Friday pm - Bathroom

So all the tile is up today - and now on Monday Brad will be back to grout - another thing we agonized over - deciding the grout color.  In the end, we went to basic old white grout.  We flirted for a moment with a light green grout that matched our wall color, but chickened out at the last minute.

Part 4

Once the painter was done with the painting, then the tiler came in - this is now Week 3 of this project.

It took five days this week to get all the tile in that small space, but the effect is well worth it.

Bathroom Remodeling Part 3

Then, after the inspections were done, the fun stuff started.  First the drywall came in (after they shoved a bit of insulation in the spaces)

And then a new cabinet was installed - we opened up the wall to the hallway (which had been closed off in the old configuration) so we can access the bathroom cabinet from either the hallway or inside of the bathroom itself

Then the painting happened - and things are starting to take shape - this is from the inside looking out - we kept the same green color on the walls, but added a nice soft white to the trim as a finish

from the outside hallway looking in, we painted the trim the same as the rest of the hallway

Bathroom Remodel Part 2

Once everything was ripped out, then the reconstruction could begin, starting with a new outside wall and a new window

The tub is gone, as you can see (no easy feat - Ben hauled it out of there by himself and I hope to golly he didn't hurt himself in the process) and then a shower had to be rebuilt where the tub was.

They used self-leveling cement to build the shower stall floor.  The "chimney" in the center is keeping the plumbing drain open and cement free.

The electrician and plumbers then came in and re-did all the wiring (old knob and tube got an upgrade) and water lines (old galvanized out and pex came in)

New Bathroom

We have finally gotten around to remodeling our bathroom.  Here's what the old bathroom looked like (in case you've never been to our house)

Notice the old tub, the stained tile, the linoleum floor.  It actually doesn't look so bad in this picture, but in reality it was kind of gross.  What you cannot see in this picture is the hundred-year-old corner-tank toilet, and a funky corner cabinet that has doors that run into everything if you try to open them.  This bathroom is small and pretty hard to function in.

Remodeling is a long process; we are doing our bathroom in the month of May 2016.  This is what it looked like after the first few days:

We had to go down to the studs to rip everything out.  Once out, we found that the outside wall was completely rotten!  the only thing holding up that side of the house was the stucco.  Further, it had been rotten for probably 50 years.  No wonder there was so much mold and mildew on the tile!