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Remodel Complete!

7/24/08 - Albuquerque, NM

Four months after moving into our new house, we can actually use our master suite!

We knew when we made the offer on our house we'd be doing some updating. One of the things we wanted to fix was the master bathroom shower, which seemed way too small (and from 1983). So we thought, "hmmm, if we're going to work on the shower, we might want to put in a jetted tub, in which case we'll want to put in a new floor, and if we're doing that we should put in a new vanity. Since we're making that mess, let's change the master closet into a laundry room, and transform the hallway and laundry closet into the new master closet - which means we'll need to create a new door into the master bedroom.", etc., etc. You can see that one thing led to another, and our enlarged shower turned into a huge project. Besides updating the look of the bathroom, we wanted to make our house less 'apartment-y'. Getting rid of our long hallway by transforming it into a walk-in closet was a big part of this. Also, putting in a new washer/dryer in a real laundry room instead of a hall closet with accordion door also helped a lot.

Overall, we're very happy with the way the renovations turned out. The only downside so far is the leaky shower, the result of our shower dam being angled outward instead of inward toward the shower (oops). Otherwise, things turned out as good as or better than expected, and only about 40% over budget.