The Brown Bathroom

This bathroom is SO ugly.  It's James' clean-up-after-working bathroom, and the official "second working bathroom" in the house, but it is not my favorite place.  Today, it's getting destroyed!

The toilet joined our backyard decor. Isn't it lovely?

Next up, the tile has to go.  YAY!!!!

Here's Lily, checking up on the work again.

And with the tile gone, down came the sheet rock, exposing some beautiful plumbing.

We're trying to find the water lines...

Filling back in

The drain lines are in place for the washer, tub, toilet, and sinks.

Time to cover them back up with the carefully preserved dirt.

And a new ditch has been created --
no jackhammer this time, just a sledgehammer and some serious muscle. 

Getting my laundry room back...

Well, for a couple of days, at least.

It's not pretty (yet) but it works! And here's Lily coming in to check out the progress:

Proof

James spends a lot of time doing this...thinking, planning, figuring, thinking some more.

And the girls spend lots of time doing this...watching, wondering, "helping," questioning, encouraging, and cheering.

But in the end, there's proof that something got done:

Impressive, eh?

a LONG day

After exposing this plumbing (wasn't he sweet to make it a heart?),

the water was turned off for "just a few hours."

The washer and dryer were moved out, preparing for rerouting the washer plumbing to NEW plumbing!
With some help from brother Jeff's concrete drill, MORE floor was destroyed, I mean, removed...

And several hours, a few leaks, a replaced outdoor faucet, and SIX trips to Lowe's later...

the plumbing was in place and working!! 

And the water is back on!

Demolition Time

James already removed the cabinet (that was in the foreground), but today was a big demo day.  Took out a whole wall...

and exposed some electrical and plumbing. 

On to the next step...

Life goes on...

While James works on the indoor plumbing, life goes on. 

The girls stay right in the middle of whatever he's doing, "helping" sometimes...

And our house just gets more and more beautiful... :-)