Floor refinishing!

We (and by we I mean Mitch) spent 12 hours sanding down the floor in the big bedroom.  Sweet.  We won't put the stain or finish on until we're done with the rest of the room. 

We're not sure yet if we're going to stain it dark like the front room, leave it more natural, or give it a reddish stain like it had originally.  It remains to be seen.  

Back to work!

Wow, its been a long time.  We had another one of those months where Mitch was working on work stuff and I've been busy as well (and also lazy, to be honest).  But now we really need to get the bigger bedroom done so that when our little one comes along in October, we are in a room big enough to fit a crib.  So I got off my lazy pregnant butt and started doing some work.

So I started doing demo on the room.  We had taken the plaster down a few months ago (thanks britt and holly!) so I started today on the lath.

Here is my 20 weeks pregnant self, doing some demo.

Here are the walls taken down to the studs (at least up to the point where I could reach without a ladder):

The old lead weights to keep the windows open are still in place:

We have a lot to do on this room still: the floor needs to be refinished, the fixtures rewired, and new glass put in some of the windows.  All this before we can put up the drywall.  But we're starting to make headway.  My little parasite is lighting a fire under our butts...

Fully operational bathroom!

So we put a sink in!  Yay!

Here is our brand new pedestal sink.

Mitch installing the plumbing:

Now it has a drain.

Faucet in place.

New view from the toilet.

Now we have to finish the tiling...and then paint. 

More work on the bathroom

I can't wait for the bathroom to look like a real bathroom instead of bare studs.  We made some good headway the past few days. 

First, we got the backer board up so we weren't staring at the studs.  Mitch also got that outlet into place.

We put down most of the rest of the floor tile.  There are still a few areas that need to be tiled, but its almost done. 

The area around the tub is going to present some problems.  Stupid curved tub.

Getting the baseboard on:

I totally love the baseboard we picked.

Getting subway tiles up

And the new view from the toilet :)

Next step: grout, and then sink installation

further work on the bathroom floor

We're getting there slowly.   Had enough tile to tile enough of the bathroom floor so that we can work on putting the sink in.

All the backerboard is in place:

Tile laid down:

And grout all done.  Sadly, my ipod was a casualty of the grouting when I dropped it into a bucket of grout water.  :( 

Obviously we still have a section of the floor to finish tiling, but the next step is to get the plumbing ready for the sink, put the wall behind the sink up, and tile it.  Then we can get our sweet brand new pedestal sink in.  Word. 

New toilet!

Old toilet is in the kitchen (well, it isn't NOW, but it was)

Nasty rotting wood floor under the ugly vinyl flooring.   We (by we I mean Mitch) pulled it up down to the subfloor.

We laid tile backer and tiled over the area the toilet is going.  The whole floor will eventually have this tile. 

And finally, brand spanking new toilet in place.  Uncloggable and built for comfort according to the packaging. 

Snow in Portland

Thought ya'll would enjoy some photos of the view from the house in the snow.  :)

Rogue's opinion?  Cold.  Wet.  Not interested.  Want to go inside.