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    Homepage » Home Decor » Room Makeovers

    One Room Challenge: Week 2

    Posted: Apr 14, 2016 · Updated: Jan 15, 2021 ·This post may contain affiliate links · 29 Comments

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    Woohoo! It's Week 2 of the One Room Challenge - where I've taken on the challenge of renovating my powder room in 6 short weeks. 

    One Room Challenge

    Last week I shared my inspiration and plans for this little half bathroom of ours. Over the past week we were busy with demo and installing the cement tile floors. 

    Before we could install new floor tile, the entire room need to be demo'd.  First, all that nasty tan wall tile was removed. Luckily, it came off really easy AND without damaging the walls too badly.

     

    One Room Challenge Week 2 - Demo & Cement Tile Floors

     

    One Room Challenge Week 2 - Demo & Cement Tile Floors
    Then the medicine cabinet, vanity, toilet and sink came out. I was so glad to see those go!

    Finally, it was time to demo the floor tile...

     

    One Room Challenge Week 2 - Demo & Cement Tile Floors

    When we did our home inspection, the inspector had warned us that we may possibly never be able to get the bathroom floor tile up because it was clearly set into an inch of concrete.

    Luckily for us, the tile only went up against the vanity. So once the vanity was gone, we had an edge to start on. 

    One Room Challenge Week 2 - Demo & Cement Tile Floors

    One Room Challenge Week 2 - Demo & Cement Tile Floors

    Brian was able to smash it out pretty quickly - in about 2 hours or so. The concrete was laid over a bed of wire mesh, which meant the it wasn't adhered directly to the floor.

    Have you ever smashed out tile? The dust gets everywhere! Because this space is so small, we couldn't seal it off because Brian wouldn't have been able to move. Needless to say, we will rethink that  plan in the future. I'm STILL finding dust in random places a week later.

    One Room Challenge Week 2 - Demo & Cement Tile Floors

     

    I was worried that we didn't have a correct subfloor and that we would need to have plywood installed. However, my contractor assured me that these wide floor boards are in fact our subfloor and are very durable. With cement board over them, we would have a stable surface to install the tile.

    Now, Now how about looking at something a little prettier? My tile samples from the Cement Tile Shop arrived late last week and I shared this image on Instagram:

    One Room Challenge Week 2 - Cement Tile Floors Installed

    Can you guess which tile I ultimately decided on? While, the bottom one (Mahlia) is definitely my favorite, it didn't work as well with the gray vanity that I just purchased. 

    One Room Challenge Week 2 - Cement Tile Floors Installed

    In the end, we went with Bouquet II, which the middle tile in the picture above (top left in my Instagram pic).  The whites in the tiles are much whiter than the stock pictures. Oh, and in case the white one is your fave, it's called Cannes III.

    And here it is just after it was installed:

    One Room Challenge Week 2 - Cement Tile Floors Installed

    Isn't it beautiful? 

    We went with tight spacing, 1/16 inch to be precise which will be filled with unsanded white grout.

    There's still quite the process left. It has to be sealed multiple times before we can grout it. And then it needs to be sealed again. All the details will up be posted next week.

    We're hoping that we can start our wall treatment by Monday and I've finally got Brian on board with the horizontal planked wall (i.e. the "shiplap" effect)! Major win for me!

    I'll  be sharing sneak peaks over the next week on Instagram, so make sure you're following me. If you don't miss to miss any of my One Room Challenge posts, you should also sign up for email updates below (plus you'll get a freebie!)

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    See all the Powder Room Posts! 

    Week 1: The Design | Week 2: Demo | Week 3: Floor Tile 

    Week 4: Shiplap | Week 5: Vanity, Trim & Paint | Week 6: The Big Reveal

     

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    1. Meghann Titensor

      September 08, 2017 at 1:28 pm

      I love that tile. Where did you find it?

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      • Jenna

        September 08, 2017 at 2:16 pm

        Hi Meghann - it's from http://www.cementtileshop.com/

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    2. Zan Turner

      April 20, 2016 at 9:01 am

      Wow, you certainly got a lot of work done. I thought my bathroom needed help but yours seem worse..LOL! So glad that wallpaper came off easily with no damage to your walls and I love the tile you already laid. Looks beautiful!

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      • Jenna

        April 20, 2016 at 10:14 am

        Zan, this is not even the worst of my 3 bathrooms!!

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    3. Jen @ RamblingRenovators

      April 15, 2016 at 9:25 am

      This is looking great. I like the tile you chose which has a nice contrast with the grey vanity. My ORC dining room has not had much progress but it's all in good fun!

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      • Jenna

        April 15, 2016 at 2:22 pm

        Thanks Jen! There's plenty of time left, you'll get there I'm sure!!

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