Thursday 25 November 2010

The Bathroom Remodel: Before

Our kitchen and bathroom have been on the back of our minds for a long time; two big projects that must be tackled before we can sell the house. With Matt unexpectedly being out of work and the two of us being at home for a little while, we decided to go ahead and do the bathroom renovation.

The problems with the bathroom were:

  • the bath made a weird popping noise when you stood in certain places
  • The tub surround was very moldy
  • The wall at both the head and foot of the bath was rotting
  • Outdated fixtures in bath/shower and sink
  • Outdated lighting
  • Damaged sink and outdated cabinet
  • Ugly stick down tiles
After I took the 'before' pictures, I actually think the bathroom looks worse in pictures than it did in person. Though that might just be because I've been living with it for so long!

Here it is in all it's moldly glory:




As you can imagine it has been a lovely relaxing place to take a bath.

Not so much.

Now you have seen the bath and shower that we have been living with for over six years. There is of course a little bit more to the bathroom but I will show you that another time. We haven't started on that part of the room so no before pictures yet.

The bathroom has been a work in progress for 13 days now. The back of the house is an obstacle course! It definitely makes me rethink the idea of living in a house while fully renovating it. I'm also really glad we didn't attempt to do it as a weekend project, it has been a lot more complicated than anticipated!
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