The thing about 'Tub Day' is that even though it is a Big Deal, the actual moving of the tub takes very little time and the rest of the day feels like a bonus. At least it does until you find yourself trying to drive the kids to sleep at 10pm at night and you realize that there has been very little progress despite the fact that there is a big beautiful footed tub sitting in the middle of the hall and blocking pretty much every doorway in the upstairs hallway...We want to start tiling. We really do. Nevertheless, with the tub having been delivered and moved upstairs, but NOT into a bathroom ready to receive it, there really isn't any reason to rush the rest of the finishing work. And so we may be
sleeping in our living room for weeks to come. Not that we haven't started moving back upstairs mind you. The entrance way is sans sheets now and functioning once again as a repository for coats and shoes. And the duffle bags full of clothes are upstairs, soon to be unpacked. But the thing is, we get SO MUCH more work done when the kids are asleep - as long as they are asleep DOWNSTAIRS. And so, until all cast iron and porcelain fixtures are installed and functioning, we will be taking advantage of the witching hours to complete our bathroom - and sleeping in the living room. It's not that bad really. It is our bed afterall, the exact one we sleep on upstairs, just downstairs on the floor.I suppose we could rush things and try to get it all done this week. But we have taken so long making all the hidden aspects of the bathroom just right - it would be a bit backward to start rushing things and cutting corners now. After all that we've gone through, and the amount of time this whole renovation has consumed, it would be a shame if it just came out looking like a shoddy home job and not the professional transformation we have envisioned and are striving for. So instead of rushing into tiling today we decided that we needed to know where the door trim would be for the tile termination and that meant we might as well reframe the door since we had to rip it out to remove the tub.
I know, I know, the tub isn't in there yet so why are we doing this NOW? Well, when we removed the tub it was just me and Steve and putting that baby up on end was NOT an option. Now we know that on-end really is the best way to move it - and it will fit through the door, framed and all. We just need to line up some stronger help than l'il ol' me. So anyways, the door frame has proven to be a bit trickier than expected. Firstly the old one was a bit chewed up so Steve had to fabricate a new one, and secondly 'plumb' and 'square' are concepts that rarely manifest in this house without a great deal of blood, sweat and tears - and praying to the 'bubble god' that things are going to come out level.
People keep asking if we're going to have a party at the end of all this... We'd like to but I keep asking myself, 'What kind of party does one throw for the unveiling of a bathroom?' Should make for some interesting photos!
