You know, I have lived in this old house now for 6 years with the hubster. Gotta love the man, but P-L-E-A-S-E, doing something over and over again is too much. For him, doing something over and over (usually 3 times) is what works. Doesn't seem to bother him, and I guess it is because he is doing it. Sometimes it really puts my will to love life to the test.
This old house was built in the mid 1800's and was/is in desperate need of work. We remodeled the bathroom when we first moved in.It was our first project.
It was a Thanksgiving weekend when the hubster decided to begin the work. Didn't seem to be a problem, at least not at the time (now I wish I had known blogging and had been blogging each day). It was going to be a small project, just fixing a few things to make it more livable.
To spare you a long story...3 layers of flooring was removed to reveal a subfloor that needed replacing...so, all was removed, new joists were put in, new pluming was done, new electrical wiring, walls were ripped out, tub/shower stall removed replaced by a 4' clawfoot tub that we restored, outside wall was ripped out, repaired...so on and so forth. During that time we had to bathe in the kitchen (uninsulated) and to potty? Well, let's just say it wasn't fun walking across the floor joists with the potty to put it where it needed to go to use it.
Oh, and did I mention that this house has only one bathroom?
Ok, I lived through all of the above and more. Everything was finished and was quite lovely. We HAD a nice bathroom!
The hubster began working on the outside wall recently. He has decided that the outside wall doesn't match the rest of the back of the house and that it would be better to tear out the wall and replace it along with the window. Ok, I knew the window would be replaced, but the ENTIRE OUTSIDE WALL???? Yep, you read right! Now the outside wall is gone and my dear sweet hubster has torn out the ceiling as well. Seems as though he isn't happy with that either. It is October now and was 45 degrees at 10:30am. Do you know how it feels to take a bath in that temperature?
When will this times remodeling be done? Who knows. One thing leads to another here and nothing is for sure. We'll see and I'll just pray for warmer weather.
I keep trying to remember that what doesn't kill us will make us stronger. I just hope that I can find that strength sooner rather than later!
Oh, and the pics? They are looking at the inside view and outside view of my bathroom this morning.
4 comments:
Oh goodness, I remember these pictures!
hey..that's kind of cool to have nature greeting you like that. at least you have privacy!
Amy, these are different from the first. You were there for the first renovations! I am going through this yet again!!!
Rocster, yes, it is nice to have mother nature there and the view to behold while bathing. Only problem is the chilly weather.
LOL....could actually be fun....until it snows!
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