Out with the Old

Happy New Year! I hope everyone's year is off to a fabulous start. We're dealing with a sick Guinness (mystery illness but likely some sort of gastrointestinal problem or doggy flu), but he seems to be improving after lots of napping. Other than that, it's been a quiet, productive and fairly relaxing day. Hopefully a sign of how the year will go!

After months of talking about it, it seems only fitting that we finally began our hallway bathroom renovation on Friday as the year was coming to an end. Here's the before in all its pink, metallic glory.

Aside from accessories, we haven't done a thing to it since we moved in. We also thought none of the prevoius owners had done a thing to it (except pull up the carpet that we learned used to be in there from Chris' high school classmate who lived in our house growing up), but learned differently the instant Chris began taking down tile.

Why yes, that IS tile ON TOP of tile. Honestly, I do not know what the hell some people are thinking when they take on a renovation project. The good news is that both layers came down fairly easily and we'll have a very slightly more spacious bathroom ;)

Chris was off on Friday and got a good start on the demo before I came home and joined him. All the tile is now down, the countertop and sink are gone, the toilet is gone and some of the wall surrounding the tub is gone.

We gave ourselves a break over the weekend to enjoy some time off and for festivities with friends and family but I think we'll be back at it tomorrow. Next up is clearing the debris out of the bathtub, trying to remove the soffits (unless they're hiding wiring and plumbing, then I think we'll leave them), removing the wallpaper and the flooring. We're still on the fence about the cabinets and bathtub. We might have the front of the cabinets refaced and the tub resurfaced, but we'll see how they survive the rest of the demo.

Wish us luck!