New Bathroom!!! It's DONE!!

Its Done! Its Done! I never thought I'd be so happy to hug a toilet in all my life!!!

For this project, we decided not to tackle the bathroom ourselves. The hubs is working too many hours, I am preggo, and with two - soon to be three - boys in the house, we needed the bathroom work done as quickly as possible. Shout out to our great contractors!!!

Let me quickly remind you what we were dealing with.

1. The toilet. Aside from the obvious 1980s mobster appearance, this black beauty took almost a full minute to flush and you had to hold the button down the entire time. That's right - button! And how many kids do you know are willing to stand and hold a button in for that long? Not my two!! Imagine the surprises we found in there daily.

2. The sink. Black sink = water marks and toothpaste residue EVERYWHERE. Plus a pedestal sink and that little black shelf were a joke for storage. According to my husband (who is right but don't tell him) I like to hide everything away. So we needed a sink with better...ahem....hidden... storage options.

2. The shower. Oh, the shower. Where to begin. The soffit that trapped in the steam? Or the shower head mounted 2 feet too low that was coming out of the wall surround? Or that it leaked into the basement whenever we took a shower? Oh no, wait...my favorite...the massive build up of old cigarette residue that dripped on our heads when showering. Ewww!!!

4. The tile: Completing the look of the whole bathroom was the institutional white tile and black grout covering the floor and walls. But look closely my friends and you will notice that that white tile was actually fancy tile with a floral pattern on it. Sweet!!!

This bathroom was obviously more than a coat of paint could help. So it all had to GO.

Day 1: Our contractors came in and ripped everything out to the studs. Ahh...looks better already. :)

Day 2 - 10: This was the only view I got :(

Luckily, we only ran into a couple of "small" hurdles. For instance, all the plumbing was bad, the wiring needed to be redone, and when they took out the bathtub there was NO insulation between the tub and the outside wall. Our awesome contractors took the time to properly insulate and even checked the rest of the house before they left.

Here is a progress shot of them adding insulation before putting up the rest of the bathtub. Yes, I snuck behind the blue tarp and took this picture one evening after they left, muwahahaha

But after two weeks of using the tiny shower in the master (which will be another make over post on here one day), they were done and we had a brand spanking bathroom to use. So without further ado, lets take a look at our new favorite room in the house.

Toilet: Before & After

Sink: Before & After

Shower Soffit: Before & After

Bathroom View: Before

Bathroom View: After!!!!

I am LOVING my new bathroom. Removing the soffit, adding vanity lights, and using a larger tile and lighter grout (only on the floor) make our bathroom look a lot bigger. When in fact, the new tub is actually bigger than the old and the new vanity takes more space. The illusion of good design, I guess. Thanks HGTV!!

I couldn't be happier with the new toilet, bathtub, tile, and sink with a place to hide all our bathroom junk. But most importantly...there are no more cigarette tar bombs dropping on our heads anymore and my kiddos can properly drop the kids off at the pool without me having to walk in on a swimming lesson :)