When we purchased Rockey Manor way back in the summer of Twenty Thirteen, we had a dream of transforming this room that had been divided into a less-than-darling kitchenette/bathroom. Our dream was a large family bathroom that would also serve as laundry central.
That pantry(?) to the right was gutted to make room for our future washer and dryer...
Things get worse before they get better (no doy).
With all of the electric wiring and plumbing to be installed and rerouted behind those walls, we ended up tearing out most of the plaster on the walls to make things easyish on ourselves.
Check those new hot and cold supplies for our future wash basin...
After all electric and water lines were in place, we put up fresh gypsum on all the walls.
Nice gams, flyboy.
Here's a shot of the finishing stages of the drywall...
and another...
aaaaaand one more featuring an upside down tub...
Whew. Exhausting.
After we got the walls all dolled up in fresh paint, we cleaned up some baseboards salvaged from our lovely neighbors' home...
We also hung the mirror that IKEA no longer sells, but that we purchased off the wall of mirrors leading to their second floor bathrooms...
Here's the washer and dryer nestled in all snug into their little nook...
Boy, this post is getting ridiculously tedious. I'm starting to think that a simple "before" and "after" pic would have been more than sufficient. But, alas, I have already uploaded all of these images of minute details and must march forward.
How about pics of a couple secondhand pieces we picked up...
Like this metal cart we found at Midland Antiques in charming downtown Indianapolis...
And this, one of two porcelain chain lamps we found for just a few bones on the eBay...
And finally, let's step back to take a look at that aforementioned "after" shot...
Wow!
Good grief, it took us longer than necessary to get there. But don't you feel like you really got to know our new bathroom on an uncomfortably intimate level? Because if we haven't accomplished that, then what the hell good is a blog anyhow?
Am I right?
I'm right.
You're welcome.
Well, it took so long getting around to posting about the bathroom that it's probably about time we peeked in on the dining room.
[ooh, cliffhanger]
