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REFRESHING BATHROOM RENEWAL
When a married couple needed
to replace the outdated bathroom
their teenage daughter uses
in their Huntington Colonial,
they turned to Alure Home
Improvements, Inc. for help
making their vision reality.
Taking the lead on the fiveday
bathroom renovation was
Rocco Montemarano, a Design
Consultant for Alure who marks
a decade with the company
in January. While the project
had a few unique challenges,
it is not unlike a lot of other
bathrooms he’s seen in homes
across Long Island, he says. But
once the transformation was
complete, it took this lavatory
to another level.
“From where it started off to
where it ended up is really night
and day,” Montemarano says. “It
was more than updating it, it was
really transforming the space.”
He noted that the project
wa s compl e ted for a
moderate budget and similar
transformations don’t have to
cost an arm and a leg.
The original bathroom had a
wall separating the bathtub and
toilet from the sink, vanity, and
entrance.
“It felt dark, it felt closed in,”
he says. “Obviously the color
and style were out of date.The
materials weren’t in great shape
either. They were looking to
update it and bring it into 2019,
but also open it up to make it
feel bigger, brighter, and a lot
more appealing.”
To accomp l ish t h a t ,
Montemarano and his team met
with the family to discuss the
design, which included ripping
out the wall, replacing the tub
with a shower, upgrading the
quality of materials used, and
using more modern colors.
“In the designing phase, it
was really just making sure the
Before: The old bathroom before it was
renovated.
space was properly planned,”
he says. “They wanted to do
a rain shower and a separate
hand shower, but they also
wanted to take out the wall
that the plumbing was currently
on ... We didn’t want to move
plumbing to an outside wall, but
we also couldn’t leave plumbing
in the wall that it was in, so we
had to figure out where to place
it, and we ended up placing it
on the long wall of the shower,
which ended up being a good
thing because it created a little
more symmetrical effect.”
Once the new layout was
planned, the team delved into
the details.
“They also wanted to do a
decorative accent feature on the
Inset: A close-up of the new tile mosaic on
the back wall.
back wall of the shower, which
is the first thing you see when
you walk in,” he says. “That was
one of the fun things. We ended
up going with a marble mosaic
with a chair rail to surround it,
which really made it stand out.
We picked a size and location to
be most visible but also to not
overwhelm the room.”
Getting a job like that done
required a more experienced
exper t craf t sman who
specializes in tile work.
But the fancy tile work didn’t
end at the mosaic. They also
installed wood grain patterned
tile on the shower f loor to
match the Amazon grey plank
flooring tile in the rest of the
bathroom.
“Merola Tile makes a hexagon
with the same wood grain color
and pattern as the main floor, so
we used that for the shower floor,”
he says. “It kept that wood-look
continuity, but it was a different
shape, something more fitting
for a shower floor, and it’s just a
unique look on its own.”
Capping off the sleek new tile
shower portion of the project
was a pair of classy glass sliding
doors. Combining whites and
grays with some taupe mixed
in, the overall look of the
final product was transitional,
Montemarano says.
“It was a mix of modern and
traditional,” he says. “It was
classic, too. We did a marble
look for the walls, which is
timeless, but we also did a
more modern vanity style with
a rectangular sink, and then
went traditional on some of the
fixtures, like the faucets.”
As it does for every client,
Alure Home Improvements – a
design/build firm that has been
an industry leader since 1946
in kitchens, baths, and other
types of home improvement
projects – did all the work
for the homeowner with
licensed trade specialists. The
company, which has been the
recipient of numerous awards
over the years – it was recently
voted “Remodeler of the Year”
by Professional Remodeler
magazine – provided personal
service to ensure the client
had a stress-free and pleasant
experience and, in the end, a
gorgeous home they love.
That’s why the motto of Alure
Home Improvements is, “We
go to extremes to build your
dreams!”
Contact Alure Home
Improvements to book your next
kitchen consultation. Contact
Alure Home Improvements at
516-296-7777 or visit alure.com
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After: This newly rebuilt bathroom was completed in five days.
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