Saturday, January 22, 2011

Renovation Realities Part 2 - Reconstruction

So today marks the start of week 7 of our bathroom remodel.  I am happy to report that I went though my "I'm over this project, over the house being messy, we should have paid someone to do this" phase two weeks ago, and we are now about 85% done with the project!

Here are some pictures. B doesn't want me to show too many pictures that will give away the final look, so this is what you get!
Shower pan installed - so pretty and CLEAN

Getting ready for shower pan


Time for paint!  This was my job
   
Installing Crown Molding - NOT FUN!
Finished Crown - Looks beautiful - NOT FUN INSTALLING!


Mosaic tile being installed
Wall tile with mosaic installed - so pretty!



The long awaited tub!!!
Floor Tile being installed

We have had our ups and downs with things going according to plan, and then not.  It took 6 weeks for our tub to finally get here, when it did, we discovered that the air pipe was on the wrong side of the tub, and they had already laid the tile on the floor.  Thankfully, the tile guys popped that tile up and you couldn't even tell that the air pipe had been there.  It took two guys 125 hours to lay all the tile, but it looks amazing and was well worth spending a week at my parents house and not having B do it all!  The crown molding took 5 hours to do - and we only messed up one piece (not bad for the two of us who have never done crown - oh and if your thinking of doing it - hire some one....it's a pain!) The doors and trim have all gone from oak to painted gloss white, the brass fixtures are gone and have been replaced with polished nickel or chrome....things are coming together and our year of planning is finally coming to light...it looks amazing and I can't wait to show you the final product!

1 comment:

  1. I am so proud of the two of you. Everything looks beautiful, all of your planning and hard work is coming together and it looks like all of your colors you decided look great together. Keep up the good work...I can't wait to see the final product!

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