basement bathroom Archives - I Finished My Basement

I had never planned, thought about or installed a single ceramic tile in my life before I set about to tile my basement bathroom.

I take that back. I did paint a tile once. Just one.

I think it was at one of those vacation bible school weeks in the middle of summer. You know, where your Mom just needs to be "uncrazy" for a few days so she drops you and your 4 sisters off and then screeches out of the parking lot? Or was that just me?

I digress. The point is, it was new to me. But so what. Tiling a floor or a shower is the quintessential DIY project. If you can't do this one then you might as well hang it up. Bob Vila won't even look you in the eye if you haven't tiled at least one floor in your life.

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I think I had about 40 basement bathroom ideas floating around in my head prior to actually starting to finish the bathroom. Your basement bathroom is really a project within a project. You'll be working on finishing your basement, framing, electrical, and so on, then one day you'll start on your bathroom and you won't come out for like a month and half.

In this post we'll explore the 5 key elements of your basement bathroom design. Plus, I will tell you the 3 things I would change if I could build my basement bathroom all over again.

basement bathroom ideas floor plan and designs with wiring and tub, sink, toilet

Here my basement bathroom floor plan design. I switched out the pedestal sink with a vanity. The dual side lighting near the sink is great idea. The closet on the lower left ended up being a great idea , we store extra paper towels, toilet paper, (aka stuff from Costco).

Did you know that most wolves mate for life? Well, that's going to be you and your basement bathroom. [Read more...]

6 Secrets for Amateurs Who Want to Tile a Basement Bathroom

Basement Bathroom Ideas and Design + 3 things I would do differently.