Bathroom renewed

The first image shows the 'original' bathroom (sans 1960s shower doors) of the house when we moved in last year. I write, 'original' because the bathroom is clearly a mix of designs & fixtures from various decades past. 

When trying to decide how to update the bathroom, we went back and forth on whether or not my hubs and I should retain anything from the current iteration. We were also keen to see if we were capable of doing any of the work ourselves. After ripping out the glass shower doors and taking down old towels racks and a light fixture, we realized that we weren't really able to do much more and decided to leave the bathroom alone until finding a suitable builder. We had wanted to keep the original tile work, but both the floor and wall tiles were a bit too scratched and chipped to retain. In the end, we opted to replace everything in the bathroom but the toilet.

Where the tub stood.

New tub and tile.

All new save for the loo.

The last to be installed is a hinged glass shower partition along the tub. We opted not to put up a shower curtain as the room is small enough without sort of cutting off more of it with  fabric. 

This small job was the first of its kind we've had done. And it was not straightforward as I suspect many jobs of this sort aren't. There were a few false starts what with product delays and a few changes to the plans to come down the pike. Additionally, some of the floor tiles were massively askew and a few were noticeably chipped. The man whom we hired was able to come back today and re-work the work, as it were. What began at the beginning of January will now finally be finished in March. I'm just glad that the end is in sight. Thank goodness we've a small bath downstairs. I'm wondering how folks who have this sort of work done with only one bath on premises get through it. I'll be glad to be back in upstairs bath & can only imagine that it will feel as if I'm on vacation when first using in its new and improved form!