Dimple and Tim’s 100-year-old Portland craftsman had plenty of soul, but daily life had gotten a little crowded. With a daughter at home, two working-from-home schedules, and a family of three sharing a single upstairs bathroom, their house needed some updates. The goal was to create a more functional home that honored the home’s history while making it their own.
Portland, Oregon
21 Weeks
Challenging
Elevated
THE Remodel Group designed each bathroom with its own personality: “Quiet Luxury” for the new primary bath, “Modern Eclectic” for the upstairs bath, and “Dark Academia” for the new half bath, while keeping simple, modern plumbing fixtures throughout to tie the home together.
The design team worked closely with Dimple through extensive renderings, material samples, and shopping trips to translate her clear sense of style into spaces that felt both intentional and livable. On the exterior, HardiePlank siding was installed, preserving the original craftsman flair along the bottom third while modernizing the home without erasing what made it special.
The downstairs primary bath was reimagined as a true retreat, with a wet room layout, a freestanding shower, and a Japanese soaking tub carefully sourced to fit through the home's narrow, original doorways.
Both full bathrooms received in-floor radiant heat and heated towel bars, turning the start and end of every day into something worth looking forward to.
An unused den closet became a fully functioning half bath with a wall-mounted concrete sink and custom Dark Academia styling, giving guests their own space.
New Hardie plank siding, repaired corbel accents, and a repaint gave the craftsman home a modern presence on the street while staying true to its 100-year-old roots.
Each bathroom had high-end, tankless, motion-sensitive bidet toilets installed.
Each bathroom features its own tile story, from hexagon penny and elongated hex to stars and crosses, mermaid fish scales, and large-format tiles.
Built-in cabinetry was added to the upstairs hallway outside the bedrooms and bathroom, and custom closet organizers were installed to maximize every inch of storage.
Bedrooms and bathrooms received new windows, including casement-style egress windows in the master bedroom, to meet code, given the high roofline.
A smaller deck was built off the kitchen slider, sized intentionally to leave room for a future patio in the backyard.
Old knob-and-tube wiring was replaced throughout the bathroom spaces as part of the renovation.
What started as a bathroom problem became the whole-home transformation Dimple and Tim had been quietly imagining for years. Three beautifully styled bathrooms, a refreshed exterior, a new deck, and smarter storage turned a well-loved but overworked craftsman into the design-forward home their family always deserved.
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