Norm was able to complete the bathroom remodel in 45 days...I know because I took pictures on 40 of them. He coped very well with holidays, our vacation, and family emergencies. And the result is stunningly beautiful! (walls are white, but may look darker due to incandescent lights)
Befores on the left - Afters on the right:
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| door to bathroom from hallway - closed |
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| open - we put in a pocket door on the hall side |
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| view of room from bedroom doorway |
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| looking back toward bedroom door |
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| shower - same width, but increased depth by 20" |
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| and Norm put in these wonderful niches to hold our stuff! |
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| replaced 5' standard yellow tub with 6' jetted tub |
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| no more roses wallpaper!! |
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| replaced yellow linen closet and moved it around the corner from the sinks...we had to remove that shared-with-the-closet wall anyway because of the new tub, so we just stole that linen closet space while we were at it! |
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| replaced incredibly icky lights with globes that look different whether they are on or off |
After Norm got through reconfiguring the footprint of the closet (I was unable to get pictures before he started taking out shelve and poles), Dave finished it out by moving the left pole/shelf down, adding another shelf/pole across the back, and adding wire shelves on the right.
It's about 2' shorter than it was but it should be fine and now we are in the process of finding all of our stuff and putting it back.
So thanks to Norm we finally have a wonderful bathroom and thanks to Dave we have a much better organized closet.
Now to figure out how to afford to replace the carpet in the rest of the house!
It's based on my photograph of the mosaic fish on the front of the Mercantile Continental Building in downtown Dallas. The entire art-piece on the front of the building includes mosaics and sculptures and was designed by Millard Sheets in 1959.
