Remodel Update

A quick update on the girl's bathroom project. It has been slow but steady. Our progress doesn't really look significant at this point, primarily because we've been busy doing all the behind the scenes stuff. Remember we ripped everything out including the toilet, vanities, even the tub. We stripped the walls of the tile and wallpaper and ripped out a lot of the drywall in sections. We shortened a wall by about 5 inches and moved the electrical from the ceiling to the walls.

After the tear out we had to put up new drywall and lay backer board on the floors as well as around the tile for our custom tile project. Installing the new tub was a pretty big project...especially because it required some small alterations with the pipes which then required saudering. We started the shower tile this evening...we made a pattern in the center of the primary shower wall and we just laid out that tile tonight. Tomorrow night we'll hopefully finish the remainder of the wall. We need to mud and sand the walls one more time before we can paint. The ceiling needs another coat of paint, too. Then the floor tiles and the vanity installation, counters, lights, mirrors etc. I think it will be about two more weeks before we can move back into the room considering Brad will only be able to work on it from about 9-11pm most nights this week and not much this weekend because I'll be out of town and he'll have the girls.
There isn't a lot of visible change in this photo...yet a lot has happened. No more wallpaper and smooth walls now. The medicine cabinet holes have been filled and drywalled. There is new electrical on the wall and backer board on the floor.
Here is the start of our shower tile project. The small tiles will make a square around the center design and then the remainder of the walls will be 6 inch tiles laid out in a subway or brick pattern. It was fun to design and I think it's coming together nicely. I can't wait to see it...then Brad pointed out that the shower curtain will hide it most of the time...so now I'll just have to pull the curtain back so you can see our pretty tile project.

Having the girls share our bathroom hasn't been too big a deal. They still head to their bathroom every morning when they are sleepy and don't seem to realize it's out of commission until they take a few steps in on the bare floor. Sunday morning was the first time it was an issue as the five of us were trying to all get ready at the same time...but it's been a lot less inconvenient then not having a kitchen for two months!