Bathroom Redo

When we bought this house we had a list a mile long of things to change/update/knock down/redo. We did major work before we moved in about 3 1/2 months after we closed, and then made a list another mile long of things to upgrade/add on/redo while we live here. That list is very much in progress.

One of the things that made me absolutely cookoo bonkers crazy after we moved in was this dumb full bathroom off of our family room. We had knocked out half of the wall before we moved in, but because that was the only shower in our home at the time, we left the bathroom a full bath as was and added its conversion to a powder room to the "someday" list. In the meantime, we ended up converting the clawfoot bathtub upstairs into a shower/tub combo and hardly ever used the ugly downstairs full bath. So it just sat there and ate away at me each. and every. day. I am overjoyed to tell you that "someday" has come. Can you hear the angels singing in the heavens?

When I say that bathroom was ugly, I am not holding back. Here she is in all her before glory:

And here was the original wall before we knocked out the farthest left portion up to the terribly ugly awful bathroom before we moved in:

I can't say that it's been easy sheasy. My wonderfully handy husband did almost all of the work himself. We hired the floors done. My dad built the vanity custom for us after I saw a picture and wanted it tweaked a bit. And my dad and Jason hung the wallpaper. The entire project took a long time, but I'm thrilled with the results (and that the dust is gone... for now). Here is what the wall looked like when we started a few months ago:
Notice that this blasted wall sticks out so dang far that you have to walk around the couch to get through the bathroom door. Yeah, it was bad. Have I mentioned that I hated it?

But have no fear! The end is here! The bathroom is done! Here is the bathroom after:

Is it a beaut, Audrey? (Sorry, favorite movie of all times.)
Here is what the wall looks like now that it's all pushed back:

Don't worry the fun doesn't stop there. This isn't going to be this wall's final story. Next project is the addition of a fireplace and built in bookshelves surrounding. Stand by for updates on that in the next few months.

This was a really messy project. And it was one of those that had to get way worse before it got better. Here are some in progress pictures:

Who doesn't love a toilet in their dining room?


Let's take one last look at the before and after: