Renovation Challenge with Jeffrey Court – Week #1 – The Before

Most of you are aware that we are remodeling a home in Waco, Tx. The house was originally a two bedroom one bath home and I decided to add an addition in the back of the home of a master bedroom and bath. Adding on is certainly a big undertaking, but I am convinced this is going to be a great way to make this house a wonderful home. Let’s start with the master bathroom remodel.

Now here comes the best part! I am so excited to be part of the Jeffrey Court Spring 2019 Renovation Challenge. Jeffrey Court has the most beautiful tile and it’s available at Home Depot. I love their products and can’t wait to select the tile for my master bathroom remodel.

There are twelve designers who are competing to win this Challenge and you can find information about all of the projects here. As a partner with Jeffrey Court, I will be sharing the progress on our master bathroom renovation over the next six weeks. Which, if you read between the lines, means we have to have this bathroom completely done in six weeks. As in completely done. Oh my, this might be a tiny bit stressful. Or maybe a lot stressful! 

For the next six weeks, I will be sharing with you my progress which includes today’s before photos, plus inspiration boards, product selections, renovation challenges, installation, and the final reveal. Each week you will get the nitty gritty and probably a few panicked comments. But let’s all keep our fingers crossed this goes as planned. And finishes on time!

The Before

Let’s start with photos of what the only bathroom in Waco Fixer Upper home looked like. All I can say is it is good that the photos don’t include the smell of this room. It was unbearable and I am not going to say another word. I won’t even mention the rat droppings, animal hair and who knows what else was in that bathroom. 

At least it was a full bath, right?

The bathroom was located at the back of the home so the first thing we did was demo it. Everything came out, down to the studs.

This is a photo of the backyard right behind the bathroom. And this is where we decided to add on the master bedroom and bathroom. The stakes in the ground show the footprint of the addition. Can you tell how wonderful this bathroom remodel will be?

The Addition

After we redid the foundation of the entire home, we started building the addition of the master suite.

After a few delays, we framed out the bedroom and bathroom. This is the master bathroom. Don’t you just love it?

The master bathroom runs along the entire back side of the master bedroom. We rushed to get the roof on because there has been a lot of rain (and snow) in Waco this past month. This is the entrance to the master bath from the bedroom. It is actually a very good size master bathroom.

I am so excited to be a part of the Jeffrey Court Spring 2019 Renovation Challenge. Check back next week as I share my inspiration for finishing this bathroom remodel!