Long time, no see
Guess who's coming over tomorrow? Guess, guess, guess! Give up?
My contractor.
He who has not been seen nor heard from since September. Oh, how we have missed him. He's coming over to give us an estimate on doing the upstairs bathroom. That would be the main one we use to shower and bathe the kids and get ready every day. Apparently, remodeling is like childbirth: you forget the pain and readily sign up for more a few months later.
If you ask Josh, we are strictly getting estimates. If you ask me, we're totally ripping the walls out tomorrow. We have a bit of a disconnect on this project, as you can see.
said bathroom holds the distinction of being the only room in the entire house that has not had any work done to it. As you can imagine, it is in serious need of some updating. Flowered tiles scattered throughout the plain ones, a whirlpool tub circa 1982, tile that still has the grout-spacers stuck in it and a sloping floor all make this bathroom a must-see!
But the prodigal contractor knows there are several fixes that still need to be done after the basement remodel and now he will have to see them and address them tomorrow. Perhaps he can share with me the reason a new gap is forming between the living room floor and the baseboard above the newly constructed staircase wall. Or the huge gap that has formed between the baseboard and the floor on the outside wall. We're talking a half-inch in spots. Oh the fun I had weatherproofing those gaps only to have my curious child crawl over and pull the weatherstripping out of the gaps thinking it was a midmorning snack.
And I want to take on another project that could potentially see me without a working bathroom on the bedroom level with two small children for weeks on end? Clearly I need to re-read my own archives from the gutting of the first-floor and the creation of the lower level. I just never learn do I?
My contractor.
He who has not been seen nor heard from since September. Oh, how we have missed him. He's coming over to give us an estimate on doing the upstairs bathroom. That would be the main one we use to shower and bathe the kids and get ready every day. Apparently, remodeling is like childbirth: you forget the pain and readily sign up for more a few months later.
If you ask Josh, we are strictly getting estimates. If you ask me, we're totally ripping the walls out tomorrow. We have a bit of a disconnect on this project, as you can see.
said bathroom holds the distinction of being the only room in the entire house that has not had any work done to it. As you can imagine, it is in serious need of some updating. Flowered tiles scattered throughout the plain ones, a whirlpool tub circa 1982, tile that still has the grout-spacers stuck in it and a sloping floor all make this bathroom a must-see!
But the prodigal contractor knows there are several fixes that still need to be done after the basement remodel and now he will have to see them and address them tomorrow. Perhaps he can share with me the reason a new gap is forming between the living room floor and the baseboard above the newly constructed staircase wall. Or the huge gap that has formed between the baseboard and the floor on the outside wall. We're talking a half-inch in spots. Oh the fun I had weatherproofing those gaps only to have my curious child crawl over and pull the weatherstripping out of the gaps thinking it was a midmorning snack.
And I want to take on another project that could potentially see me without a working bathroom on the bedroom level with two small children for weeks on end? Clearly I need to re-read my own archives from the gutting of the first-floor and the creation of the lower level. I just never learn do I?
Labels: Remodeling
posted by Amy at
9:30 PM
3 Comments:
oh boy. I'm afraid for you. Very afraid.
glutton for punushment
ugh. I get hives just thinking about remodeling! I hope it goes smoothly!
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