We are almost ready to begin remodeling the master bedroom area of our home.

The top picture on the left is the current bedroom, and the picture below it is of another bedroom that was converted to a bathroom/utility room by previous owners.

We had considered turning the utilitarian bath back into a bedroom, but it was impractical.      After all, with all the plumbing and electrical already installed it would be crazy to yank it all out.

We decided instead to join the rooms in a master bedroom/bath suite.

Where the closet is in the bedroom (top picture) will be a passage way into the master bath.     Closets will be on either side of the hallway leading from the bedroom to the bath.

On the wall you see in the picture, there will be a stackable washer and dryer next to a built in vanity.    The existing window will be removed and replaced by a long narrow fixed pane window higher up.  

  
On the other side of the room are the existing toilet and shower.  We’ll leave them where they are but partition the toilet with a pocket door. We will also upgrade from a plastic shower stall to a tiled one.

The back wall will have a custom-made new window from Versatile Sash that will go where the blue tape is.   Although it is a different shape from the existing windows in our home, we designed it to mimic them in style.

We are excited to be working with a couple of very talented people in La Grande.   Our contractor is John Mueller who is really an artist but does contracting to pay the bills.

We became overwhelmed with the decision making around paint colors, flooring, countertops, and tile and turned to Deb Allstott and her business Home Matters for help with making these choices.

Stay tuned as we begin this project early in 2009!.