Holes

There are holes in the floor, now, where the shower drain and the water supply lines used to be. There is a hole in the exterior wall covered only by the siding. Probably a vent for a dryer at one point in time. There's a hole in the bathroom ceiling. Actually, there's no ceiling at all. There are holes for the toilet and the washer. Maybe there are holes in our heads for starting this project. Definitely holes in the bank account.

Pick-Up Load of Bathroom

Our bathroom has been relocated to our pick-up truck. Mostly, anyways. We will give what's usable to 'Habitat for Humanity'. The rest goes to the dump. No one wants our toilet because it is not of the low flow variety. Gary had fun (if work can be fun) taking out the fiberglass shower with a reciprocating saw. He said "This is the second greatest invention, after the wheel." That was the most fun we've had in the shower together in a long time.

The Throne

The trucker who delivered our new toilet was very helpful. He used a small forklift to put it in our garage. Helpful, indeed, since it is a one piece monster and weighs in at 98 pounds. It is truly a throne meant for royalty and I know that the king of the house will enjoy it.

Alfie, also a king in his world, found a sunny perch on the old throne.

Secret Room

The shower stall was most likely installed in the spring of 1985. I found an April 1985 'Register Guard' page stuffed in the wall behind the shower. We moved in in the fall of '85. There is an empty space beside the shower that was walled in. Odd. I've always wanted to find a secret room in my house, although this doesn't measure up to my imaginings.

Bathroom Project

Here we go again. It's been three years since the trauma and ecstasy of our kitchen remodel and, like childbirth, only the joy is remembered. We have lined up many of the same folks who worked on the kitchen.

We did a bit of work on this small bathroom 16 years ago. New toilet, new sink and vanity, and a new wall mirror to replace an old medicine cabinet. Yesterday, we removed the mirror and found a 1996 'Eugene Weekly' rolled up and placed (by us) in the wall recess behind the mirror.