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Claw Foot Bath Tub = Up Dated Bathroom
This remolded / updated bathroom started with the claw foot tub that my friend gave me. The claw foot tub was bigger than the old tub, so I had to redsign the bathroom (this is my house) in order to...
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Temporary No-pest Vent Cap
Before closing up our Idaho remodel for the season, I made a final walk-around to check for openings where pests might find their way in over the winter. I noticed an open plumbing air vent pipe...
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Laundry Room
This is a basement laundry room that I renovated with porcelain tiles and removable wall panels for plumbing access.
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e-z toilet bolt cutting
6 commentstoilet bolts hold down ,to the toilet flange,are cut with bolt cutters....instead of using a hacksaw
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New Island Opens up Kitchen
Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 This new kitchen island replaced a perpendicular peninsula that closed the kitchen off from the adjacent living areas. By...
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A Master Bathroom with Views
Mike, the client, felt cramped in his own master bathroom, especially when he had to work around a tub that took up most of the room, which he never used. Showering in a small fiberglass stall was...
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Contemporary Kitchen
1 commentNot my Design, Not my Boxes, My Remodle and Install. It came out Nice.........
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CAPTAIN'S QUARTERS KITCHEN - Trebbi Custom Construction - Fort Lauderdale, Florida
This Captain's Quarters Kitchen came to us from a long term client who needed to provide a more functional kitchen for a new member of their household. Requiring onlynbspminor...
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Keauhou mauka replacement deck
The finished replacement utility area/garden deck. Note new, ABS plastic drain vent on wall behind reinstalled utility sink. New, capped hollow tile wall protects deck and serves as low...
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1970's Master Bathroom Renovation (Product from Lowes / Work done by Me)
This small master bathroom still had the original shower doors from the 1970’s! Not only was this room ugly, but it was in desperate need of repair. The original shower was cracked...
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1970's Bathroom Renovation (Product from Lowes / Work done by Me)
This bathroom was straight from the 1970’s! Not only was it ugly, but it was in desperate need of repair. The original tub / shower was cracked, flaking apart and leaking. The...
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Bathroom Renovation
This is a conversion of 1970's his/her bathrooms plus two closets and a hallway into one modern bath and separate toilet room. I am not a professional contractor (I am a Surgeon), but all the...
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Yeah, a girl can do it
Janice Belknap, a 28 year old pharmacist in Portland, OR, knew where she wanted to live, the Southeast area of the city, but was having a difficult time finding the house with the features she wanted...
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Cheery upgrade to maximize space
Janice Belknap, a 28 year old pharmacist in Portland, OR, knew where she wanted to live, the Southeast area of the city, but was having a difficult time finding the house with the features she wanted...
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A treasure buried in the bathroom
1 commentEnded up gutting "old blue" and putting in all new fixtures and cabinets. Previous owners were 4 woman, all with long hair. The tub drain was clogged and I discovered someone had tried...
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Silk Purse from a Sow's Ear
1 commentThe main objective of this kitchen remodel was to create a modern, convenient, unique, and aesthetically pleasing cooking, eating, and entertaining facility out of an old, tiny rambler...
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55 year old half-bath turned into a full bath wet room
Welcome to "the Money Pit". Water supply to the old toilet broke off in wall 2 months after taking title to the house, flooding the bedroon below. Tore the miniscus in my left knee...
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Opening a kitchen with no added space
Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 This tightly packed kitchen was opened up to the adjoining dining room and the compact, single user peninsula was converted to...
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Modern Mission Hall Bath
My client had two goals for their hall bathroom remodel. . . The client had two goals for their hall bathroom remodel: aesthetically integrate the bathroom with the modernized Mission...
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First Bathroom, from the 60's to the 30's
Our upstairs bathroom had been remodeled in the 60's with vinyl floors, plywood cabinets and brown fixtures. A few years ago we pulled it all out and started over to try to make it feel like it...
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Bathroom gutter to a gem
2 commentsInitial design had single sink, with door to bathroom leading out to little alcove in hall where built ins for linen existed. Had outdoor type barn paneling wainscotting and bad faux paint job...
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1981 Contemporary Home Rehab
This kitchen was part of a home rehab project in Oceanside, CA. The entire house was in the before condition when I purchased it. Afterwards the entire house was in the same condition as...
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Main Line Mess Made Nice
1 commentToo old and too ugly. This kitchen was the most dramatic transformation I have seen.
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Extreme Shower Makeover
This bathroom started off as a dated tile shower in need of a new face. This was the only bathroom in the house that could handle this type of shower. The bathroom was only 6x8nbsp...
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Blown Glass Sinks
1 commentI am a glassblower and I have recently been making vessel sinks. The colored glass is encased between layers of clear glass, which is gathered onto the blowpipe at over 200f degreesnbspI...
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Radon Resistant New Construction - Bad example #1
What is wrong? First, it is made of perforated pipe - it allows radon gas to freely enter the living space. Second, it was located in the front of the house - if installed they should be at the rear...
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1930 Circa Bungalow Remodel continued....
This is a typical bungalow in one of our older parts of town; 2 bedroom, 1 bath @ 830 sq. ft. with basement and detached garage. We are still at finishes stage and will post more interior pictures...
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1930 Circa Bungalow Remodel continued....
This is a typical bungalow in one of our older parts of town; 2 bedroom, 1 bath @ 830 sq. ft. with basement and detached garage. We are still at finishes stage and will post more interior pictures...
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1930 Circa Bungalow Remodel
This is a typical bungalow in one of our older parts of town; 2 bedroom, 1 bath @ 830 sq. ft. with basement and detached garage. We are still at finishes stage and will post more interior pictures...
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Little West Kill House
Attention to Detail: Custom Designed Modern Japanese style Home, large overhangs, wrap around deck, 2,124 SF, Single family. Frosted glass Douglas Fir Entry Double doors, dragonfly doorbell, Acorn...
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Circa:1680 Colonial Farm House on Long Island, NY
I purchased an historic circa:1680 farm house in Cold Spring Harbor, LI, NY (50 minutes from Manhatten) that no one else would take on. It sat vacant for a very long while. It took me...
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