One Room Challenge: Week 6|Bathroom Renovation Reveal

Yesterday marked week 6 of Calling It Home’s One Room Challenge™ and that means it’s reveal time! We are so excited to share the results with you and see what other awesome bloggers have done. Seriously, after you’re done with this post go check out some of the other transformations. You will not be disappointed!

ORCI wasn’t able to take pictures sooner because we were out of the house yesterday and we have guests staying with us but I finally got around to it this morning. We thought we would have a little more time to decorate but time is up! There are still a few things we will be finishing up this weekend including installing the glass shower door, putting in the toilet paper bar (which will be back in stock at IKEA on May 14th), and staining the new window sill moulding but the bathroom is fully functional and oh so awesome. We also realized that we had not been properly linking up our posts to the Calling It Home site and we were a little discouraged that we had done all this work for nothing. But this renovation isn’t for everyone else. It’s for us.  All the sweat and blood (literally) that went into this project was for our family’s comfort and so before we get to the reveal, we thought we would recap our six weeks of hard work.

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Week 1 | Bathroom Renovation Preparation

IMG_1590Week 2 | Bathroom Renovation Demolition

IMG_1597Week 3 | Laying the Foundation for Tile

IMG_6453Week 4 | Mudding and Tiling a Bathroom

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If you’ve been following along, you’ll know that we ran into some issues that cost us precious time. Because of that, we literally spent every day this last week working well into the early morning hours in order to finish on time. In just one week, we grouted and sealed the entire bathroom, primed and painted the walls, assembled and installed the vanity and storage cabinet, installed shelving and lighting, cleaned and caulked everything, and had the plumber come and connect the plumbing. Was it worth it? Totally! Although some features were not our first choice, we are very happy with the results. As you will see soon, our bathroom is unrecognizable. The white subway and Carrara marble tile totally brightened up and opened up the space. It looks so much bigger! Our favorite part, however, is the accent wall in the shower. We cannot wait to bathe the babies and enjoy the beautiful view. Without further ado…

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What do you think of the transformation? We would love to hear from you in the comments below. You can also follow along on Instagram @thecozyhomechronicles for other fun DIYs and projects. Up next is our summer garden 🙂

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  1. mindyqs Avatar

    I love it! The sink is fabulous and the Alcazar inspired accent tile on the wall of the shower are an inspired choice.

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    1. Sammy and Sufi Avatar

      Thank you, we took some risks with the design and I think it turned out well 🙂

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  2. Ellie Avatar

    My mum is an interior designer and she loves this stuff! X

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    1. Sammy and Sufi Avatar

      Awesome! (that is some quality praise), we tried to think outside the box.

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  3. Cassie Bustamante Avatar

    this looks fantastic! i love the blue tile!

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    1. Sammy and Sufi Avatar

      Thank you, what is funny is that their hue is somewhat light greenish but I can see why it looks bluish 🙂

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  4. Nicole @ Madness and Method Avatar

    Holy tamoly, you had your work cut out for you! There is so much tile in the space, I’m amazed you were able to complete it all 🙂

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    1. Sammy and Sufi Avatar

      It took some serious effort not to give up and let time drag, I love subway tile but it’s too time consuming to use, now we will take a break from major renovations for a while. It’s gardening time 😉

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  5. inspirethemom Avatar

    Absolutely love it! ..and the pop of the teal color perfect. Great job guys! ❤

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    1. Sammy and Sufi Avatar

      Thank you very much 🙂 , experiments gone right for once!

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  6. idigdaisies Avatar

    The accent tiles do look tremendous, and your bathroom looks very spacious. Nice work!

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    1. Sammy and Sufi Avatar

      That was the goal from the beginning, to give it an open feel and make it more spacious despite the small footprint. Thank you,

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  7. postboxdesigns Avatar

    You can never, ever have too much subway tile and your bathroom is the perfect example 🙂 So dreamy, I love this ORC makeover, great job! Kristin @ Postbox Designs

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    1. Sammy and Sufi Avatar

      Thanks Kristin, yeah I know, but let’s be honest there were lots of small cuts (painfully), all else went smooth with the tiles :))

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  8. Liz Avatar

    Looks so beautiful. I wish I could strip off my bathroom and give it a facelift!

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    1. Sammy and Sufi Avatar

      I am sure if you set your mind to it you can achieve anything just like your awesome recipes 😉

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  9. Jo Avatar

    Beautiful work. Enjoy your new bathroom. Love the blue wall. Jo @ Let’s Face the Music

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  10. Eileen McKenna {my creative resolution} Avatar

    I love it especially the accent wall tile. And the bathroom layout is so similar to the one we are ready to update. 👏

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    1. Sammy and Sufi Avatar

      That is awesome, older houses tend to have smaller bathrooms but we had to make it work :))

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  11. AnAdornedAbode Avatar

    It turned out great! Well worth the time and effort!

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    1. Sammy and Sufi Avatar

      Thank you, hard work pays off :))

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  12. Courtney B. Avatar

    Love it! I love the mosaic style tiles and of course the color is delightful! Good choice on the darker grout color for the shower…you will thank yourself later when soap scum tries to work itself into the grout (speaking from experience here)! Very nice!

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    1. Sammy and Sufi Avatar

      It took us a while to settle on the colors, grout, etc, but it was all worth it in the end 😀

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  13. Captain DIY Avatar

    Nicely done! I cranked out a bathroom reno when we moved into our house, mainly to pull out the carpet (yep). I wish I had seen your pics first, there are some great design ideas there!

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    1. Sammy and Sufi Avatar

      Thank you, we find inspiration online or on our visits to IKEA, sometime small spaces just need a little love 😉

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  14. Ash W. Avatar

    It’s so beautiful! Well done!

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    1. Sammy and Sufi Avatar

      Thank you Ash! We had fun doing this DIY, with a little time and love, everything is possible.

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    1. Sammy and Sufi Avatar

      Thank you! It was a fun project 😀

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  18. Bushra's Lifestyle Blog Avatar

    I love the blue tiles. Overall everything looks great!

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    1. Sammy and Sufi Avatar

      That was a crazy project, when you have smaller kids, every space in the house is usually somewhat messy and we added a construction zone to that, perfect planning or what! 😀

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  20. Ken Avatar

    I’ve read different bathroom blog posts lately as we’re planning to renovate our bathroom. The transformation is breathtaking. You inspired me https://www.lewishambathroomrenovations.com/!

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