Bathroom reno-- part 1 :)

We are in the process of making a few changes around here.

Our boys have been sharing our master bath for about a year now. Why? Leaks.

One of the perks of buying this house was that we would have our own master bath. We had a bath and a half in the Viola house and also in our original apartment that we rented for a little more than 2 years after we married. This house had a "5 piece master bath". Sounds luxurious right? Don't let the fancy words fool you. Any way-------

More than a year and a half ago we noticed some water stains on the ceiling of our downstairs half bath. Utt ohh!! We figured it was directly below the main bath shower. We had the boys start showering in our bath and called a plumber a few months later. Yeah -- we are like that-- it takes us a little while to get the wheels moving.

When the said- plumber came, we had a list of things of him to do to make the per hour charge worth our while. He snaked out the line and said that if it was not fixed to call back and he would go in through the ceiling in the downstairs bathroom. What? Cut into the ceiling?! We once had a hvac person, that needed to repair some drywall and it never looked right again. So-- I was apprehensive about that option.

I guess that you figured out that the tub continued to leak.

We decided to upgrade the bath since a little while after that the toilet began to leak also.

Then I began to think about what we would change I came up with a great idea.
The bathroom is small.
It felt even smaller because someone- who only made a blueprint and never lived with this bathroom- put the door in the dumbest place possible. Originally it opened right across from the toilet. Yes-- if you were sitting on the pot the door could hit you in the legs. Not only that but, behind the door was the shower. We asked our contractor to move the door to the end of the bathroom.
It is more convenient to the boys bedrooms and also when the door opens, there is a wall behind it not a tub. The bathroom is land locked- so although it is not any larger it feels larger.

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Original bath before demolition- we had already replaced the faucet and "Miss Piggy" light bar.(So we are keeping those new ones)





Another shot of the original bathroom- it is so small that it was really hard to take pictures. When the shower curtain is pulled to the side it practically touches the toilet. We have a plan to solve that too.








Demolition day-- out with the old tub, toilet, sink, floor, moldings and door.

Yea!!! See the opening for the new door location? New door location is on the left. The old door location is behind William on the right. Since we are not big renovators this was so exciting for us.



Here is the old door location filled in with new drywall.




Stay tuned for part 2  :)