The one thing I didn’t want to touch in the bathroom was the floor. I was completely okay with the grayish linoleum that was in there it matched the basic decor and replacing the floor is a huge pain. When we went and put vanity in we discovered it was 1/2″ too big despite measuring … Continue reading
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Part 3: They Did WHAT?!
I posted about the electrical in our bathroom already but I didn’t really post about my reaction when I discovered this nice tid bit about our house. Our bathroom light fixture was dying a slow painful death and I mean 2 out of the 3 lights worked and it was a hideous looking standard builder’s … Continue reading
Part 2: How It Started
I had giving a little background about how the bathroom happened. It started with a faucet a simple faucet replacement turned into a complete bathroom remodel. Once we realized it wasn’t coming out we then went to Home Depot and purchased this: I started getting excited that we were getting new things for the bathroom. We of … Continue reading
Part 1: The Beginning of Our DIY Bathroom
I grew up helping my dad and uncle build things so my knowledge of tool care and how-to do stuff is quite vast (when I mean helping I mean doing all the crap jobs they didn’t want to do – lol.) I know how to install insulation, how to hang dry wall, how to frame … Continue reading
One Step Forward, Two Steps Back
So progress on the bathroom has been worse than slow. We got the walls painted and tried to install the light fixture to find this: Which lead to this: And Jeff helped me install the light (because I am just short enough that it wasn’t going smoothly. Then we were installing the vanity and the … Continue reading
Kitchen Sink Repair
Okay so I know I have not posted a recipe in a couple weeks but this weekend we were going to make Eggplant Lasagna but our Kitchen Faucet finally went to faucet heaven. For the record I have replaced faucets in the past and it usually takes a couple hours. This project took several hours … Continue reading