Full bathroom remodel
Taken back to studs and rebuilt: new shower with a glass corner enclosure, new vanity, new toilet, new mirror and lighting, and shiplap on the walls. Every fixture in the room is new.
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The Dearborn remodel, Missoula
A full interior renovation across both levels, taken from dark and dated to move-in ready: paint throughout, new carpet, an epoxy-coated basement living room floor, a gut bathroom remodel with all new fixtures, and new wall framing. Real photos from the job, before and after.
What was in the scope
- Interior paint throughoutWalls, ceilings and trim on both levels. Wallpaper stripped and the substrate skimmed and repaired before any primer went on.
- CarpetNew pad and carpet in the lower level bedrooms and den, run wall to wall.
- Epoxy basement floorThe basement living room slab ground, prepped and coated for a hard, washable finish.
- Full bathroom remodelBack to studs and rebuilt with all new fixtures: shower and glass enclosure, vanity, toilet, mirror, lighting.
- Wall framingNew framed walls and a new closet built from scratch, cased and finished to match the existing cedar.
- Finish carpentryDoors, casing and wainscot repaired or replaced, with the original trim details kept wherever they were sound.
Before and after
Each pair below is the same room, same angle, photographed before we started and after we finished.
Main living room. Walls and trim taken from dark green to a bright neutral, the brick hearth cleaned up, and the original oak floors brought back.
Dining area. Full repaint and new lighting. The pine wainscot and built-in buffet were worth keeping, so we kept them and worked the new palette around them.
Lower level, hearth wall. The basement living room floor was ground, prepped and coated with epoxy, and new recessed cans went in where a single dim drop-ceiling fixture used to be.
Lower level, wide view. Same epoxy floor from the other end of the room. Coated concrete is the right call in a Missoula basement: it takes a hit, it does not hold moisture, and it cleans up with a mop.
Lower level bedroom. Old blue carpet out, new pad and carpet in, dated vanity bar lights removed, and the room repainted top to bottom.
Lower level den. Wall-mounted mirror and brass fixtures removed, walls patched and repainted, and new carpet run wall to wall.
Hallway off the entry. Wallpaper stripped, the substrate skimmed and patched, then primed and painted. The original tile was sound, so it stayed and saved the owner a floor.
More of the finished work
Areas where the finished result speaks for itself.
Kitchen
Cabinets refinished white, new pendant over the island, and the ceiling beam left exposed as a feature instead of boxed in.
Main floor bedroom
Built-in closet framing, refinished hardwood, and a clean repaint.
New closet, framed from scratch
There was no closet here. We framed the walls, hung and cased a bifold door, matched the existing cedar wainscot, and carpeted through.
Entry
Repainted walls and trim with the original floors refinished, keeping the ribbed glass divider that gives the entry its character.
Also our work
Framing and new construction
Alongside remodels we frame production homes and outbuildings for builders across the Missoula valley. Same crew, same photos from the job.
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