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Bathroom Makeover on a Budget

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Get a new look and stay on budget If you plan your design, shop smart and invest some sweat equity, you can have a $25,000 bathroom remodel for a fraction of the price. Don't believe us? Well, we updated this bathroom with new wall and floor tile, a new vanity and top, and new plumbing fixtures . Then we framed the mirror and added glass shelves above the toilet—all for less than $3,000. And we did it all with materials purchased at home centers. For this article, we worked with kitchen and bath designer extraordinaire Lori Jo Krengel . The following pages feature Lori Jo 's advice for dramatic bathroom improvements that are easy on the wallet. Lori Jo Krengel is a Certified Master Kitchen and Bath Designer and the president of Kitchens by Krengel, Inc., an award- winning design firm in St. Paul. Lori Jo combines style and function to create bathrooms that meet specific budgets . She recommends consulting a designer before remodeling a bathroom to avoid common mistakes . ...

A Santa Fe Adobe Gets a Modern Addition

General Specs and Team Location: Santa Fe, NM Bedrooms: 3 Bathrooms: 3 Living Space : 2400 sqf Cost (USD/sq. ft.): $250/sqf Completed August 2010 - Excellence in Green Remodeling from Hacienda's Parade Of Homes (2010) - Best Design from Hacienda's Parade Of Homes (2010) - Exemplary Site Utilization from the New Mexico Green Building Council (2010) Architect/Designer/Builder: Michael Percy Grant , Percy Home Design , LLC Structural Engineer: David Grabiel, QPEC Construction Roof Type 1: R-49 (torch-down roof over 7" polyiso rigid, unvented) Roof Type 2: R-56 (standing-seam metal over 2" polyiso over 12" TJI w/ cellulose, unvented) Walls Existing : R-10 to R-15 (plaster/stucco over 2-3" polyurethane spray foam over 14" earth adobe) Walls New: R-29 ( James Hardie clapboard siding over 2" XPS over 2x6 @ 24 o.c. w/ cellulose) Floors, existing: 8" inaccessible & uninsulated dirt crawl space , old vents sealed up, exhausted by HRV...