Home Remodeling & Construction Blog

If a major bathroom renovation is outside your calculated budget, then it’s possible you could get by my making smaller adjustments that will still provide a significant impact on your private space. You can think as small or as big as you like, but either way they will work together to change the overall feel of Virginia bathrooms in general.

Design ideas like new tile, lighting, plumbing, cabinets or refreshed carpet from remnants can give your room a whole new look or style. Adding texture to the walls or repainting to can work wonders in the housing market. Read more…

When you own a home there are a lot of expenses to deal with in terms of utilities. When you start planning for your bathroom renovation with a Virginia contractor you should be thinking about ways to trim the cost of the remodel as well as make your new bathroom work for you in terms of energy efficiency. Water efficiency is one of the best ways to improve your bathroom in order to make the remodel pay for itself over time. Read more…

As a homeowner in Virginia, bathroom remodeling projects will become a necessary part of keeping the home in good condition while you occupy the house. If you want your home to be truly comfortable, you should put a little touch of your influence in every room of the home. A lot of people disagree, in architectural terms, what makes a good bathroom, so you may wish to individualize the features with a remodel.

There are a lot of good reasons to begin a bathroom remodeling project, not the least of which is an increase of the eventual resale value of the home. Now it is impossible to calculate the actual difference between any money the home would bring in before or after a remodel, but appraisers can give you fairly good estimates.

It pays to look into the sales prices of the recently purchased homes in your neighborhood that are of a similar size to yours. This will give you the best idea of what your home is worth before the remodel, and at the same time an idea of where the price ceiling will be after the remodel is finished. The difference should be where you set the limit of your budget.

There is no doubt that a finely crafted bathroom can be a major selling point to a home, especially a fully decked out master suite. If your budget is a little on the high side you should make sure that your plans include updating every single “permanent” fixture in the room, including:

• The Tiles: Floor, Backsplashes, Showers, Walls
• Visible Plumbing Fixtures: Shower head, Turn Handles, Faucets
• Counter Tops
• Sinks
• Tub
• Shower Enclosures
• Toilet

When you design your bathroom, it pays to keep efficiency in mind. Little touches that you might find helpful to you might get in the way of another person. Cabinetry is especially a point of contention in a lot of houses. Some like more than others, so it can be very helpful to the sale price to keep cabinets to a necessary minimum.

Ultimately, you are going to remodel the bathroom to your particular taste in some way, and there will be people (potential buyers) who do not share you opinions, and may low-ball their bid because of improvements you made. If you run into a situation where numerous interested parties all agree that they don’t like your bathroom you might have to have it remodeled just to sell the home.

There are little details you can put into your Virginia bathroom remodeling project that appeal to everyone, however. Everyone like a fancy shower head with a lot of settings, or even a larger shower space so that people don’t feel cramped while they refresh themselves for the day. Small things like a padded toilet seat can go a long way to pleasing prospective buyers. The bathroom is one area where the improvements that you make for yourself have a good chance of attracting buyers, as long as you know where to personalize.

Remodeling your new Virginia Bathroom can seem to be a huge task, but with the right planning, the process can be as pain free as possible. Forethought in this matter can save you a ton in time and money. The shower is a focal point of the bathroom, so it should definitely have a style that accents the other bathroom decorations. There are little details that go into choosing just the right tone that can really set off the wall colors or flooring.

Matte or Mirror?

Hardware is the trim element that brings every other element together in the bathroom. When you choose your new shower enclosure, keep the finished look of the room in mind. The fixtures and faucets should complement the color of the shower doors, hinges and other hardware. The choice of finish should really set the look of the colors you use everywhere else in the room.

Silver is a finish that matches well with many of the older chrome fixtures, although modern designers are leaning more towards brushed nickel and oil-rubbed bronze. There are more choices today than ever before, so if you have a hard time making up your mind for yourself, you can always rely on the help of a designer.

Find a Tasteful Glass Door

The metal look may be going the way of the 8-track, but new doors are a little more pricey because of it. In order to remain stable, the glass much is much thicker. The choices available in modern patterns are as numerous as the fish in the sea. If you prefer to have privacy without a bunch of geometric lines, obscured glass is the way to go. Of course, classic clear glass will let anyone who wanders into your bathroom see what great taste in fixtures you have.

Powerful, But Gentle: Showerhead Choices

The newest showerheads are not only stylish and elegant, but water efficient and able to deliver strong water pressure. Many people find the removable hand held sprayers very convenient. The vertical shower spa is also becoming very popular, and customers are raving about how luxurious they feel.

For the ultimate in luxurious showers, you need a combination system that has an overhead shower, vertical sprayers on the walls, and a hand held sprayer. There is a whole new level of clean feeling skin for anyone who has a water delivery system installed in their shower.

Don’t Forget to Accessorize

Once the main hardware finish has been chosen and all of the other big decisions have been made, it is time to settle on your choices for things like towel bars and shower door handles. Most manufacturers of water delivery systems for showers (i.e. showerheads) provide what they call “suites” of products that are supposed to match the showerhead for a very cohesive look.

Every Virginia Bathroom remodeling project should address the shower at some point in the process. A new shower is an investment in daily comfort and you cannot put a price tag on reliability.