A while back I remodeled my bathroom, as part of the remodeling I replaced  the tile in the tube enclosure and the floor. My wife picked out the colors and told the tile man that white grout would be OK in the  enclosure but did not want white on the floor tile because it would always look dirty, so they decided on a light grey, A big mistake because the grey tile always looked dirty. I can’t tell you how many times she scrubbed the tile and grout to make it look clean, but it did not work. I checked the tile stores  and they don’t sell anything that would work to change the color, they sell products that are like a paint and wont last on a floor. I needed a dye that would penetrate the grout. As a woodworker when I need to stain anything made out of Hard Maple or any close grained wood, regular wood stains won’t work well, I have to use a wood dye. That was the answer, I bought a wood dye called Transtint from a Woodcraft store, I mixed it with Denatured Alcohol and painted all the grout lines, it soaked in and dried almost immediately, A lot of the dried dye ended up on the tiles that I wiped them clean with a damp rag.  Woodcraft has many different colors of this dye

I needed a place to put my cabinet door after I spray painted them. I built a drying rack out of 2×3 and 1/2” PVC. I also built some slide on strips to accommodate smaller drawer fronts. I also put locking casters on it so it wouldn’t move when putting a door front on the rack

I was tired of going in a cold garage with my HVLP (Earlex 3 stage spray system). I designed roughly a 9’x9’ room which I can put up in about 45 minutes and use my spray gun down my basement. I have an exhaust fan with filters on both side of the room. The 3 stage Earlex system uses I believe about 8 lbs of pressure so there’s little or no over spray. It’s made out of 3/4” PVC with plastic sheets covering the walls and I use PVC snaps to hold the plastic to the walls. Come apart very easy and stores well.

My daughter recently moved into a new condo. Her laundry room had no cabinetry and most of the time her soaps and other laundry items were kept on the floor, so I descided to make her some custom cabinets for that room. She ended up with plenty of storage space.

We saved up for about 5 years and still went quite a bit over budget. I can’t imagine how expensive it would have been to farm it out.
We gutted the 19 year old kitchen and did all the work ourselves, it took almost 12 weeks working full-time at our regular jobs then every night on this.
The original cabinets were custom built, in place out of plywood and 2×2’s. The sub-flooring showed the stain from where they were stained in place. We managed to get them all removed in good shape and re-purposed them to a neighbor making an in-law suite.
I’m always surprised at the poor quality in home building. The backdoor was a french door and the only thing holding it in place was the trim nails and a single screw through the middle hinge on one side. And about three tubes of caulk. The door from kitchen to garage was only held in place with the trim nails on the inside only. I had to move 4 light switches and every one of them was busted from the excessive amount of wire crammed into the box. Under the sink cabinet I found a hot wire, unterminated and going nowhere.

Cabinets from Kitchen Kraft (at HD); all shelves are full extension slide and soft close, all drawers are full extension slide and soft close, all doors are soft close.
Counter tops Quartz (Atlanta Marble)
Appliances, Samsung Black Stainless (Best Buy); 4 door fridge, double wall oven, microwave with vent, quiet dishwasher, gas cook top.
Flooring Captains walk (Floor and Decor)
Under cabinet lighting (Amazon) LED, motion detecting 6k
Wagon wheel light parts from Amazon plus wheel from garage sale
Ceiling fan and wagon wheel light all Edison LED 6k

Sorry couldn’t get more pictures to upload.

Hello, I create different stoves and fireplaces. This is one of my design works. I want to present the barbecue, which is built in the shape of a parabolic arch (or Gaudi’s parabolic arch). The idea of this project was born 2 years ago and attracted customer’s attention this past spring. The idea was interesting for Alexandr and Olga. We inserted amendments upon the materials, size, and proceeded to the detailed project. During the working process we came up with an idea to install glass-ceramics at the top of parabola for an irreplaceable pleasure to watch the whole flame. The chimney was lined with old copper. Countertops were placed at different levels and covered with granite, which is what makes them both beautiful and convenient. The sink was closed with figured casing. Such visual solution had been borrowed from Alexandr Shalamov’s works, though the structural design of my project was different. As a result, we’ve got a visually light-weight and gauzy, originally-shaped, flame-view construction. The video is available at Youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsDtolYver4

I think a bathroom is one of the largest projects you can undertake. There is plumbing, electrical, tiling, installation of cabinets and shower enclosures. In this bath I also did a heated floor. It’s more complex than a kitchen even if a kitchen costs more because of all the appliances and cabinetry.

The original bathroom was really not that bad, but the ‘80s was calling for it to come back. Builder grade materials and style. I mean, check out the classic oak vanities, sheet mirror, and fake tile floor. You can’t hear the squeaks caused by insufficient screws holding the plywood floor down.

So we start from the bottom and work up.

Notice a few things: First, I’m planning to install floating vanities (no feet touch the floor). This makes the room look larger. So I’ve built a small knee-wall that will both insulate the plumbing and serve to support the vanity.
Second, you can see the heating mat on the floor. I used a Nuheat mat system. They customize the mat to exactly fit the room.

I could not just put in a square pattern of tiles. My wife suggested this offset pattern that gives movement and direction to the floor. The tile is laid right over the heating mat.

The shower stall used to have a wall on the side closest to the door. I’ve removed the wall replaced it with a half wall that has a inset shelf on the inside of the shower. This will keep shampoos and conditioner bottles hidden.

The plan is for a clear glass shower stall that will make the room seem even larger.

And finally the vanities are installed. My wife had this brilliant idea to add an 1’ wide tall cabinet next to each vanity for storage. This has proven to be the most useful feature in the room. Sink tops are easy to keep clear and the room always looks nice.

Turns out a foyer is hard to photograph. This one came with a floor made of thin, cheap laminate, and a builder-grade overhead light worth about $15. The lighting we chose was at first a joke, then as we considered it a great idea. And when installed it became the centerpiece.

We did this in mid-winter and trust me, cutting porcelain tile in literally freezing temperatures is quite miserable.

Here’s a tip on laying tile: plan your layout carefully. We planned the center row of tile to start at the door and come down the middle of the foyer, and then worked our way to the sides to achieve symmetry. It’s not something you notice, but if it wasn’t balanced you would notice that.

The finished product is much whiter than in these pics and I’m no tinting expert. So you’ll just have to take my word for it. It’s a solid white floor with a marbling pattern that is gray-brown.

My daughter and son-in-law bought a house in a good neighbor hood but needed work. The kitchen was huge but the cabinets needed massive work. The frames were coming apart and stapled drawers weren’t much better. I removed all the cabinet door and put in drawers. Made new doors for the upper cabinet and added some trim work. Then I added an Island. Turned out great!

This is a custom built in bookshelf floor to ceiling wall to wall. 10 1/2 feet tall and 12 feet wide.
Made from Maple. I custom made the door to fit inside the structure of the bookshelf.
You can watch it be built on YouTube if you are interested

More info on my Design Build Website or Blog