The bathroom (a work in progress)

So, when we moved into this house, we knew there would be work to do. We've shared the master bath with the kids since we arrived in Texas. It's not Clint's favorite thing, and I could do without Chani in my make-up and lotion. We've been using the toilet in there, but not the tub. So, we finally decided to renovate the kids' bathroom.

Here are the before shots (except I forgot to take a before shot before I--yes me, by myself-- took out the toilet)



Once I got the toilet and vanity out (and gave them away on Freecycle), it was time to start taking the tile out of the tub. This was a job. The tile was on top of some sort of plaster/cement, and under that was a layer of wire mesh. That was attached to drywall, and to get the tile off, the entire wall had to come down. My body is exhausted and sore from using a sledgehammer for three days.



Notice the shower head is not attached to the wall or anything. Strange old plumbing!


After that, I had to scoop all the tile rubble into a bucket and carry it outside to the trash can to await a trip to the dump. The corner piece came off in one big chunk and Clint helped me haul that out on the way to work this morning. Then I had to wipe it out with lacquer thinner. It looks nice and shiny and we're waiting on our friend George to come paint the tub with special tub paint.
This is what it looks like now.