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How to Remodel a Bathroom with Italian Tile & Copper Sinks – Part 3

This project is continued from Part 2. Laying New Tile: Before you begin, decide how you want to layout the field pattern (on the diagonal or square with the walls). The focal point is typically the most visible tile, which in my case the doorway. I was careful to continue the existing field pattern from [...]

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How to Remodel a Bathroom with Italian Tile & Copper Sinks – Part 2

This project is continued from Part 1. Labor: I did all the work myself over 3 calendar weeks start-to-finish, with some fetch & carry help from my son. The ‘aquarium’ style shower glass was contracted out to glass & mirror shop. The demolition phase to remove the old tile and lay the new tile required [...]

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Finishing a Basement Bathroom – Part 5

This is Part 5 of the series. You can find Part 4 here. I set the tile in the shower stall first, beginning with the walls so there was no worry about dropping thinset mortar on the floor. The white dots are plastic tile spacers. The Latitcrete 255 Multimax thinset does an incredible job of [...]

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Finishing a Basement Bathroom – Part 4

The measurements and layout for the floor and wall tile are covered today.  You can read the posts here for parts 1, 2 and 3. I visited several tile stores and picked the Pietra Fiora porcelain tile collection by Casa dolce casa. I liked this tile because it was available in several sizes that I [...]

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How to Remodel a Bathroom with Italian Tile & Copper Sinks – Part 1

This tutorial describes how I remodeled an out-dated master bathroom in an attractive Italian Mediterranean theme with Italian porcelain tile and copper fixtures. The work included: removing the old glazed ceramic tile and installing porcelain tile rebuilding the shower replacing the toilet replacing the countertop and medicine cabinets installing copper sinks, faucets and switch plates [...]

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