July 24, 2011 - Almost Ready...

Lots happened in the bathroom over the weekend. We've got a new potty... we've got a new sink... we've got new shower hardware & a new light fixture!!! It's all very exciting and I think a ceremonial ribbon-cutting is close at hand!

July 15, 2011 - We Have A Floor!

Work continues to progress on the bathroom, and the new floor looks fantastic. It feels like we are getting very close!

June 28, 2011 - We've Got Tile

Yay - work on the bathroom has started up again after a brief pause. The guys have started putting tile up and it looks great! You may notice the mess on the floor... that is because we decided to go ahead and replace that tile too after realizing that trying to patch the missing pieces would probably not work out very well.

June 13, 2011 - New Pipes

OOH! We got shiny new pipes in the bathroom - yay!

June 6, 2011 - A New Window

When we replaced all the windows in our house a couple years ago, I convinced Tom not to replace the window in our bathroom. Sure it was warped and was missing a panel, but it was leaded glass and had a lot of character. I was positive we would be able to get it fixed and save it. Well, 2 years later, after a lot of looking at that missing panel and a lot of struggling when trying to open or close it, I was all for replacing it as part of our renovation.

(Of course, I am keeping the old window so that I can put it on my list of someday projects to fix!)

June 3, 2011 - Renovation, End of Week 1

So it's the end of week 1 and we have progress in the bathroom - including this crazy new invention called insulation which apparently didn't exist when the house was built in 1898.

May 31, 2011 - Bathroom Renovation, Day 1

Tom and I are having our main bathroom renovated. We have been planning it since we discovered a leak last fall; after holidays and trips we're finally getting started.

We're not making huge cosmetic changes, just fixing the leak and freshening up everything, but as long as we we're having work done, we're also having plumbing installed up to the 3rd floor so that we won't have to rip out the walls again when we decide to put a bathroom up there at some point.

Here's a shot after day 1! It is all very exciting!