The great bathroom reno of 2011

I'm totally taking the easy route here and posting bathroom reno photos instead of horse stuff. I'll get to the horse stuff later this week.

Our bathroom was in a pretty sad state - we decided this winter that it was finally time to do something about it. We found a great contractor through a co-worker and that sealed the deal.  We probably could have tackled the renovation ourselves, but with both of us working full-time, it probably would have taken way more time than necessary.  As it turned out, the contractor had it done in 5 days!  Not too shabby.

I did a bit of the demo work because it is fun and satisfying to rip out the old stuff.  You also don't need any special skills - just can just wreck stuff!  And wrecking stuff is one of my specialties!  lol

Here is a close-up of the first tile that I removed:

The vanity before.  Notice Richard in the mirror giving the room a "thumbs down"?  Also, all of the light bulbs started burning out the week before we started the demo. I figure it was a sign...  :-)

The very snazzy 1970's shower.  The contractor demo'd the shower and found "1972" written on the wall.  Yikes!  39 years old.  Good riddance old shower! 

Annnnddd - the new vanity!

 Snazzy mosaic tile backsplash (it has a couple of shades of blue and grey in it, but looks dark from this angle) and a modern faucet that actually works!

 A tiled floor and a toilet that doesn't use half of the Earth's water supply in a single flush! 

And the shower - I love the shower.  The same mosaic tile as the backsplash runs in a strip along the wall.  This is a small bathroom - about 12x12 max, so we just fit stuff back in the same dimensions as the original.

And my two little assistants - Charlie on the left and Roxie on the right. They love the bathroom window - it faces east and there is a lot of sun today, so they were watching the birds and basking in the sun.