If You Give a Mouse a Cookie

Our rectory has two and half bathrooms.  Our second floor bathroom is shared by all five of us--with one small closet, potty seat, rubber duckies, and the gift of kids' toothpaste left on my towel every morning.  Our third floor bathroom is a large bathroom with a claw tub and a toilet that really doesn't flush.  Each year the rectory has money allotted for our use.  Last year, we had curtains made for our living room and dining rooms.  For last year's budget and this year's we are lumping the sum together to update our bathroom.

Our hope is to retain the old-fashioned feel, but maker it possible for me ( and maybe Adam) to use this bathroom as our primary bathroom.  I would like to be able to leave out some lotions and a hair-dryer and bathe without commentary about my belly.  The project was supposed to involve updating the tub by adding a shower fixture, replacing the toilet, updating the fixtures on the sink, and replacing the floor.  Of course, first they found a problem with the floor that involved ripping up lots of it so they could then fix the pipes.  Then another issue with the flooring.  What would you expect from an house built in 1870?  And who knows if the bathroom was original to the house or not?

Day 1

Day 1

Day 1 with floor that was here when we got here

After fixing plumbing and ripping up sections of wood floor

Day 3- new tiling for our floor

So, right now our tub, toilet, and sink and everything else from that room is in my study/guestroom.  I shot some pictures of the progress.  It has been fun to watch.