Bathroom

It all started with a toilet that rocked a bit when you sat on it...

... so I tried to tighten it. Turns out the mounting bolts had broken off. So I had to pull the toilet to attach new ones....

Turns out the porcelain base had cracked - leaking into the subfloor which was now soft and spongy. Since the tile floor was in such bad shape, the only good option was to replace the whole floor.

While I'm at it, why not just redo the entire bathroom? After all, the plaster walls had this ugly tile pattern etched into them, the wallpaper was horrible, and the vanity was falling apart...

The room is tiny, so it was actually quite hard to take pictures of the final product, but here we go:
IMG_3296.JPG Here's a shot of the fina product. Didn't do any major reorganization -- not that it was really an option in this small space.
IMG_3297.JPG Another shot of the final product, from a slightly lower angle.
IMG_3300.JPG Here is the one major improvement I made. I opened up the wall into the attic space and put in this recessed shelving. It gives us a great place to store towels & sheats. A huge improvement to those under-the-bed storage bins we had been using.
IMG_3306.JPG The new sink & medicine cabinet from the opposite angle.
IMG_3307.JPG This shot shows the new light fixture. I ended up mis-measuring when placing the medicine cabinet and the globes hung too low. I had to raise the light up by only half an inch, but what a pain!