Incredible job, I say bravo! The vanity is simply stunning...

incredible price for reno, especially with how yucky the "before" was.

I'm not sure I like the old door in the clean, modern interior, it doesn't seem to match.

nice... some more great info on the blog, including the fact that the sinks are $13 IKEA salad bowls, which is awesome.

This is a great remodel for that budget. Love the use of the materials. One question I have, what is the wooden shelf between the vanity and the toilet used for?

It looks really good! I do worry about OSB near water though...

I too like everything but the vanity and the sinks.

I am so impressed and I especially like the post modern look of the vanity. Did you hire someone to build the cabinets or did you do them yourselves? I'm about to open escrow on a fixer with a single bathroom in the exact same layout. Mind if I copy a few elements?

OSB can be beautiful and has it's place as a finish material. This is not it. Otherwise, a very nice job.

Interesting use of OSB. I imagine the multiple coats of polyurethane will prevent moisture problems and splinters.

Depending on what's outside that window, I think the bathroom would look amazing with as much of that exterior wall as possible cut away and replaced with a big sheet of opaque/privacy glass.

Very nice remodel and the price tag is amazing. Love the new stand-up shower, but not sure I can get behind the look of the OSB material used for the vanity.

I'm not a fan of the vanity (I just don't like the look of the OSB) but you did a wonderful job on the construction of it! And the rest of the room is really nice, especially on that budget.

Nice work on a nice budget! The vanity/sinks are not for me, though, not really feeling the raw plywood. I love the shower though and the door is nice.

I'm not liking the vanity because I hate vanities, detest double sinks, and deplore vessel sinks. But I love the OSB. Great material with a nice, fresh look. I also love the barn door using the old door--that's great!--and the rubber flooring. Nice job.

Isn't that type of electrical outlet a little too close to the sink?

We had black rubber tile in our kitchen until our daughter started to crawl...it rubs off and is very hard to keep clean. We replaced it with cork (not an option for a bathroom) and so much happier.

As much as I am impressed with the total cost of this renovation, I am freaking out a little over the fact that the outlets by the sink are not GFCIs!! Outlets near bathroom sinks are not a problem, but they MUST be GFCIs. (Those are the outlets with the "test" and "reset" buttons.)

Was the plumbing and electric in this bathroom actually done to code? Was it inspected??

Vessel sinks are so dated, but at least the price was right for these.

That is certainly a project to be proud of. It really looks stunning. Bravo!

"Interesting use of OSB. I imagine the multiple coats of polyurethane will prevent moisture problems and splinters."

The polyurethane will have to be reapplied periodically - inside and out - otherwise you're looking at a mildew breeding ground.

IMO, it's a poor choice of material - A laminate-over-MDF cabinet could have been built for not much more money and would far last longer with little maintanance.

I confess, I'm a champion of mid-century pink bathrooms, and I liked it better before. Oh well!

I agree with kitschens. The pink fixtures were the best thing going for that bathroom. I just don't get how the "after" is an improvement.

The double sink alone has increase your resale value. good job :)

I'm with mattab & Anna. All I could focus on in that picture was that it's not a GFCI outlet! Which is a shame, because they really did an amazing job for $3500!

anyone have a source for the rubber flooring?

Yerk. It's fine if I pretend the vanity isn't there. The sinks remind me of the stainless steel bowl of my kitchenaid--which is gorgeous with my kitchenaid, but I wouldn't wash my hands in it. Excluding the sinks/vanity, though, lovely job.

i think it's an improvement but i think the finishes are a little questionable in terms of how they relate to each other. i'm all about mixing hard with soft and rustic with modern but it doesn't really work here -- there's no design, no story.

hope they never have to sell the place...that bathroom probably wouldnt fly with prospective buyers. While the shower area looks awesome, & the toilet is an improvement, the rest looks cheap to me. For $3500 you could have made that look far nicer. Materials like tile arent that expensive! Plywood isnt a material meant for that kind of wear.

