Bathroom reno

Except for a few details, our bathroom renovation is complete! Every time I walk in with a sense of disbelief that this is really our bathroom. This is no fancy 'tub in the middle of the room, dual sink, chandalier' sort of remodel. It'a tiny and functional and crisp and beautiful. We replaced everything, but kept the same footprint and did most of the work ourselves, so it was very economical. This means no more bleary eyed, stumbly trips down two flights of stairs to the basement, um, bathroom. Truth be told, though-we still haven't showered in the new shower. We have fallen in love with our outdoor shower (although the blue tarps aren't exactly my ideal look), and will probably continue to use it all summer.  Bonus: the new bathroom is staying reaaallllllly clean!

Here's a look at the before and afters......

I'll give you all the details and cost breakdown in the next couple of days.

I dreaded using or cleaning this bathroom. yuck.

This is actually after a quick facelift that I performed in an act of desperation.

It was even worse than this when we moved in.

*note the lovely sixties vanity

the tear out......and

ta da!

I jumped for joy when we ripped out the nasty plastic tub surround.

It was replaced with crisp white subway tile and a brand new tub. dreamy.

We waffled a lot about the original hex tile floor. Of course I love, love, loved it, but it had a couple of cracks in fairly noticeable places.

Luckily, we found this fab tile online and I love, love, love it even more than the white.