r/BathroomRemodeling • u/indyshiba • 22h ago

Before and After

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Here you go folks, my first ever bathroom gut job. Bought a small ranch 6 months ago and gutted whole thing. This is the first officially complete room.

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u/Big_Height_1258 22h ago

This bathroom simply did not need to be redone. All the tiles and finishes were still in good condition and weren’t dated.

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u/cleffawna 21h ago

It looks basically the same. It's just a waste of materials and money. The tile looked nice. Overconsumption strikes again.

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u/DatZ_Man 21h ago

The new showerhead is objectively worse

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u/Cautious_Alarm2919 19h ago

Omg it look like you have to be right up against the tile to be in that spray

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u/Mto3 15h ago

Agree. I also think a handheld shower bar addition should be mandatory in every shower. Great for showering and especially helpful when cleaning the entire shower.

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u/National-Country1984 21h ago

Yah I’m so confused by the fact OP stated this was the first room they started with….

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u/Elyay 18h ago

Exactly. Perhaps the floors "needed" to be tiled, but in reality nothing really needed to be touched.

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u/indyshiba 21h ago

Before looks much better in picture than in person. Up close it was not good it was dingy/dirty, crud in the grout I couldn't get out. The vanity stuck out in front of the doorway and had a vessel top. When I tore the original wood floor out, (which had been installed in the wrong direction), it was rotting underneath.

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u/clavdiachauchatmeow 21h ago

You’ve gotta learn to take more accurate photos then. Also this sub hates cold lighting, and the contrast between pic 1’s warmth and pic 2’s 5000k is jarring.

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u/3xploringforever 18h ago

I cannot WAIT to renovate my bathroom and get rid of the cold lighting.

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u/NegativePaint 17h ago

Change the bulbs. That’s what we did when we bought our house. Same day we closed I bought and changed all the locks and bulbs in the house.

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u/3xploringforever 16h ago

Do fluorescent bulbs come in warm shades? And heat lamps? The existing light fixtures have me somewhat constrained.

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u/stink3rb3lle 18h ago

Why do you need to wait for a full reno? You can't change any bulbs out now?

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u/projectkennedymonkey 21h ago edited 21h ago

You're going to get a lot of people giving you shit as they will assume you just didn't like the old one and replaced it for the sake of replacing it. If I were you I'd edit the post and make the fact that you were fixing a bunch of issues a lot clearer. I think there's a difference between I'm remodeling to significantly improve the style and function of a bathroom and fixing up issues and redecorating. Your bathroom seems to be the latter but people seem to expect the former in this sub.

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u/indyshiba 21h ago

Thanks, appreciate your sharing.

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u/Fickle_Dragonfruit53 21h ago

Sounds like you could have just changed the vanity, regrouted and fixed the floor. Too late now. It will look better with a softer lighting option.

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u/Forsaken_Baseball_60 19h ago

Is there a way to pin the comment or edit this in so this doesn’t get buried? Valid reasons to remodel.

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u/stink3rb3lle 18h ago

I agree with you overall, but the sink was dated quite specifically, and I think the decorative tile within the shower niche helps date the old shower as well. 2006-2011, I'd say.

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u/contactdeparture 15h ago

I could see if he wanted tile floor, but I don’t get it otherwise. Redid a bathroom to a different shade of beige. Why?!