Monday, November 14, 2016

Another step forward

We finally have a moving date scheduled for this Thursday. Hooray! Well, actually, it's the first move date as some of the things will stay in the old house for staging and will move when it sells. We will be stretching some areas a bit during this transition time, but that should be okay. It won't be the first time that we've used moving boxes as furniture.

So you may have surmised that if we're moving the new construction on the new house is done. Almost. The new master bath is done and looks really good. There's nothing like something new and shiny. :) Also, the floors are done. We can walk on them now and they should be cured enough for the heavy traffic of the move by Thursday. There's still a bit of construction going on in the basement and we've found three different leaks last week that need some attention, but those can be dealt with later.

Not surprisingly, we have been packing in earnest this weekend. We are lucky that the houses are only 20 minutes apart so we have been packing delicate and awkward items and taking them over ourselves. This way we don't have to do the extra packing it would take to put them in a moving van. And in some cases, we've been able to put them in their places which is so much the better.

Better get back to packing so I can get another box or two done before I go to work. Below are before and after pictures of the bathroom.

The old toilet and shower were in a separate room and very cramped. This was the main motivation for changing things.


The shower stall was opposite the toilet and you had to sit on the toilet to get out of the way of the door when it was opened.


The other part of the bathroom was not too bad. There was a reach-in closet on one side and vanity on the other. However, we wanted two sinks instead of one. The carpet was also pretty worn.


In the new bathroom, you can see the wall is down between the vanity and the toilet. The toilet is just peeking up on the far side. We took part of the closet away to enlarge the shower. Also, I'm really looking forward to the heated floor.


A look inside the shower. While not huge, we're thrilled because this is a bigger shower than we've ever had. We expect to get a lot of use out of the bench.


Another view of the vanity wall. You may have noticed the walls are very blue. It reminds me of the the color of a bluebird's egg and was chosen to specifically be something cheery in the morning. This is a big departure for us. We're more of the variation on beige people.


13 comments:

  1. Very nice, live and learn. The bench in the shower with the grab bar will be especially useful, down the road.Good luck with all of the packing. Lili

    (I had some problems posting this morning, so I've transferred your comment, Lili, to the post it's supposed to be with.)

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    1. Our contractor has had both of his knees replaced so he was helpful in helping us place the grab bar. Fortunately, we haven't needed one yet, so we weren't sure how they would be used.

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  2. The bathroom is wonderful and so much more functional that it looks like it would have been in the photo. I would love a bench in my shower. We are planning on redoing the MBR bath in the next year, so maybe then!
    Good luck with the move. I don't envy that part!

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    1. You're right. The bathroom is so much more functional than it started out. Most of the house is well designed for the time it was built, so we were surprised that the bathroom layout was so difficult.

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  3. Yay, you have a move-in date! The bathroom remodel looks very nice. Will you be celebrating Thanksgiving in your new home?

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    1. We will be going to my brother-in-laws house for Thanksgiving. I don't think we are going to be moving enough furniture in this move to host it. That's one thing I'm thankful for, that I don't have to host Thanksgiving this year.

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  4. Gorgeous! I hope the move goes super smooth :o) Congrats!

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    1. I hoping that the move goes smoothly. We have a good company, but the nature of moving makes it so there's usually some kind of hitch. If there is, we'll deal with it.

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  5. Beautiful. I love your color and fixture choices. And the OT in me loves the shower seat and the grab bar ...

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    1. We also have a grab bar at the front of shower to help with getting in. The bench and bars are planning for the future, but I'm excited about using the bench now.

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    2. In front of the shower is my most-recommended place for a grab bar, as it's hard to keep your balance on one foot while entering and exiting the shower. We have one in that location by our tub. Ain't none of us getting younger ....

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    3. The shower should serve us a long time with its bars and benches.

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  6. I like the new bathroom especially the new shower, with that bench. The color too, really nice.

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