Bathroom....Phase 3

Phase 3 means there is a little more progress made lol!

Unfortunately Dusenbury cut into the floor joists (support beams) in at least 5 different places in this bathroom. This will all need to be fixed as well under the tub. (some were already). Its a wonder that tub didnt fall through the ceiling!! MORON.



There are all kinds of electrical and insulation problems in the ceiling too (there is a weird little access door on the ceiling so you can get up there)



The other side of the bath....more electrical fixing...



Wax ring in!!! New toilet ready to put on! YAY! It really sucked having no toilet upstairs. I fell down the stairs in the middle of the night countless times :(

Bathroom....Phase 2

Still in Demo phase, unfortunately! seems like this will never end!

Dad started to get under the floorboards to fix the plumbing...
He almost fell thru the ceiling in this hole in the floor! Thank god he wasnt hurt! He said the floor of the shower in the bathroom below had more damage! lol....When I looked, it does...there are some cracks in the ceiling and holes. oh well! Add that to the cracks and holes we made to the downstairs ceiling when we used the sledgehammer in the beginning trying to remove tile!











There used to be a little wall here on the other side of the tub, we knocked that down...planning on putting a wall up to cabinet height, then glass block up to the ceiling...



Starting to see a little improvement! Got some new floorboards down after the plumbing was fixed and insulated! (the shower is still nowhere near being installed, its just sitting there for now)






Still a mess lol

Bathroom....Phase 1

Phase 1. DEMO!
This is not as fun as it sounds! The tile was not fun to take off. Everyone says it will peel right off!! Well Dusenbury did not use the right adhesive and it was really hard to get off. The tile chipped in pieces and it took a few weekends to fully get it off. It doesnt help that it was May/June and this bathroom gets bad air circulation (more on this later!), and when you had to close the door to keep the kitties out, it felt like 100 degrees while you were working.

After the tile and floorboards from the floor and the trim off the baseboards were all removed...My dad was able to see what a disaster this bathroom really was. What was supposed to start as a "DECORATIVE REMODEL" was now turning in to a "REGUTTING". Translation: more headaches, more $$$, more time. Plumbing needed to be fixed, nothing was insulated properly (hence some of the temperature problems), the electrical...dont even get me started on the electrical!! My dad said its a miracle the place didn't burn to the ground. DAMN YOU DUSENBURY!

The fun begins...







One of my duties was to clean up the mess, and thank god I splurged for those construction grade garbage bags!!! This mess alone filled 8 bags. Im not about to pay for a dumpster so this helped quite a bit! Though it was quite a workout to break down all the dry wall, stuff it into bags, bring the heavy as hell bags down the stairs and then drag them out at trash day.





CHLOE!!!!

My little Chlo-benet princess is the most curious kitty ever. She is literally obsessed with this bathroom. WHY? Because the door is closed. She never cared about it before. So I decided to make a sign to tell her whats up.

Bathroom Remodel...Before Pics

This bathroom is a nice size (roughly 9x15), but the cabinets were awful (why would you put those 2 tiny cabinets in when you have plenty of room for one large one??) There is no counterspace and everything would fall on the floor.
The toilet is nasty, the faucets are nasty, the brass lighting fixtures are circa '83, the tile work is horrible, it looks like Dusenbury grouted with kitty litter. Even the switchplates are brass! UGH!

I am re-tiling the floor and tub surround, putting in a new 61" vanity with a granite double sink top, new vanity mirrors, new lighting fixtures, new round corner shower, new toilet, new faucets, having someone reglaze the tub to white....



Check out the horrible grouting/tile work...



Ignore the mess :)

Switchplate in Kitchen

I've always liked working with clay, and have enjoyed making custom switchplates for myself and friends. I like to paint them, and then put simple bead work on them.

(pics to come!)

Here is a painted switchplate I made for the kitchen...