Bye-bye little tile!

Today was supposed to be the day when everything was going to be finished, so I thought I'd write about our bathroom renovations.

For the last several months (maybe even years), the toilet in the downstairs bathroom has been leaking from the tank into the bowl. No big deal. Well, then it started to leak at the valve and the water pooled around the bottom of the bowl and "softened" the floor. A few days before we had Nicholas, we turned the water off to the toilet because we thought the toilet may fall to the basement because it was so soft around the toilet. We knew we had to get it fixed, there was no way we could keep it that way. And then we decided that if we were going to take up the floor and replace the toilet, we may as well do it right and change the entire bathroom. We're finally getting rid of that little ceramic! For those who hadn't seen our bathroom, it was EVERYWHERE! Even the ceiling was covered in it!

So what are we doing?

The little bathroom was actually a 3-piece. We used the shower for about a week when we had the upstairs bathroom walls fixed up and painted. The rest of the time, we used the shower as a storage closet for some of our cleaning supplies. So, we took out the shower. We'll use the space to put a pedestal sink in, so the sink will be in front of the toilet instead of at your knees (and it won't be such an ugly sight when the bathroom door is left open!). We're also putting in a small closet for the cleaning supplies that will open in the side entrance, next to the coat closet. With those changes, we're also moving the light to be above the new sink.

The ceramic was all taken down and drywall was put up. We're also putting in ceramic in the bathroom, closets and side entrance. That's basically where we're at at this point. The guys didn't show up on Wednesday and they're not here yet, despite having said they'd be here at 8:30... We love construction!! :)

Anyway, the bathroom is obviously not finished... so I'll post again when it is. I did upload pictures of the work to date on flickr, so have a look! Hopefully it'll be over soon. I can't wait to clean the house - there's dust and stuff everywhere!!! And I look forward to keeping Christine at home too... she's been going to daycare so that she's not in the mess and getting in their way, and so that she can nap in the afternoon. I miss her!!

Hopefully I'll be writing the end to this story very soon!