Did you know that as part of the floor preparation, not only do they remove every spec of “mud” with a spatula-like attachment for the Makita jack-hammer, but they also vacuum and then go back and sponge it off by hand. This concrete has never been so clean! They’ll be ready to start laying the tile (pictured… Continue reading Day 4- Demolition
This is all that is left of the travertine that my client just couldn’t wait to get rid of. The feeling and status of “natural stone” wears off once you have to clean and maintain it for years. While I believe that nothing can substitute the beauty and movement created by Mother Nature, I totally… Continue reading Day 3- Demolition
Day 2 was all about removing a sea of travertine, which is the dustiest and nosiest of demolition projects… so I went at the very end of the day to avoid all of that. You can see the Makita that took care of all of the tile, quietly resting on a ledge in the master bathroom.… Continue reading Day 2- Demolition
Stardust showed up at 7am to start removing the cabinets and after three hours, this is what it looked like. Their team of three guys kept chipping away until all of those ugly cabinets came out. The granite backsplash that was there made it virtually impossible to get the upper cabinets out, so they had… Continue reading Day 1- Demolition
The current master bathroom has the benefit of having a wall hung vanity, but it’s very yellow and has a black base cabinet, so it’s one big striped mess, all supporting a travertine tile countertop and drop in sinks. Blecht, I say, blecht! There just aren’t enough diamonds at the vanity, can we please… Continue reading Sinciudados Renovation- Before
Design Elements Dissected 