Before and after: This mum demolished and transformed her bathroom for under $16K

With years of experience in renovating, redecorating and reconfiguring her home, Roz, a DIY-fanatic and mum-of-two, decided to finally tackle her outdated bathroom after she found a water leak.

The ambitious project involved demolishing everything and re-arranging the layout, but after several weeks of hard work the final results are impressive.

Better Homes and Gardens Online caught up with Roz to find out all the details.

What inspired your project?

Our bathroom was well overdue for a renovation and when it developed a water leak, we had no option but to totally gut the bathroom which allowed me to re-design the space.

Have you made many things before?

We have been renovating our home over the last few years and I have recently started sharing my love for renovating, redecorating, and reconfiguring a space to make it more functional. I've started a business called Playing House Property Staging and Styling. I go into people's homes and give them ideas from re-designing a room for renovation, such as colour selection for paint, tiles, carpet, and bench tops. I also assist with decluttering, re-styling and preparing a property for sale.

What kind of look were you after?

I wanted to make the space seem bigger, so we went with the floating vanity and open walk-in shower. I love mixing black, white, grey and timber with some greenery – it’s simply timeless.

What was the biggest challenge?

The most difficult part of the reno was working with such a small space to make it feel bigger.

The renovation process

Designed the bathroom first, to be better help with organisation and getting quotes.
Stripped the bathroom completely for demolation which took place over one day.
Removed the window so it could be moved higher and made smaller.
Replaced and matched the exterior bricks to the best of our ability.
Once demolition was done, we then had to re-sheet all the walls, build the niche for the shower, the shelf for the floating vanity, the shower, and the frame for the new cavity sliding door.
Waterproofed and set before the tiling could be done.
Ensured the grout lines all lined up from the floor and up the window wall.
Installed vanity and then tiled around it.
The shower heads, taps, mirror, and shower screen were installed the same day as the tiles were grouted.
Installed the black framed louvre window which completed the bathroom.