A DIY Project- Apartment Bathroom

The permits have been submitted! We played the dumb average rookie card and kept calling the city to ensure that we did it correctly. In one conversation, we were quoted a time frame of 6 weeks. In a second conversation, we were quoted 4-6 weeks.We have heard horror stories that the city is taking 12 weeks to approve plans, so 6 weeks sounds great in comparison! 4 weeks sounds AMAZING! Especially since we can likely get a demo permit in the interim. Hammers should still swing on July 1st!

Michael and I are going to attempt to reno one of the downstairs bathrooms ourselves. I have always wanted to do that and I think it is a small enough project to take on ourselves while the professionals handle the big stuff upstairs. The bathroom I have in mind is the smallest one, in the apartment. It is a full bath, but tiny. I want to go classic and sweet. Something like this photo:

The picture above looks very much like the bathroom in my NYC apartment.That may be why I am drawn to the look. I like the chicken wire tile on the floor and the ever classic white subway tile in the shower. We will be keeping the tub because it is in great shape, but replacing the current sink and toilet. Sorry I don't have a picture of the current bathroom, but I will take pictures before starting the project.

The picture above uses the same floor we have slated for our master shower flooring. I like to call it fancy chicken wire tile. It would look pretty sweet in the apartment bathroom too. I also like the sink, but I would have to compare it to the price of the pedestal sink (hard to beat $200 from HomeDepot). I wonder if this type of sink would require a special plumbing change?

Here is one last classic inspiration photo for the apartment bathroom:

This little reno project will probably get started July 1st or 2nd. I am so excited to try my hand at tiling!!! Michael has agreed to try this ourselves ONLY if he does not have to lay any tile. Fine by me. He can do all the stuff I don't want to do, like remove the toilet, cut the backer board, mix the mortar, and cut the tiles. That leaves me all the fun stuff like demo and laying tile!