Bathroom's got flat walls!

A bathroom update! Tho altogether in one post, it took a few weeks of late nights hammering, mudding, and painting to get to the end of this phase.

Matt's expression in the first picture sums up this phase. His careful consideration of how things could (and would!) be moved allowed us to go from three different depths, along the wall he's looking at, to one flush wall! He spent time replacing and moving previous vent pipes and drain lines. Then, he spent time explaining to us girls the why and where of it all. Pictured Paige was just as eager to know what things look like behind the walls as I. Sure, I want to be past this point and at the step of hanging my circle mirror on the wall, but I enjoyed learning through this.

Then, drywall went up and the tub was set! Tho things seemed to suddenly close in, both Matt and I were grateful to be putting things up and no longer tearing down. There were seams and screw holes to cover, but as pictured, there was always an eager helper underfoot! In the end this drywall work looks great. Professional, really! A hard skill to master, I again applaud Matt's ability. No bumps. No seams. If he didn't have a wife who documented his every move, one could not guess where the pieces fit together!

With holes and seams patched, paint could then go on! To that, Matt said (and wrote on the wall), "Can I get a 'Boo Yeah!" for that?" The color is nothing flashy. But, when going through the potential colors of the rainbow, we nearly have everything else covered in our house (red-downstairs; orange-old kitchen nook; yellow-girls' bedroom; green-the former tile we're getting away from!; blue-our bedroom; Indigo and Violet-well, we could have gone those...). I think this off-white will be clean, fresh, and open.

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Next comes the floor tile! It took a while to debate which way to lay the mini subway tile out. (My vision was to lay it parallel with the wallls...to have it lead you eyes into the tub. Matt's vote was that with it reminding him of the cobble streets in Spain you always walked across them the other way - parallel with the tub.) I'd be very interested what you vote the direction should be. With the tub, or against the tub??

Tho, I've got to be honest, a vote won't make much difference since the tile is being laid as I type!! (Yes. Two exclamations.)