The Bathroom

Ok well I started going through the renovation pictures, and there were so many I thought this would be better split up into several smaller posts. So..... here is the bathroom transformation!!!

After we ripped out EVERYTHING (see why here) we were left with this.
That is my wonderful, and very helpful mom


Next we had to have a meeting of the minds to figure out how to get this bathtub in.

After alot of staring....
grunting....


pushing......

shoving......and perhaps even a few choice words....we ended up cutting the drywall out!! HA!and finally I could relax... lol except all I did was take pictures! ;)
Then my expert floor layer, who happens to be my sister, got to work!!

lookin' better!!

Vanity and toilet in!


paint and final touches!!!

And DONE!!!!

OK well its not exactly done....this is what it looks like today, but it still isn't trimmed out. I watch all those home improvement shows and wonder how people can live with all those small unfinished projects?!? I would think to myself, "doesn't that annoy them?" Well now I know, it sure does annoy you, but after going through this mess its hard to get those last few things done!!! We will get them done, just not sure when!!!!

Hope you enjoyed!!! The kitchen is up next!

Demolition!

Hello there! I have had an incredibly trying day! I hope yours is going better than mine!!

Anyway, on to the home demolition. Let me say, we started the demo and got the house in "move in condition" in 8 weeks.

here we go!

Remember this??


Already looks better huh? Those cabinets were original to the house and hard as heck to get out!!!!
We ended up having to rip out all the drywall along one wall in the kitchen to move the plumbing for the new sink. The bathroom is on the other side of that wall.
Now we were going try try and salvage this cabinetry, and I was going to paint it. Then I decided that since the house has no dedicated dining room that this part should be the dining room. So all the cabinets had to come out. It really was a shame, good quality, ugly, but good quality. And again hard to get out!!!

No more cabinets and no more flooring!!
This is the opposite side of the kitchen. It had a tiny pantry. We decided that we would take the water heater from the bathroom and move it here. Dry wall over it and make it accessible from the garage. This may have been a bad decision to get rid of the pantry, but the water heater took up like half of the ONLY bathroom.

Snug in its new home.
eek. I cringe at the site.
already much better huh??

Next come the good stuff!!! Paint and these beauties
ohhh la la!! Can't wait to show you!

My Biggest Project!

Back in August, 2009. Sam and I decided to buy a house from my mom. We knew that before we could live there we would basically need to GUT IT. Here is why.


Reason number one, it was just plain ugly. lol. This is the den.

Hallway from the living room looking down to the bedrooms. YIKES!!
And the kitchen from all angles....frightening. I know at this point you all must think that I am completely NUTS!!

The bathroom.....no words. Now at this point I should say my mom DID NOT live in this house in this condition. Just to clarify. Ha ha!
Smallest of three bedrooms.
What we call the "master". This house was built in the 50's. I think that it would be considered a "cookie cutter" All of the bedrooms are really small including this one. That is one downside. Also there is only one bathroom. :(I cant find before pictures of the living room. But the plus side to this house (beside the fact that it was dirt cheap) is the living space. The kitchen is completely open to the den, which was an add on in the late 70's early 80's. When they did the add on they added this little gem, or should i say BIG gem. The fireplace takes up almost the entire east wall of the den. I love it.
Phase two "gutting" will be the next post. I know the suspense will kill you!!