A Shell

An empty shell of a room. Nothing but lathe and plaster.


A pic of the wall bump-out framed out and wrapped in plastic to try to contain the dust. It will bump close to the door frame, but small price to pay for some good bathroom space.

The bathroom restovation is underway! It is pretty exciting stuff. The old bathroom was just S-A-D. The tile was the teeny tiny inch-square tile in various shades of pink. The tub: from 1950. The pipes: original. As in 1924. The wiring: knob and tube. It had come to the point where the old tub did not drain and the 1950s medicine cabinet light did not turn on so if you wanted to take a shower, you had to do it by night light and you had to do it fast because the tub would fill up and then you had to stand in the dark and hold the drain plug "just-so" so the water would drain.

In other words. It was time.

Here are some pics of the demo. A little portion of the wall is bumped out about 18 inches to afford us that little extra space. The room is so tiny to begin with that it makes a big difference in the layout that we could configure. It will actually allow us more storage. Design-wise, we are going with what I am calling "vintage/modern". Our tub etc. will be more traditional (a gorgeous pedestal tub, a pedestal sink), with some crafstman-style high wainscoting, but the fixtures will be a little more modern with a brushed nickel finish and a gorgeous travertine tile floor that I fell in love with. It should look fresh and bright and clean and not sad and grungy like our old one. I am so excited!

Right now we have everything torn out - with the exception of some very old tile on the floor which looks suspiciously like asbestos tile. So that will remain and we will floor right over it. It is no problem to keep it, health wise. The danger is in removing it. The new wiring is done as are the new pipes. The new wall is framed. Here are a couple pics....hopefully we are done by Mid-November.