Shower time

Alright so the shower was a huge learning curve for all of us. Also it turns out that once you do tiling yourself you can not but help look at the tiling job EVERYWHERE you go. We all compare notes about locations that have horrible tiling jobs and now we understand a little of why it was done so poorly. Its not that the work is incredible hard- more that it is tedious and requires you to be consistently precise while doing the tedious work. Nevertheless-with about 6 different people working on this tiling we got it done and it looks pretty decent. I'll leave it to you to be the real judge since I know where all the mistakes are. All that is left for the shower is to caulk the edges.

So at this point only the wall have been grouted which
is why the floor looks dirty-cause it is but it
wont stay that way. 

Hooray!

Next up- demo work and cleaning out the scraps from upstairs

Upstairs: Bathroom, 2nd, 3rd & 4th bedrooms

OK. We have covered all of the ground floor and are about to tour the upstairs. This is might seem a bit confusing because all the rooms upstairs are interconnected- take a look at the original floor plan if you get a bit lost.  

First up the 1st bathroom. This bathroom is shared by the 2nd, 3rd & 4th bedrooms and is the only room upstairs that does not lead into another room. 

Its hard to see in this photo but that dark stuff under the faucet
lining the tub, its carpet. Who puts carpet around the tub? 

Sink/vanity

The toilet. 

Utility Hallway & Closet

More before photos!

My boyfriends mother had taken a ton of before pictures and is letting me use them on the blog!

So now we can go more in depth on what the house looked like before we started tearing down walls.

OK here we go! I am going to start at the back of the first floor and move toward the front of the house.


The Utility Hallway & Bathroom:
So this bathroom is an addition to the original house- its great that it puts a bathroom on the first floor but it is only accessible now by nearly crouching and walking under the stairs. After we straighten the stairs we will have a normal size doorway off the kitchen to enter this hallway/bathroom area.

Looking straight into the bathroom from the utility hallway