Eastside · Redmond
Renovating in Redmond.
Redmond houses are newer than most of what we work on, and that changes what the money is for.
There is rarely knob-and-tube behind the wall or a subfloor to replace. What there is instead is a builder's bathroom: the fittings that came with the house, a shower the size the plan allowed, and a layout designed to be cheap to install rather than good to use. The work is upgrade, not rescue.
Two Redmond bathrooms, in the same year.
A freestanding tub with a glass shower beside it and a window left wide open to the room, a shower lined in green glass tile with a brass handle on the door, and a wood vanity in each. Nothing structural moved. Everything you touch changed.
Where a newer house actually gains
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Cabinetry that fits the wall
Builder vanities come in fixed widths and the filler strip takes the rest. Milling to the opening gives back inches you paid for and never had.
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A shower built like it will be used
Full waterproofing membrane rather than the minimum. In a newer house this is usually the single biggest upgrade behind the tile.
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Light that is not one fitting in the middle
Layered light at the mirror, in the shower and at the floor. It costs very little at first fix and it is most of what makes a room feel expensive.
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A Redmond permit, on Redmond's clock
The city runs its own building department. If plumbing or circuits move, we pull it there and the review time is in the schedule from day one.
Coming to the studio is worth more than any rendering.
920 Dexter Ave N, Monday to Friday. Full-size samples and the actual cabinet doors, so the tile you choose is the tile you get. Redmond clients usually come once, at the start, and that is enough.