be up by July 1st.
Demo done on bathrooms. Bath flooring down and looks great. I am quite impressed with the effort put into the baseboard trim to make every corner and elevation change look good. We added some new plumbing and drywall repair and contractor sort of buried the cost of the pipe break in them. Whatever. Contractor seems to forgot he said painting would start next Tuesday. We reminded him and he will "check and get back to us". Right now all furniture is moved until he can paint. Hopefully drywall repair and painting Tuesday, shower resurface Wednesday, granite install Friday and plumber to finish around the 6th.
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Post by lynnerself on May 26, 2016 22:18:05 GMT -5
Next question: Our current cabinets have no hardware (pulls or handles). After painting them, should we had some contemporary hardware? What kind of look?
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Post by zibazinski on May 26, 2016 22:21:46 GMT -5
Nothing Brass or gold looking. What color are the cabinets?
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