Love everything except the vanity. Not keen on vessel sinks, especially not IKEA salad bowls trying to be vessel sinks. As well, instead of particle board (which is too chunky to my eye, and a bit too rec-room), I would have gone with mdf. The old Club Monaco stores from the early '80s used to have huge cash counters made of mdf that had been made of mdf that had been coated many times with a mat sealer. The result was gorgeous and striking.

The transformation at that price is completely incredible. Although, I think it looks like it is still in the middle of renovations. I am also curious what is that little shelf for next to the toilet is for?

Ruined!

http://savethepinkbathrooms.com/

I *love* the rubber floor!

We've had a rubber floor in our kitchen since 2003, and it performs brilliantly! We finished it with 3 coats of the manufacturer's recommended sealer, and wipe it down with an excellent Johnson floor product (once every 6 months or so). Our rubber floor is very easy care, beautiful, incredibly comfortable, and easy on our glassware!

Ours came from Reztec.

Hey, whatever happened to the medicine cabinet? Love the reno - if you still have the medicine cabinet, let me know ;) It would look great in my bathroom restoration project!

You don't need a GFCI outlet for all outlets near water, just the first one in a series. So let's hope the other vanity outlet is one.

Loved the original medicine cabinet/mirror. I'll fight you for it, canadian ginger.

I like the original bathroom, but I do think the renovation is very nice, looks fresh.

I'm the original blogger... I'll answer a few of the questions and concerns raised here.

Resale worry-worts: The style is consistent with the rest of the home, sleek and minimal. With the second sink, oversized shower, and high-end toilet they'll multiply their investment on resale.

Pink bath fans: The only pink fixtures were the sink and toilet, and the toilet was a water-waster. Most of the original bath was not in a condition fit to preserve.

Electrical freaker-outers: No worries, the outlet is the second in a series with a GFCI on the left side.

Tile perfectionists: The shorter tiles in the shower are actually the result of careful measuring, not a lack thereof. There is a matching short row on the other side with intentional staggering of the grout lines to create interest. If the tiles don't fit evenly, you're going to have a short row, and they handled it beautifully.

Scavengers: The medicine cabinet and all the other materials were recycled at the local salvage store.

The vanity has five coats of polyurethane and is masterfully crafted. (See close-ups and a shot of the beautiful lack of pipes beneath the sink on my original blog post.)

The wooden shelf is temporary, soon to be replaced with a bench for holding towels and such.

Whether or not you like it, you have to admit it's quite an accomplishment to start from an unwired, gutted space and end up with this for $3500. Tim & Lisa did it with creative thinking and confidence in their own sense of style.

The vanity and sink are both pretty questionable in my eyes. I think I would have saved the original sink, bought a Home Depot vanity (they're not expensive) and color-matched the sink color and painted the lid of the new toilet to match. But then I like pink and retro and I just am not a fan of that vanity. Or vessel sinks at all, ever.

And no, considering the cost of regular vanities and/or pedestal sinks I don't think they did THAT great on bang for buck because the end result LOOKS like they had to work creatively within a budget.

And it was only gutted because they gutted it.

That was quite a project to take on as a DIY. We are in the midst of doing the same. As a peson who strives to be alone in the bathroom, I never could understand double sinks- especially in such a small space. I am impressed with the effort, but this space is not my aesthetic, before or after.

While it doesn't appeal to me visually, I admire the work and thought than went into it, and of course, the non-traditional use of materials and the low price.

That said, I am aghast at what is considered cheap in the U.S., as $3500 is about a quarter of what we spent on our entire apartment (which is small, but still), and that was entirely gutted too. Come live in Lithuania, everyone:)

I think the vanity is genius.

i cannot believe the things AT readers love and hate on this blog. you all will go on and on about how "amazing" the most basic, boring, unoriginal renovations are, and then rip a beatufiully crafted CREATIVE space to SHREDS! this bathroom is GORGEOUS! well done!

I have to admit that I do not understand any of the choices that went into this remodel, from the chipboard vanity to the toilet roll holder. If it suits the owners, I am happy for them.

This is heartbreaking. While the vanity cabinet wasn't much, that pink sink and chrome trim are beautiful. I hope they went to someone who appreciated them. We are keeping our eyes on our local Re-Store for just such a thing.