Day 4: Drywall Party

I've never drywalled before. When I did the renovation in the living room a couple of years ago, I hired a contractor to build some studs and hang some drywall ... basically because I had heard that mudding and taping drywall was an art, and a bad job would totally show ...

Well, as a result of the rot and the plumber having to demo the concrete barrier holding in the shower faucet, I had to learn--quick!

I actually ended up doing a bang up job (brushing my shoulder off). I ended up mounting both drywall and backer board. I used drywall to fill in the space where the medicine cabinet used to be, and Hardibacker Backer Board around the tub (waterproof surface which is resistant to mold).

Here's where the medicine cabinent used to be:


And here is the area around the tub:

Next up, tiling!!!

Day 2 & 3: Set Wayyyy Back

The plumber wasn't able to come on Monday .... or Tuesday ... and showed up late today ... delaying the procject by 2.5 days. Guess it was a good idea my fiance and I canceled our New Year's Eve party we had planned on hosting ...

Here's a photo of the faucet/temp regulator I had installed:

It was a much needed upgrade to the condo. No more leaky faucets!!

Day 1: Bathroom Remodel

Almost three years after moving into my condo, I've finally got around to renovating the hideous, pink, bathroom.

I figure the project will take about 5 days (not really in a rush here) and will be a vast improvement (not hard since the little space doesn't even have an outlet for my fiance to plug in her hairdryer).

So far the plan is to do the floor in slate tiles, and the walls surrounding the tub in glass mosaic tile. The vanity will be upgraded to a double sink with drawers, along with the electrical (updated vanity lights, GFHC outlets and dimmers). My fiance picked out a beautiful set of paints to pull it all together.

No blog post would be complete with a few photos, so here are the "before" and "during" pics of the first day (a.k.a. "Demo Day").







Tomorrow I plan to replace the drywall with backerboard (it is rotted through from water damage), remove all of the trash and lay the first set of tiles.

I'm off to Home Depot to stimulate the economy...

The After ... Finally

It has been over 2.5 years since I have completed my renovation and I never posted "the after" photos ... Well without further delay ...

Here's the before:

And the much anticipated after:




Next, I'm going to tile a backsplash to add a little color to the kitchen area.