The Bathroom

Hello Dear Readers. We have made great strides in home improvement as of late! We completely demolished our main bathroom and rebuilt it into the most perfect thing ever. All thanks to a large amount of sweat equity given by my father, the great Tim Polston. And Grant, who helped as well; and Clive and Rooney would tell you they did but they lie a lot.

I will break up the process into three segments.

Before:
This is what we were living with; a fully functional bathroom, but one of the biggest eye-sores in the house without a doubt.

Process:
There were so many steps to reshape this room. When Grant and my dad tore out everything, we found a rotted area right under the tub that had to be replaced first thing. My dad ran duct work up from under the house because our bathroom had no vent. It also didn't have an electrical outlet.

Finished Product:
Through this experience we've learned that it's best to throw any preconceived notions as to how things are going to go out the window. Bathroom renovations are no joke. We are so grateful for all the hard work my dad put into this room; it's absolutely amazing and we love it!

The Den

I've wanted to paint our nasty old wood paneled den since before we even bought this house. It was pock marked and made the room feel dark and gross. To give some history, it had water damage on either side of the chimney that had to be fixed, the crown molding sagged in several spots and it looked like they let a wood pecker loose in there because there were at lease a bazillion tiny nail holes everywhere.

It looked something like this (This was the previous owner's set-up):

So after living here for a year and a half we finally got around to it. We did one coat of Kilz Stain blocking Primer and then one coat of our paint + primer that was the antique white we'd picked out for the room. 

It's not a perfect paint job; there was extensive stain damage to that wood (the previous tenants chained smoked) but it's WAY better than before. It feels so much brighter and bigger in there. 

I also wanted to turn the minuscule closet beside the door leading to the garage into a reading/play nook for Clive and Rooney so Dad came over and helped us do that. 

This closet has played several different roles for us. First it was a makeshift pantry, then it basically was just a place for our animal food bowls (those have been relocated). And now it's this:

Here are some "during" photos:

The den looks so great now. One more room down! Kitchen and bathroom to go....eventually.

Before and after:

Bedroom Photo Update