"Bittersweet October. The mellow, messy, leaf-kicking, perfect pause between the
opposing miseries of summer and winter."

-Carol Bishop Hipps



Monday, February 6, 2012

Day 3 and 4

Roy goes back to work tomorrow so we have been trying to finish.  I think we did a pretty good job.
Grout done
End of Day 3 
 Grout dry and ready for sealer.
 Close up of shower grout.
 Next came a fresh coat of paint.
 The new vanity
 New solid surface top.
 New potty.  Yay!
End of day 4.  We still have a little work to do but atleast when I wake up in the middle of the night and need to go potty I don't have to run downstairs!  It looks really good.  I am so glad that I married someone who can do improvements!

Saturday, February 4, 2012

The Joys of Remodeling

 It has begun!!  Here is the Before...
 The awesome old flooring.  Notice the lovely hole in the middle where my dog decided she was hungry and ate it.  I think she secretly knew how much I did not like it.
 The lovely shower.  Originally we were not going to do anything with this but of course we changed our minds.  I was the major driving force behind this one.  I really just wasn't digging the grey, green, and white look.
 The vanity.  We originally were only going to changed the top but it was glued to the base and we couldn't get it apart.  That means... New vanity coming soon!
 Toilet.  Nothing really wrong with this but we got a new one. 
 This tub was so gross!  It always looked dirty no matter how much we scrubbed it.  We were just going to refinish it to get rid of the awesome chips but to save time and hassel we bought a new one.
 Demolition!  The old tile was glued right to the drywall so you can see what happened as we took it down.
 All stripped down
 This is what the bathroom looked like at the end of Day 1.  Ready for some tile! 
 Day 2 was full of progress.  Floor done and ready for grout.
Shower mostly done.  The boys have worked their butts off and it all looks really good.  I am excited to get the finishing touches done and have my bathroom back!