Bathroom Tile Begins

No wonder it costs so much...look at all the equipment needed. Good thing I emptied my bedroom...

Week Four 8/22/07 Cabinets Arrive

Cabinets!

Week Four

Kitchen sheet rock and taping begins...

End of Week 3 - sheetrock and lights

Kitchen walls ready for sheetrock




Adding lights to the living room

Kitchen and Living room Week 3

Brace yourself...

Beam with sheetrock still on




Open it up...


Opening up the Living room and Kitchen

Kitchen and Bath week 3

Kitchen w insulation

Bathroom wall w insulation

Week 3 Day 1

Shower Pan initial work done and rubber liner in place...

and a little change request..added the plumbing for the fridge.

Day 8

Bathroom - prep for the shower pan floor. Seems my choice of tile will result in extra work for Tile Man. Gue$$ what that means...

Week 2 Day One more bath and kitchen

Bathroom towel rack wall




Kitchen wall for stove w gas and new electrical

Day Five

New plumbing for the Kitchen sink.

Since we have full access underneath the kitchen, in the garage I thought it would be so simple to swap the stove and sink to the opposite sides. What a maze of pipes for water, vents, gaslines plus wiring.




New Kitchen lighting - previously I had a single 60 watt bulb in the kitchen.


















Gas lines for the stove, and new wiring.









New shower faucet in place, and the new showerhead copper pipe behind ye old showerhead.

Bath and Kitchen day 4

Bathroom

We had to cut a hole to access the plumbing and move the base for the toilet over.

Bathroom and Kitchen Day 3

Bathroom Demo

Kitchen Demo - Day one 7/31/07

Kitchen before

Who wants a 1930's O'Keefe & Merritt Stove?

Living Room and Bath Before

Time to Remodel the Cube..Before

A few pics before demo of the kitchen and bathroom...I had already moved out a lot of junk and furniture.

I have been thinking about this for years, then got serious many months ago. With my neighbor Kristian planning an extended trip to Africa it was the perfect opportunity to rip out my kitchen and bath while I could use hers. Somehow time got away from me and suddenly I was in a rush to get it started.

There are so many details...what tile for the bathroom floor, for the shower walls, for the shower floor? What faucet? Should it match the sink faucet? Kitchen appliances, cabinet configuration, floor materials, where will the lights go, what will the countertop be, are you painting, what color? No wonder people pay someone to do all of the design work. I decided I could handle it and got suggestions from friends, contractors, magazines, showrooms, home depot, etc.

Now the project is underway. The tired and faded pink and blue bathroom tile is history. Soon I will have a dishwasher, new cabinets, and more than a single 60 watt bulb for the entire kitchen!