The project that I’m calling my “Inglewood Cottage” project has wrapped up and I wanted to feature a few before and after photos. Most of my work on this project was focused on two different rooms, the kitchen and bathroom. Let’s look at the bathroom transformation first. Professional photography (right) by Zach Goodyear. This bathroom [...] Read More

This may be a trivial post, but somebody out there will be really happy to have this info… Last week I was installing the tub drain stopper for my Inglewood bathroom renovation. The problem was that we had decided to install a slightly deeper tub than normal. (Great for soaking, more difficult for tub stoppers!) [...] Read More

The past two days have been packed full of final details at my Inglewood bathroom renovation. I’ve touched up paint, sealed grout, installed the last of the trim, tested all the plumbing and cleaned up my mess. Whew! Let’s remember what it looked like when I started: It’s stepped back a few decades to include [...] Read More

As part of ‘trim day’ yesterday I not only took care of the wainscoating, but I also built a small cabinet to fit in a small alcove behind the bathroom door in my bathroom renovation. I had been designing this in my head from the beginning. I thought it would be cool to have a [...] Read More

Today I watched my bathroom project transform. It was trim day which is always one of my favorites. The owner wanted all the old house charm in this bathroom- subway tile surround, hex tile floor, and beadboard wainscoating. The wainscoating I used actually comes in 4×8 sheets. They call it “ply-bead” at Home Depot. (It’s [...] Read More