Bathroom Remodel

Our shower lining has been warped and mold has been settling around the bottom edges for over a year. We finally got to work the last weekend of June. David Haworth was in town and his dad offered his services. We jumped on that and decided to get it done that week. David tore out the old liner Thursday evening. David H. came over the next morning and assessed the water damage, which wasn't as bad as I had anticipated. He replaced some insulation. But, it looked all right after having the fan on it for 24 hours. David H. installed the hardibacker and sealed the seams. My dad came over that night and we laid the first row of tile. We did most of the tiling on Saturday. Since we only have one bathroom, we were anxious to have a working shower again. It took a week to get to that point. David showered at his parents most nights and I showered at Chandra Raab's. It wasn't fun, but it worked.  I think the kids only got one bath that week. 

some paint samples. I chose light silver sage, the one on the far right. I love it!

I took the kids to Papi's house on Thursday night while David was demo-ing. Annika applied a liberal layer of Gram Pam's lipstick around her lips; one of her favorite pass times. 

We found this swing at our local Goodwill. I talked the owner down a dollar on it and brought it home for Papi's house for $3.50. :)

we've been working on using the potty. She's still used it a few times every day, even with all of the mess in the bathroom. She is still in diapers. We're just getting her used to the toilet.

I forgot to get a picture after David had demo-ed it out. But this is a picture of all of the sheet rock and mess that David H. pulled out before installing the hardibacker. It looked so much nicer to have that clean hardibacker up!

Annika arranged her pita bread from smallest to biggest for lunch on one of our bathroom remodel days.

potty pop after church! She stayed dry all 3 hours one Sunday! She went poop and pee at the church for her first time that same day.

Saturday work

laying the last tile! I think that was on Monday. I hated how messy our sink, floors, and toilet got each day. 

ahhh. So nice to have a shower again! It was a lot of work. But, we are so glad we did it!