My wife wants to do the bathroom of the kitchen is too much but I told her we’re probably better off waiting 6 months and doing the kitchen once we save a little extra. A lot easier to come up with money for a small bathroom than a kitchen
kitchens can get pricey. We are doing a full kitchen remodel and I think it's the biggest cost room wise, and then the new bathroom.
Just put two of these in and can confirm cheap, simple and significantly more light. 18000 Lumens and 180W. Also you didn't mention that each of those perimeter rectangular panels are adjustable and allow you to direct the light straight down or outwards
Our isn’t huge so I’m hoping it won’t be crazy but we’re also doing a full gut and taking down a wall. I told the contractor if it would save us a decent amount we’d do the demo ourselves
I'm sure it would save you some for sure. That's labor you don't have to pay for.
Significantly easier. I just finished a full gut and remodel of my small bath and was roughly 5K all-in doing all the work myself. Most of the cost depends on cabinets, appliances and counter material obviously. My plan is roughly 18 mos out for my desperately needed kitchen renov. Plan on just replacing the cabinet doors and painting, LVP floor, granite counters, backsplash and adding a small island. First step I plan on starting soon though is lights. Adding a bunch of the new style recessed LEDs and roughing in a couple of pendants above the island then painting the ceiling. The house was built in 73 and has not had a single upgrade done to it in 50 years. Everything is original including the horrendous lighting. I will be doing all of the work so hoping to keep costs under 10Kish not including a necessary new fridge and an added dishwasher. I replaced the range already. It was also original from 1973 lol. The stove top mostly worked but the oven did not.
Old fixtures? Electronic ballasts combined with LED lamps is usually instant on. May need to replace the entire fixtures.
Our house has DIY cabinets that the previous owners put in about 4-5 years ago and they already are falling apart. We got a bathroom quote last year for $10k all in which seemed pretty reasonable. The bathroom is definitely original to the house (1950s). Both really need a remodel but I’d rather get the kitchen out of the way first
Yeah that's not unreasonable for a full bath remodel
The original flooring in all your pics is amazing.
Best to replace the whole fixture. The T8 LED's that work with the ballasts aren't great - you don't get the energy savings because the ballast is what drives the energy usage and the ballasts tend to burn out the diodes faster. The T8 Lamps that work without the ballast put line voltage where it doesn't belong (the tombstones) and make an unsafe fixture.
Love that table!
I did my trade as a floor layer a million years ago. It'd be better if there was no one there while it was being done due to the dust and polyurethane fumes as well as being a lot faster.
I actually am having a table top made from a mill near Half Moon Bay in the NorCal area from a single piece of Douglas Fir.... the slab is/was from a tree cut down in 1973/1974 and the owner of the place has been trying to get rid of stacks and stacks of material for the past 10+ years.... once that table top is sanded up and polyurethane applied, I'll share a picture of the end result.... I would have loved to do it myself but I don't have a workshop big enough
I am going to be doing similar with some reclaimed wood from some gym bleachers this summer.
I love the shaker style look
