Bathrooms...

Wouldn't you know... halfway (or less) through a bathroom remodel at the farmhouse, we took a break for a cabin weekend. The last day, after we had breakfast and did the dishes and got packed up, we pulled the leaky toilet and discovered a rotten floorboard. Oh, joy...

We spent four days at the cabin to get the worst of it done: removed a pocket door that divided the room in half and blocked the natural light, removed the vanity and sink, ripped up the vinyl floor, and took down the completely hideous paper paneling. In the process we discovered that there's only R7 insulation in this room that's always felt so cold, so we'll replace that too.

The big job this weekend was replacing the bad boards with new car decking. This took a couple of days, and involved a lot of crawling under the cabin with a right-angle drill. While Dave repaired the floor, I took out the old sheet flooring from the rest of the cabin and broke it into small pieces. The place looks much better with a unified floor.

Before we headed home came the fun part: measuring and brainstorming and sketching out the new bathroom. (Well, I think it's fun.) Moving the sink plumbing over will make room for a decent vanity. And we'll run the wiring properly through the studs, add an outlet (what kind of bathroom has no outlets?), and add a switch for a new light over the vanity. And finally, we'll put up bright white beadboard on the walls.

It will be a cozy, warm, and dry room, and I can hardly wait!