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1950's House Renovation - New Bathroom

6 years ago

We bought our house in 2016 to renovate and we have been working through it room by room, doing it ourselves. Such fun and this is the new bathroom.

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AMB
6 years ago
Lovely transformation! I will make a suggestion though - change the glass in the bathroom window. You don't have to change the window, just insert a new pane of glass. I've had it done to update the 80s glass in my home without the unnecessary expense of changing perfectly good windows. It is a relatively inexpensive job too and the current glass standards make for better insulation.
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