House Projects

We have lived in this house for over 4 years now and it seems like we have undertaken at least one major renovation project each year. I was thinking about all the work we've done on the house, and thought it would be fun to document it all.

THE BATHROOM.

This was something I knew would have to be changed when we bought the house. The bathroom was pretty yuck, and I really wanted a jetted tub. This is a before picture. You can see how the drawers in the vanity are broken. There's only one showing in the picture, but all 4 drawers were like that. And the shower was ultra yuck. Yes, those are wheat stocks on the lighter tiles. And this was what it looked like after several days of bleaching and scrubbing to get rid of the black grout between the tiles. We lived with it for as long as I could stand it, but the bathtub was so gross that I didn't even let the kids bathe in it. They learned to take showers instead.

CONSTRUCTION!

We started with the vanity and after we tore it out, we found 2 layers of different linoleum under the tile. Then after we took out the bathtub, we realized the subfloor was completely rotted through. Thankfully, I had inflated my budget sufficiently to cover the expense of replacing not only the flooring, but the entire subfloor as well. We had to re-plumb the entire bathtub and shower to accomodate the larger, jetted tub that we were installing. Thankfully, Dad was a plumber in a former life. Doesn't mean it was easy, but he is a miracle worker and figured out how to make it work. We also had to add a breaker into the fuse box so we could install a heater for the jets. My brother Aaron was the hero of the hour there and managed to figure out all the wiring with input from his electrician brother-in-law.

THE FINISHED PROJECT

After a week of working non-stop, we had a new floor, new vanity, new mirrors, new lighting, new jetted tub, new shower surround, new paint, new medicine cabinets, AND we managed to come out $16.00 below my inflated budget! I LOVE MY BATHROOM!