Not so quick...

When I left off last time I thought we were getting pretty close to finishing the bathroom. No such luck. We ended up having a few issues that required removing our lovely surround, taking out the bath tub, and putting it all back together again. Not fun. That meant not having a shower again for I don't even remember how long! Fortunately my brother moved in to the apt building next door and we could make the trek over to his place when necessary. I must have had the neighbors wondering why I was walking down the street with a towel on my head.
The shower finally went back together and then it was time for drywall. Yay! Now we could see some progress. Sorry about the lack of photos- I was at work while my brother slaved away on the bathroom and so I missed all the good photo opps.
Once the drywall went on we had to re-texture the walls. Man that stuff was toxic! Aaron (Hanson) got this job and had a jolly time :) He even developed his own tool for blending it- A roll of toilet paper. :)
Once that dried it was time for the good stuff! The paint. After only about 5 samples I picked one. In one day I got the whole bathroom painted, walls, ceiling, shelves-everything! Whew-not a fan of edging. We put up the new light, hung the curtain rod, scrubbed the floor...then came the vanity. We went with a skinny one so we could show off our beautiful tile. A little alteration here and there and voila! After a month of renovating we are done with the bathroom!
Correction...Almost done...still needs trim, a switch cover and the over-spray scrubbed off the shower. Minor details compared to what we have just been through. :)

Putting it back together

After ripping out the shower Aaron (Allen) and I were covered in drywall dust and scum, desperately in need of a shower. Good thing the beach has one :) It was a bit chilly showering after dark, but it sure felt nice!
The most important step in getting it back together was making sure the mold didn't come back. We put plastic behind mold resistant drywall.

Hopefully that'll do the trick. Once the tub was back in place and leveled it was time for the fun part- putting the surround up. We were originally going to do tile, but after all that extra work, something simple seemed like a good idea. And it was. It looks great!

I thought not having a shower was bad! Next the TOILET had to come out! Good thing McDonald's is right around the corner- We had to take a little family trip down there before bed. :)
Fortunately the toilet went back on first thing in the morning once the grout was dry.


I love the tile we picked! I don't even want to put the vanity back in cuz it'll cover up part of the floor.