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<\/a>I’m not great at the panoramic photo thing. The sink really wasn’t that wonky shaped.<\/p><\/div>\n
So, the bathroom. \u00a0It was brown. \u00a0Like dark beige brown. \u00a0The tile, the tub, the insert, the toilet, the walls above the tile. \u00a0I think the floor tile and the vanity were the only things that weren’t. \u00a0It was like being inside a sand dune. \u00a0And the tub–it was all kinds of screwy. \u00a0The drain’s on the righthand side. \u00a0The faucet and knob were on the back wall. \u00a0And the showerhead was on the lefthand side. The top of the righthand wall of the bathtub had some weird thing going on with the tile so it wasn’t straight. \u00a0The overhead light stopped working, so we stopped using it and started using the sconces over the vanity. \u00a0 We knew it was gonna be an expensive job, and that the room needed to be gutted. We had no clue what the plumbing or wiring was gonna be like, or the floor and subfloor.<\/p>\n So we got a contractor, got all the stuff we needed, and got an expected start date of beginning of January. \u00a0Then the contractor had space open and started work at the beginning of December. \u00a0We only had to go out and buy the tub, the vanity and sink, and toilet. \u00a0And a few other bits and pieces as they came up.<\/p>\n Already an improvement.<\/p><\/div>\n The bathroom was gutted. \u00a0Under the tile, there was a layer of plywood. \u00a0Under the plywood was hardwood, but it was in crap condition and also got pulled up. \u00a0The subfloor was in pretty good condition. \u00a0The plumbing had to be redone–all cast iron. \u00a0The electrician found an outlet beside the window. \u00a0We never knew it was there because it was covered over by tile, and probably also the wall put up over the plaster wall.<\/p>\n So we got all new insulation, new wiring–the overhead light had stopped working because the wires had broken and frayed, and the box had a bit of corrosion on it–new plywood over the subfloor, PVC pipes, new walls, everything. \u00a0The shower plumbing was all moved to one side, and we paid a little extra to get tile instead of another insert. \u00a0We’d wanted to do an inset shelf in the shower wall, but depth of the wall or something kept that from being a viable option, so instead we got a couple of shelves in the back corner. \u00a0I think it looks better than the original idea would have.<\/p>\n Some stuff didn’t come out quite as good as the contractor wanted–the light over the vanity wasn’t perfectly centered, a couple of tiles weren’t quite straight, he couldn’t clean the edges of the window as well as he’d like. \u00a0But really, with what we had, those were such minor quibbles.<\/p>\n Except for the cat litter.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Things done: new plumbing, new electric and lights, one light includes a fan, new insulation, new walls, new plywood, vinyl woodgrain look floor, new tub, new and bigger sink and vanity, bigger mirror, new trim around the doors and window, new baseboards, new paint, new toilet, cabinet over the toilet instead of a medicine cabinet, new towelbars.<\/p>\n More photos are in an album<\/a>\u00a0on Flickr.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Our house is old. When Rob’s mom bought it, she was told it was built in the 1940s. \u00a0Come to find out that it was actually built sometime in the 1930s, and there are no blueprints available because there was … Continue reading <\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/a>The bathroom came out great, and I think it was definitely worth the money. \u00a0There are still a few things to do–we’re probably gonna get some kinda shelving unit\/tower thing for the alcove, and curtains haven’t <\/a>yet been put up. \u00a0The new and shiny hasn’t quite worn off yet, so it still almost feels like a hotel bathroom.<\/p>\n