Baby Steps...

Work has been REALLY slow on our house lately. Since I got preggo, there have been very few projects that I can really participate in and without me, Eric gets side tracked and nothing ever gets done! Well, not this past weekend! We decided we had had enough of our disgusting upstairs bathroom( note: downstairs bathroom is also gross) and that something had to be done!

So before I even get started on what we did, let me tell you, this is no fantasy bathroom. We updated it so we could live with it while we create an entirely new bathroom for the house which will be more luxurious. Eventually we will do a complete remodel of the existing bathroom, but with a baby on the way and other priority projects - who knows when that will actually get done!

This all started Friday night when I announced to Eric that I thought something had died in the bathroom. It smelled really really bad and once we both evaluated it, we knew this was something that could not be ignored. Now, you know how they say "a picture is worth a thousand words" ? Well this is more of a "you have to see it to believe it" situation. The picture just doesn't do it justice...
We knew already that the smell that got this project started was probably a result of the bathroom fan which, although was originally put there to keep the bathroom smelling fresh, had been improperly installed and truly needed to be replaced. Upon removal, we saw it wasn't even hooked up to a vent and the mold growing in it made me wonder if it had been safe to use that bathroom for the past couple months!

After removing the fan we( as in Eric - he he!) painted the bathroom with mold/mildew resistant paint and patched some holes( yes i said holes) in the ceiling, which again were the result of the former owner's improper drywall installation. Then we installed a new fan and replaced and fixed all of our electrical outlets, light switches and installed a new light. While Eric was doing stuff my preggo body couldn't do, I worked on getting some new hardware, accessories and a shower curtain for the bathroom. I also built us a new radiator cover, and though it only cost me about $10 and some time to make, its a million times more attractive than what was there! We both had to do a lot of tedious little things to bring the project to completion.

So after a few days of work, the bathroom is finally in presentable shape. It no longer smells, its not appalling to look at and though its not our dream bathroom, it's baby steps in the right direction!