I smile super big every time I walk into this glorious space. It makes me so happy, I can't help but smile. Chuck has worked so hard. I'm so proud of him. We have made so much progress. We've been in a holding pattern for 3 weeks now since we've had such little free time on the weekends. But that doesn't bother me. For all intents and purposes, the bathroom is finished, we're just waiting for the icing on the cake - the shower.
The view as you walk into the bathroom from our room.
I love this toilet. It is eco-friendly and adult-sized (our last one was smaller than normal). Those towel hooks just got hung up today. The art, shelf and hooks were like the 4th plan...we nixed 3 other ideas since none of them worked. First we were going to do a towel warmer over the toilet - didn't work. Second idea was a hotel style towel rack with a shelf on top - didn't work, the towels hung out over the toilet too much. Plan C was to do a smaller towel rack with only two bars - again, same towel issues. I prefer not to move a towel out of the way before using the toilet. So, lastly, we came up with the hooks that ended up using the space better and gave us an opportunity to incorporate some art as well.
This smaller table is my make-up station and also used for additional storage. Since there is no way to add an additional sink we had to get creative. We can't both stand at the sink and get ready at the same time so I came up with a separate area that works just as well and keeps us both happy.
This is the icing on the cake - the unfinished shower stall. We originally planned to take out that 2x4 and make it a seamless glass shower. However, when we looked up in the attic, we noticed that this seemingly unimportant piece of wood is actually load bearing. This project has been filled with multiple Plan B's, C's and D's. So Plan B is to tile around the wood and attach the glass to it. Either way we still get a much more open space than we had before.
It's such an amazing feeling of accomplishment to make a plan and do all the work and see it through to completion. I really appreciate this room much more having done the work ourselves and problem solved so many issues. However, that being said, I will definitely appreciate my kitchen (our next project) when we pay someone else to do it and problem solve for us. We own our limitations and we know we would never make it through a kitchen renovation. Time is of the essence in the kitchen. It's worth whatever it costs to have someone else do it and do it quickly.
