To bring you up to speed... months ago when I had already started purchasing items for my kitchen renovation, I noticed that there was an odd spot on the ugly pine floors right next to the toilet. I felt this and realized the wood was rotten. Uh Oh! I decided I needed to go ahead and get the bathroom done before I fell through the floor while sitting on the toilet. I have HATED the bathroom in my house since I bought the place; the light was hideous (me not adding missing bulbs didn't help), the mirror builders grade, the old POS vanity, and the super grungy pine floors better suited to a cabin in the woods. Since I was already going to get the floor replaced I decided I would go ahead and replace the light, mirror, vanity, and toilet. The 1950's ceramic tub and decent square white tile would be left alone.
Flash back to the beginning of April. The contractor is supposed to start on my house this morning. I get a call around lunch from him telling me I need to come by and look at some things in the house. I ask if this is bad. "Could be worse" he answered. I had a co-worker who has been a home inspector for years come with me to make sure whatever he had to tell me was true and honest. I don't want to get scammed for being the naive homeowner that I am. Basically we get there and he has already started the bathroom demo. He found all kinds of rotten wood; from a supporting wall to the sill of the house. He also found that it was rotten under the tub too, which meant the tub had to come out. Sad day indeed. This is one of the problems with owning a 93 year old house. You open something up and notice all the rot and decay that needs to be redone. The main reason for all the rotting had to do with the toilet pipe being attached to nothing so basically it just moved slightly all the time so water was always leaking out.
Basically what should have been a quick remodel tuned into a major renovation. I had to stay at friends house for 2 weeks since this is my house's one and only bathroom. Staying in a friends small 800 sq foot house with me, her, her 2 anti-dog cats, and my brand new adopted great dane Moose was a bit difficult, but we managed. Now I have a nice new bathroom with no plans to redo it any time soon.
The things I had done:
- New tile floor (also new subfloor) which is penny round from The Tile Store
- New toilet
- New tub
- New vanity (Godmorgon from Ikea)
- New mirror (Molger from Ikea)
- New overhead light (indoor/outdoor light from Home Depot - I might replace this, I'm not sure I like it here)
-New shower curtain (Restoration Hardware)
- New trashcan (SimpleHuman)
-Wall and ceiling repainted (Moonshine by Benjamin Moore)
Things to do:
-new door handle (Bella has chewed up the one on the door)
-hang art
-hang towel holder
-hang a window shade
Just a few pictures of the (mostly) finished product (click on any of the pictures to make them bigger):
and some comparison shots from what it looked like to now:
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