Tuesday, October 26, 2010

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. :)

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