Thursday My weekend technically started on Thursday night since our office was closed on Friday for the holiday. And what better way to start the holiday than with a little sand volleyball?? Kelly and some of the guys from his office met up to play a game of sand volleyball so Cooper and I tagged along for the fun. We met up with the Smiths and their pup Sidney, and Shiner and Gracie, two of Cooper's litter mates, were there as well. The evening more or less turned into a play date for the pups, but Amanda and I didn't mind one bit. After the game was over we all grabbed a quick bit to eat at Chick-Fil-A (YUMMY milk shakes!) and then headed home.
Friday I woke up super early for a day off (7:00 am) and got started on our upstairs bathroom remodel. **SIDE NOTE--The rest of this post will be filled with updates on the bathroom remodel, and it took ALL of our four day weekend to get this task accomplished.** I couldn't do too much by myself, but I did manage to take down the mirror, shower curtain, light switch plates, and hand towel rack. I removed everything from under neath the vanity and got the room ready for demo!
After that I met up with Jen and we headed to Downtown McKinney for a day-o-shopping! She'd been telling me about how cute the stores were in the town square and I decided I'd better make a trip out there to see for myself. We didn't do too much damage and we had a blast hanging out and catching up. We don't get to see each other as much as we'd like, so it was nice to have a day together.
Once Kelly got home Friday afternoon, we got to work on demoing the bathroom. We removed the sink top (1980s seashell sink,) wood cabinet, and yellow linoleum flooring. Then it was off to Lowe's for all our remodeling supplies. We picked up tile, grout (and all the crap that comes with laying your own tile,) sink fixtures, sand paper, primer, and anything else you could image we would need. AND, we did this all in time to catch a 9:30 movie. We were definitely on a mission!! Here are a few post-demo pics...
Saturday We woke up in excitement to get started on the bathroom! I was in charge of hand scraping all the linoleum adhesive (from 1987) off the floor and Kelly tackled sanding the walls (the previous owner left a TERRIBLE texture job for us to fix.) After hours of hand cramping and sawdust flying, we were finally ready to prime the walls and lay the tile. Just in time for the Smith's to show up to help! They were so eager to help us with our demo. Taylor helped Kelly cut the tiles for the floor and Amanda and I primed the walls. It was definitely a group effort and much more fun when you have the extra hands to help out. We were finally done laying all the tile about 4:30 and it was time to call it quits and enjoy the rest of our 4th!
After a quick shower, Kel and I headed to Wes and Brandye's for a dinner off the grill. Wes and Kelly cooked some delicious pork ribs while Brandye and I ran to Tom Thumb to buy dessert. There would be no cooking on her part...she's about to pop with the baby coming any day now! The oven makes her house too hot, and with the crazy weather we've been having lately, she can't take any additional heat! We wrapped up the evening with a few round of Guitar Hero, and then it was time to crash!!
Sunday Kelly and I headed to church as we anxiously waited for the tile to finish setting. We grabbed lunch from Chicken Express (YUM) and headed home to get to work! I painted the walls while Kelly...well, I don't really know what Kelly did. But by the time I was done painting he was ready to finish grouting the floor. That is...until we had a minor mishap.
I was downstairs cleaning out my paint roller when all of the sudden I heard a steady stream of water spewing in the upstairs bath. I frantically ran up there to see what happened and found Kelly in a panic trying to contain the spewing water from the wall. Spewing really is the only word to describe this incident. In his eagerness to test his new pipe cutter, Kel forgot to turn off the water to the house. Well, he didn't technically forget, but he turned off the water to the outside of the house rather than the inside. Minor oversight.
That's when the panic set in. We were helpless and had no idea what to do. I called my Dad immediately and tried to explain the situation--in a hurry because our floor was now flooding with water. I ran downstairs to try to turn off the water myself and couldn't get to the knob. So I ran back inside to get Kelly a towel when I found ANOTHER problem brewing. The water was now leaking into our closet and ON TO MY SHOES! HELP! I didn't know whether to leave my shoes and take Kelly the towel, or save my shoes and let the water keep spewing. I think the next picture speaks for itself...
After throwing all the shoes I could grab into the vicinity of bathtub, I ran upstairs to give Kelly the towel. He went back downstairs and outside to try to turn off the water and FINALLY was able to stop all the madness. My dad and brother showed up a few minutes later to help us "repair" the damage. Fortunately for us, we dodged a MAJOR bullet and didn't have any damage to our ceiling, floor, or tile that we had just installed. After a lot of cleaning up and drying out, we were able to finally grout the bathroom floor and call it a night.
Kelly's re-cap of the night: "That's the most stubborn thing I've ever done. I've never felt so helpless in all my life."
Monday I woke up and immediately sealed the grout and touched up the paint that had run down the walls the night before. We let the grout seal and headed to the gym for a workout and some pool time! Once we were home, we installed the base boards and waited for my Dad to come back over to install the vanity and toilet. A mere 3 hours later, we were looking at our final product!! What a relief to be completely finished with this project we've been meaning to do since November. We didn't have long to stand around and admire our work--we had to be at the softball fields for Kelly's double header by 7:45! Fortunately, they won both games! After an exhausting weekend, we were ready to climb in bed and crash!!
On the left is the look we were going for. I think we accomplished it, don't you?
6 comments:
your bathroom looks fabulous!!!
was laying tile difficult? we're going to tackle that task pretty soon in our master!
It's beautiful! I love everything y'all did!
that looks awesome!! I'm so impressed!
Looks great Nat! Don't you love DIY projects? We finally finished our bedroom and bath...new paint and hardwood floors. Where did you get the light fixture? I need new ones in my guest bath and my bath? Love you!
WOW! Nice work! That turned out beautifully. BTW, I work with Kelly @ ML. Thought I'd say 'hey.'
-jase
LOVE the new bathroom. You are a great story teller Natalie! I was cracking up about your water mishap. Glad it didn't ruin anything and you were able to save your shoes. :)
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