The bathroom was dismantled quite early on, this meant that there was no place to relieve yourself, but fortunately living so close by it wasn't too much of an issue! There was so much demolishing that had to be carried out that we decided that we would plasterboard the bathroom to give us a clean slate and make it easier to tile.
The room was originally two rooms, a bathroom with separate toilet, my father-in-law needed to make it one bigger room so he could manoeuvre my mother-in-lay in her wheel chair and have easier access to areas. Despite this, it must still have been a great challenge for him to get her in and out of the bath, he was such a trooper.
We decided to keep it as one room so we could take advantage of the space, part of me does wonder, given it is a three bedroom house, would it have been better to separate it again so at least the toilet is accessible should someone be in the shower. In the long term though there are plans for another bathroom so we decided space was more important.
Waterproofing of the shower bay was completed prior to painting. This is the
waterproof, not the green colour of the walls!
Then the paint goes on
I had my heart set on a floral pattern tile, similar colours to what we have now, but they were much smaller tiles and 4 times the price and we had to work within a budget. The tiles are a bit out there, especially when there was nothing else in there, but I promise you it is not so bad in real life!!
We chose the bathroom vanity from IKEA, the shower and the toilet came from a local company, Elite Appliances. One of the things I have always found stressful in builds and renovations is the pressure to choose all the bathroom fittings so early on to ensure the plumbing is completed to fit them.
At this point the main work was done, it was a case of silicone and no more gaps were needed, adding a towel rail, toilet roll holder and a general clean up. The doors were the last thing to be painted and for some time the room was without a door, but it was still a real luxury having a toilet there for the rest of the work!
