Bathroom Plan

Hey!  I promised I would give you the low down on the bathroom, and I am happy to say it is actually happening!  Unlike the rest of the house {which I still plan to post about at some point in time!}, I am going to try to blog about this one as it comes.  We will see how much I am home during the process, how much it goes as planned, and what the general timeline turns out to be to help determine.  But I think it is possible!

As a refresher, here are some of our "current" bathroom plans {I have decorated the guest bath slightly and we have junked up the master, but nothing else has changed}

Guest Bathroom - Soon to be DEMOLISHED!

Master Bathroom - Can't wait for the end!

The PLAN

You guys -- this part of the remodel is going to be tough.  After redoing the rest of the house, we want to be D-O-N-E done.  So in this effort, and the effort of saving money, we have a few "musts":

1. Keep bathtub and tile in the bath. {The tub is in great shape and we have a work-around for the tile that is also not-to-bad-but-not-gonna-work-for-high-maintenance-Kelcie}
2. Toilets have to be fixed to work for Kelcie {a.k.a. they are too tall, scratched and always look dirty, are WALL MOUNTED, and just generally really annoy me}.  Some of this is logistics that I will just have to explain on another day!
3. Vanities must go - they go up to my short-statured hips.  So that's definitely a problem. 
4. Walls have to be fixed from the peeling paint due to too-much-humidity, not-enough-ventaliation 

Peeling paint due to humidity, while this looks like traditional water damage in the picture, there have been no leaks. 

5. Flooring {obviously}

6. Lighting {currently terrible}

Here are our "wants":

1. Pedestal toilets {who, other than us, has to add this to a want list?!}
2. Storage, especially in master
3. Remove soffit and fluorescent lighting over the vanities. 

Mirror is awesome {to be kept for another project} - lighting, not so much

4. Change tile color

It is really speckled in person!

So basically, do everything except for the tub.  Yay!

Timeline

Here it is {today, at this moment - maybe not tomorrow}:

Week 1: 

• Start tearing out soffit/lighting
• Start tearing out tile behind toilet only very carefully so we can reuse the border pieces around the edge of the tub we are replacing {Weekend}
• Complete tile in tub area
  

  

  Keep everything to the left, get rid of everything to the right and reuse the edge pieces

Week 2: 

• Tear out sinks and vanities {Weekend}
• Scrape walls {or other solution as suggested by our "Sheet Rock Guy" who does amazing work... and one of the only things we actually contract out!}
• Tear down "half-wall" in guest bathroom

Master Bath: Not exact but close enough!

Week 3:

• Paint tile around tub {yes: PAINT! Can't wait to see how this works!} {1 evening to paint, 2 days drying, per tub}
• Lay Flooring {weekend}

Guest Bath: Not entirely exact {like that gigantic toilet} but you get the gist!

Week 4:

• Remove toilets, reroute plumbing to floor, put in new toilets {1 day-ish, the other piece we contract out}
• Have walls textured by our Sheet Rock Guy {several days - hello brother, may we borrow your shower?}
• Paint ceilings {weekend}

Week 5:

• Paint walls
• Put in vanities, sinks, cabinets, etc. {3-ish hours per vanity/sink}
• Make pretty

The Good News

I don't have to do dishes in the bathroom during this leg of the remodel. 

The End. 

Not really, next I will explain how IKEA fits into this {spoiler alert: the options are limited on what it could possibly be} and give you an update on our vision for the bathrooms with colors, feel, etc.