Bathrooms

Even though we have added a bathroom to our house (from 3 to 4) we still only have one potty right now. For a family of five this can be challenging. It can also be challenging when there are always workers hanging out in or near the only bathroom, or the water is turned off again. The other day a friend called me on my cell phone and said, “where are you?” At the rec center. “are you peeing??” Of course I am, try using the bathroom at my house- almost impossible these days. So now I pee everywhere I go.

My downstairs bathroom which used to have a potty and sink.

Now has a ladder instead. Everything was pulled out so the hardwood floors could be installed.

The boys bathroom used to have a potty but it was pulled out to be replaced after the new floor goes in.

Yesterday they set the tile in the shower

this will only be the bathroom for two boys now. One lucky boy will get his own bathroom.

Notice the old wallpaper on the right side of the picture, pretty huh? The tub and potty and sinks in this bathroom were mauve.

I am going to spare you a picture of the only bathroom in service at the moment, I am not sure I can even get in it.

Here is the my new tub, yippee!

and our new shower, and the travertine tile that will go in it.

And a few other pics, master bedroom now has walls

kitchen

Family Room

And everyones favorite

The Dog Shower

The slate has not been grouted yet but I still love it.

The board is to keep the dogs out while the slate tile dries. We have always wanted a dog shower and I could have used it yesterday when the dogs and boys and boys friends came in covered in mud from the backyard. I think I should rename it dog and boy shower. It will have a hand-held sprayer- can’t wait. It was a tight spot but I measured the big girl and put her in there a couple times, all 90 wonderful golden pounds of her, and she fits. She loves baths. Shiloh will have room to run in circles. Which she will, screaming as she does it. She gets so dramatic when she gets a bath, total torture for her.

There really isn’t a part of the house that isn’t getting touched but it is all good.  I am getting tired of construction but I love the idea that our house will be exactly the way we want it when it is done.  No, it won’t have everything my “dream house” would have but it will be very very close.  And the best part is that we are keeping it as green as we can.  Lot’s of natural products like slate, wood, cork.  Blake and I both have horrible allergies and we were lucky that the whole house already had hardwood floors, except the kitchen.  Now the kitchen as well as all new spaces will be wood.  It is my favorite flooring by far.  With cork a close second.  We have cork in the basement.  Our new spaces are not big, in fact most would consider them small and we are adding almost as much porch space as we are interior space to promote indoor/outdoor living.

It seems like it was just a few days ago when I crept out of the house (the boys were sleeping) to meet my contractor in the back yard, rubbing my eyes to wake up and watching the big digger arrive to dig out the basement.  Time flies.
That’s all I got, have a great weekend.

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