For almost three years now i have loathed the ground floor bathroom!!! the toilet was the only thing that wasn't falling apart, and even still it didn't work half the time!! the sink was falling off the wall (ans we discovered during demolition it was only attached with caulk) and the cast iron tub was rusted out so we used it to house the kitty litter box! cleaning this room was the most disappointing chore in the house... i could sterilize and scrub all day long and in the end, it would still look gross!!
It started out as replacing the tub and sink... a month later we have a complete over haul, and i love it!!!
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| Good bye bathtub... hellooooooo hubbs in work boots <3<3<3 |
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| pulled up tile, to discover hardwood... decided hardwood was non reparable now we are down to subfloor |
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| installed 6 inch platform, and a new tub in a bed of mortar. wheres it goin? no where! we can pause to notice the tile mortar from the fifties that was under the tile from the 80's... later this was painstakingly chiseled off of the plaster walls |
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| new hardwood floor installed by yours truly!! so now we decided that we should call a professional to sand and stain the bathroom floor. This had already been researched from years of wishing... so we call Mr. sandless |
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| The bathroom would have cost almost half of what the whole bottom floor would have been (since it didn't meet the minimum square feet) so we did the whole thing |
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| These are before pics of the floor...also i finished the banquet bench FINALLY (during the bathroom remodel)!! |
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| Middle child playing on new floors, with |
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| rough in plumbing installed for bathtub, my husband is like a plumbing genius!! |
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| rough in for my wall mount lavatory!!! you see i was like, "i want it to look like this...." and hubs was like, "okay" and it was made so!! i wish i had a before picture of this cause its not even recognizable now : studder valve installed, shut off valves moved, faucet valve installed drain pipe moved, crazy cast iron pipe cut out in pieces, boy this was a long long looooooong step!! |
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| but it was worth it!! paneling went up, and our new mirror fit like a charm (thanks to the husband) and we installed the modern light fixture (our last one didn't even use light bulbs!!! no joke) |
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| after a days worth of wood filling and caulking and taping, we were ready to paint |
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| Primed white... looked kinda neat with it all bright white |
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| *******FINNNNIIIIIIISSSSSHHHHED****** that's right PURPLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
LETS HAVE A CLOSER LOOK SHALL WE
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| my hand built vanity with vessel sink(separate post to come) |
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| isnt it lovely! |
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| medicine cabinet, young one wanted to help take pictures! |
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| no slam toilet lid, second baby's favorite feature |
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| Our signature window casing, and another look at the paint colors... i think more trees died from my use of paint chips for this project alone than from the use of toilet paper in the last year, i knew i wanted purple but there are so many shades to choose from |
There you have it!!! what we have been spending every last minute of our spare time doing for the last 5 weeks!!! why so long? we don't have that many spare minutes!!
now if only i could decide where to hang the toilet paper roll...
