Bathrooms are Fun
In addition to the flooring install, we’re tackling the hall bathroom. Well not really tackling. Porcelain isn’t very forgiving.
Here’s a cheesy panorama of how bath looks. This shot was taken with the new toilet and tile installed. A great improvement over the peeling yellow lenolium and leaky small toilet that came with the house. At this point, I still needed to install the new pedestal sink, plumb in the faucet, patch my drywall destruction, re-texture the wall, and repaint. Then replace the light fixture, new towel bar, and install an new mirror.
The sink went in fairly easy. I had some sequencing issues. I took out the light fixture prior to installing the sink, and didn’t replace until after the sink was done. I like to think I did it just to increase the challenge. Plumbing by headlamp is romantic afterall.
At this point we have a new light fixture installed (after another set of fixtures was installed and deemed not worthy…back to Home Depot). Holes patched and painted, good as new. We are still on the search for the ‘perfect’ mirror and towel bar…and we are also planning on removing the mirrored medicine cabinet to replace it with something matching. Fun stuff.
The shirt says it all.
Amanda on 18 Sep 2007 at 11:37 pm #
Hey, is that cooler to dunk your head in quickly if the headlamp burns you? Keep up the awesome home improvements, no matter what Keith says. However, his place is fairly impressive looking for a bachelor pad, I must say.
Marshall on 19 Sep 2007 at 8:44 am #
The cooler is actually my electricians ladder…so I could reach the light fixture. Its a multi-purpose tool.
Keith on 20 Sep 2007 at 12:51 pm #
That shirt really does say it all. Gym Jones Home Improvement.
cara on 20 Sep 2007 at 4:17 pm #
so i’ve never remodeled a house before, but are you supposed to paint before or after you put the sink in?
Marshall on 20 Sep 2007 at 4:22 pm #
Its all about sequencing….
Ok, ok. It definitely makes it EASIER to paint before you put the sink in. Part of the problem was I was crunched for time and refused to blow my Saturday waiting for paint to dry before putting the sink in, then I made Mollie paint around the sink. Hehe.
Weithy on 29 Sep 2007 at 1:39 am #
Good job forcing your wife to do things.