It's been quite some time since I've posted some new pictures. The house is coming along slowly, by choice. The first few months were so intense and so all consuming that we've decided to slow down a little and try to enjoy the house as well as work on it. We did however manage to get the 2nd bathroom working! Here's a few of the before and after pictures:

It's very different, isn't it? We removed the awful yellow tub and placed a brand new pedestal sink in the same location. We also completed re-tiled the entire bathroom. It's hard to tell color, but it's a dark green, in the same style as the other bathroom.

We removed the closet and tiny wall sink and had a custom shower stall put in. We hired contractors to do most of the carpentry and plumbing work, but we did all of the tile ourselves. It was over 100 square feet of tile in that little bathroom! We tiled the walls of the shower all the way to the ceiling.

Because of the location of the window above the tub, the previous owners had actually covered the window! We uncovered the window, restored it, and frosted the panes for some privacy (we still need to paint the trim). The window is the old double hung type. We had to remove the sashes, sand down several layers of paint, and replace the ropes. But, they're now fully functioning windows.

Now for some in progress pictures:

Talk about getting down to the studs, we actually removed the entire floor!

We have moved in! We have managed to transform the former "pink" bathroom into a more modest "blue" bathroom. Here's the before and after pictures. Here's the before:
And now after! It's just a tad different, right? Can you tell that we moved the door?
Another before and after. Here's the original pink tub and pink tile.And now with the newly installed blue "octagon and dot" tile and the now white re-finished tub.
Here's a few just for fun "In Progress" pictures:

Now...we're off to finish the kitchen and "yellow" bathroom.

PINK BATHROOM

Got to love the retro look. It's hard to tell in this picture, but both the sink and the tub are pink. This is an excellent example of how remodeling projects can snowball. All we wanted to do was remove the linen closet (which is behind the door) and move the door over, so that there's more room between the door and the sink.

Along with the pink sink, pink tile, and pint bath...we found pink walls under the drywall. Talk about pink overload!

The demolition begins. Dang...more shiplap!

A LOT of demolition was required to move that closet.

Yes, we had to take down the ceiling. Did I mention that all we wanted to do was remove the closet and move the door?

Once we managed to remove the closet, we realized that there was no tile under the closet. Then, we realized that we'd never be able to match the tile. So...good bye tile! They really built homes to last back then. See all the grooves on the floor...that was filled with layers and layers of mortar.

Yay for contractors! They gave us a nice new floor to work with.

And they moved the door for us.

Now they covered it with hardibacker. To save some money, we have decided to do the tile ourselves. That's going to be a bit scary. Stay tuned for how that works out.

KITCHEN

Our kitchen is hidden behind that wall. But, not for long.

So, remodeling is like digging for buried treasure. You're never sure what you'll find. We found wallpaper under the drywall. Apparantly, instead of plaster or drywall, they used to cover the walls with pure wood and wallpaper.

Shiplap is the tongue and groove wood that was used instead of plaster or drywall. It makes for a SOLID house. But, it makes it a bitch to remove!

But we did it. It took a lot of work!

YELLOW BATHROOM

Our first remodelling project was the bathroom. We discovered that much of the house is original. Gotta love the yellow tub from the 1950's!

Our first demolition project was a closet in the bathroom. It was a large closet that took up too much valuable space in that little bathroom. That's my husband. Isn't he adorable?

Goodbye closet!

And now, no more bathtub! Do you see that wood on the wall? It's called shiplap and the entire house is covered with it. It's tongue and groove wood that was used instead of plaster or drywall. Let me tell you, that makes for a solid house!

OUR HOUSE

It's cute, isn't it? Through a little work, this humble abode will become the home of our dreams. We've never done anything like this, but we're about to tackle a huge remodelling project. Gulp! Well, here we go....