The Bathroom Project...

When we bought the house, it had just 1 full bathroom upstairs. The linen closet was an odd configuration, the floor tile was the cheapest big tiles that Home Depot had on special buy when they were installed, the shower tile did not match at all, the toilet we decided was rated for midget use only, and the vanities were a kick away from falling over.  With a room that is 10' x 11' we decided that we could make this into 2 bathrooms!
 

 

 

 

So I started to demo work and tackled the ridiculous linen closet. Boy was that thing built to last! It was wood construction covered in sheet rock with enough drywall screws to fill the sink! I also started tackling the tile flooring and discovered beautiful hex tile underneath! Unfortunately it was not in great condition, but we did try to salvage it.

 

 

 

Realizing that in 1 day I only removed the top layer of tile, and part of the linen closet, I decided quickly I needed to call in the big guns....

Mom and Dad came down to visit for the weekend, and went straight to work! Basically what I did in 1 day, Dad and Dan did the rest in about 2 hours!  We discovered that the hex tile was missing in a lot of areas, and uncovered some structural issues, and then decided to take the room back to the floor joists.

We have no idea what the original layout of the house was for this bathroom. As you can see in the picture above, there was a window where the shower was. At one point it was a small one, then a larger one was put in, and now the window is further down the wall! And in case you were wondering, there was one on the back wall as well that we found when we went to put in the shower for the master bath!

The next step was to build the great divide. Dan and Garrison, one of our Navy friends, worked on putting in the structure when they weren't flying one day.  We left the floor exposed so that our plumber, Chris, could come in and have easy access since we were doubling what we had before!

Now these pictures might be a bit dark, I apologize, but they are of the rough finish on the bathrooms!  The first two photos are the hall bathroom, there is a tub in here. Then the master bathroom will have a walk in shower.

Now this is just the rough finish on the bathrooms. We found an amazing tile guy who is a master mason from Bosnia, Berzad, and he started this week working on getting my beautiful tile in!  Stay tuned for updates on the tile, here is a little sneakpeak of what we selected: