Powder Room Make Over

Before:
After:

I had to post the final pictures with the new mirror and accessories! I have to say that my mom's new bathroom was an inspiration for my new bathroom!! To remember the full make over... click HERE. Yay, now on to Master BED ROOM!

Love making our house a HOME!!

Quilting For Men

You might remember back in December when we told you that our powder room toilet busted and leaked all over the floor... and we had to pull up the flooring, take out insulation etc... It's been a work in progress... and we are happy to say, it's ALMOST DONE... done enough to share pictures and stories... :)

First we start with installing the new insulation under the house...
Here's Justin gearing up for the big show... Caitlin looks like she's about to make buttons that say... "My dad is an Oompa-Loompa... and I'm proud of it!"
Yeah, coolest thing since sliced bread...
I love this picture, Brinley's reaction was awesome... "dad's at it again..."

So, here's the Gorgeous 80's bathroom... BEFORE PIC...
This is after the floor had been taken out, and before we painted the walls...
Wilbur
taking measurements... doing laundry... floor before pic...
We decided since we had to do the hallway too, we'd do the laundry room as well... for a more continued look... flooring out, time to prep for painting...
next step... this middle flooring designed for tile... not sure what it's called.  JUSTIN CHIMING IN:  HARDIBACKER BOARD :) 


Paint...
paint done, testing layouts for tile... eventually we'd like to continue the tile into the kitchen... i think it goes well with the back splash seen in this picture...
nice radiation suit, Doc








love this picture (that face!), reminds me when Justin was in the middle of refinishing the hardwood floors HERE and when he was trying to save the house and an unfinished roof from a huge rain storm HERE... Good Times! (tear, loved that little project house)  JUSTIN:  CAN YOU FIND THE HUMOROUS REASON THIS PICTURE WAS TAKEN?  HEY, I'D BEEN IN THAT FLIMSY SUIT ALL DAY!  DON'T WORRY... I AM WEARING PANTS UNDERNEATH.  :)
tile set, grout dry... on to new quarter-round...
YES! Washer and Dryer BACK in the house!!
Happy with his work!

Here's one of the best parts, NEW COUNTER TOP, sink and fixtures for bathroom!! Our neighbor is a granite dealer... so he matched our kitchen Granite perfectly and helped us get a great deal!!! Yay, love hook ups!
Here's Before pic...
when ever I'm trying to take a picture of something... the cat follows me around, this was funny to watch... because he jumped up here thinking there was a counter to stand on... hahaahaaaa... big surprise!

Family field trip to the dump... and then off to Lowes' to get a new TOILET! Kids LOVED the dumpI get the best action shots!  New toilet going in...

AFTER PHOTO... (we still need a mirror, and light fixture.) but wow, huh??
Thanks, Justy, for all your hard work and mad skills! Thanks also to our cool neighbors for their help, Darin and Val you guys rock :)

Same Bathroom, New Look!

Oo, La La... This was an exciting project... Justin and I were happy to see the pink tile go. As always, one little project suddenly turns into something bigger... more time and... 'Oo, we should get new lights..." and "lets rip this out" etc. etc. So here's a few pictures of our last week... and our newly transformed bathroom...

BEFORE:

Another high five to my handy house man, J-dawg Justin... He worked really hard to get it to the point that we are not embarrassed anymore to have people use our bathroom... :) It's just nice to update things every... you know... 30 years. Nice thing for us is that the shower was re-done like a year before we moved in. So, other than the vanity... which works (for now) everything's pretty new! :)

More awesome pink tile.

Justin saved one if the tiles, probably to show people...hehe... I might frame it and hang it somewhere in our house... just for fun.

After the tile came off... hours of scraping 30 year old glue followed this picture.

Wow, bye bye glue.

This was one messy bathroom after that scrape down. In the voice of Ernest P. Wheral-- "EEeeeeewwwwwah" Anyone?? OK, maybe that's a joke only my Dad will get...

By the look on Justin's face (below)... you'd never guess that this was one of his favorite projects we've done in the house. Probably because he did the whole thing by himself, and it only took a few days. I told him to do whatever he wanted, this was his 'baby'! He picked the color, and the new lights and towel racks all by himself, and kept it "Extreme Home Makeover" secret-like from me till it was all finished! It was so fun!

All smooth and primed, ready to paint!

AFTER:

TA-DA! I'd have to say, I'm impressed! To some it may seam a little drastic from the light pink... but I LOVE IT! Esp. coming from the hallway with the dark wood in the hallway... and it goes well with the other colors in our house. Pictures never tell it like it is in person and neither do the little paint cards at Home De Pot. It's like a brown... with a hint of olive green... it's really cool. We'll need to 'dress' it up a little with some art. That will be fun. OH, I'm so happy it's not PINK anymore! Whoopy!