Public Service Announcement 1.5

When people come over to our house my wife shows off our baby and I show off our bathroom. Odd I know, but I'm proud of that bathroom and the interior of the house as a whole. Now admittedly there's no curb appeal but that's just because I haven't had time to totally redo the front yard and replace all of the siding (some nice summer projects). And since I used the remodel as a chance to put off blogging I thought it only fair to show (and show off) the work I and my bhoys did. I would like to say that I am blessed with great family and friends who donated their time generously to drink and occasionally work with me on this place. And while it is far from done it is much better than when we started.





The house when we bought it. Essentially every single room was like this and the nicotine stains on the walls were so bad that you where every old picture hung.



Same room just prior to moving in. I've been unable to replace the windows yet due to time constraints (winter isn't the best time to replace windows) and money. Also I've still got to replace the old handrail with some white oak handrail from work, but that too was put off for another day. I would also mention that due to time constraints I didn't put get a chance to put sliders on all of the furniture. My wife was thrilled when she discovered that she could now move furniture around with ease. I was aghast when I would come home and be able to trace the routes she took when rearranging furniture multiple times (nesting instinct due to the pregnancy) simply by following the scratches in the hardwood floor. It still pains me as a matter of fact.

The main focus of work was the bathroom which had to be totally redone. This was the bathroom before we did anything to it. So we ripped it all out and started from scratch, literally.

Yes that's right, your eyes don't deceive you, that's a Schlitz can up there in the bathroom closet. During the construction process multiple areas were overrun by Budweiser cans, Budweiser Chelada cans, Bud Lite Lime bottles, Old English forties, Skol's vodka pints and half pints and a six pack of Schlitz. Even though most of my crew worked for alcohol and smokes it still got expensive. Well okay only one guy worked for booze and smokes but he was my right hand man. God bless convicted felons.




The finished product. Gone is the aqua blue cast iron tub replaced by a Kohler jet tub. Which by the way makes the best bubble baths as demonstrated by my wife here. Also the floor which was previously vinyl laminate and carpet was replaced by new #2 red oak hardwood. The old aluminum window was also replaced with a new MillGuard Vinyl cranking casement window which is also tempered. The old toilet which was also blue has been upgraded to ADA compatible (taller) seat with an elongated bowl. The original vanity and medicine cabinet were also replaced with a new oak veneer medicine cabinet (which while costing $100 bucks is still just an Medium Density Fiberboard MDF piece of shit). The old sink and vanity were chucked and I banked on the side of style in liue of space replacing the vanity with a fluted pedastel sink. The tile (detailed pictures below) were 20"x 20" travetine stone style porcelain tiles. I added a stone highlight strip which runs from the sink all the way around the tub which helps break up the visual field of the tiles which were extremely large to go on the wall.

So yeah that was my project. I'm putting in solid wood panelled doors right now which are only pine, not oak as I would prefer and the kitchen aside from a new sink has not been touched. The deck joists are rotting and need to be replaced, but like I said, summer projects. Below is the master bedroom (nothing masterly about it, it's just where we sleep). But being that I used this project as an excuse not blog I thought I would show the progress so far.