"I didn't get everything done in one day either" -God

We have just about finished  two of our summer projects. We usually do most of the work ourselves when it comes to home remodeling but this one called for a couple of contractors for us to complete the job.

I will start with the bedroom. 

 This is what we started with. The walls had painted wood paneling on top of plaster and lath. Also in the 1969  the windows had been replaces with smaller windows. Sadly all the original trim had been removed and thrown.

The wood floors were saved and in really good shape. 

We covered the floors and the demo begin. You can see in the picture below the original size of the windows. Once we had it down the the studs we had it all spray foam insulated. We also put in some more outlets since the room only had two and replaced the ceiling fan.

Here is the finished bedroom. We replaced the windows bringing them back to the original size. We also matched the trim with what is in the rest of the house.

Morgan has decided that she needs to be on the bed at all times. So I guess she likes the improvements we have made. 

Now on to the big project...the bathroom. 

This is what we started with. It is a Jack and Jill bathroom. The walls had 1950's green plastic tile that were barely hanging on. Under the tile was plaster and lath. The tub was  cast iron. It was nice but it took up the whole bathroom that is a tiny room.

Gutting a tiny room is a lot harder than a big one! It was a major decision on if we should keep the bathtub or take it out. 

In the end after much debate and consulting with the contractor we decided to take the tub out and replace it with a custom shower. 

I was super excited to find the original wood floors under a layer of linoleum and a layer of plastic tile. 

After I got all the old flooring off and pulled all the nails and staples I sanded it down with my little hand sander. We would not have gotten a big floor sander in the room. 

It was a messy, hard job.  

After it was all sanded it put the stain on. I used the same color stain as what is on the the trim and doors in the rest of the house. The rest of the wood floors in the house are a light color and I knew the wood that was on the bathroom floor would not look good with a light stain. After it was stained I put two layers of poly on. It turned out beautiful! I love all the imperfections in the wood. You can see the line of nail holes where they nailed the trim around the bathtub. It was so worth all the hard work I put into it. 

So here it is, the finished, well almost finished bathroom! We still have to get all  the quarter round trim on and the trim around the window is not on. I did not take a picture of the window but we took out the big window and replaced it with a small non-opening window just to let some light in. We also replaced the lights, put in a new light/fan and replaced the sink and toilet and I refinished the two doors.  We had the shower custom made out of Onyx. It was so hard to get something that would work in the room and still be functional. We are very grateful to Matt Staloch for all of his advice and ideas and what we could do to make the most of the space we had. If you are ever in the need of a great contractor Matt is the way to go. He also put the windows in for us. 

So that is in. Two major remodel projects done. Now we only have one room left and then we will be done for awhile. The kids are wondering now that we are done if we are going to move... But I think we are good right were we are....for now. 

Stay healthy and safe

Sharon