1/2 Bath Remodel

Back in late May/early June, Shawn and I embarked on our first "major" home improvement project. We've painted and installed chair rail in most of the rooms in the house, but we decided to tackle our half bath.

Our half bath is probably the smallest one I've ever been in. We knew it needed a fresh update so we saved our pennies and finally started.

Here is the before shots


Old 1980s vanity


Old toilet





Shawn had a fun time with demo :)







Not long after this we got the new tile down on the floor and we painted the wall. That is where the project stopped. The paint showed so many imperfections on the wall where we took the vanity out, where the old towel rack and TP holder used to be. We went back and forth about doing bead board or re-drywalling 2 walls. We finally decided on bead board and proceeded to put that up.

Anyone who knows about home improvement projects knows nothing goes according to plan. After we nailed up all the pieces of the bead board, we noticed a small leak coming form the toilet side of the room. Shawn took down the bead board, and the drywall behind it was completely soaked. Yep, we nailed a pipe. In two places! ugh, so Shawn had to take a day off work trying to fix the patch that we did to fix the hole. He finally did it and put the wall back together. Nice job Shawn!!


The patch...


The final fix!

We were then able to get the bead board back up and continue on!





And here are the finished photos!!!


Our beautiful floor!


Fabulous new bippy, TP holder and scent infuser


New sink, towel ring, mirror and light fixture


New cabinet

Bath time for Wyatt

Poor Wyatt was in desperate need for a bath today. So, Shawn and Chloe got in their bathing suits and we all went outside for a nice afternoon hose down of the dog! Chloe, of course, had a blast. Wyatt did...okay...once he figured out he couldn't run away :)











And of course after Wyatt was done, Chloe had to play in the water as well.











All in all, I would say it was a good Sunday morning!

Catching Up - July

It's been a while since I've blogged about stuff. Things have been very very busy in the Kessel household the past few months. Every other Sunday, Shawn and I head down to Lexington, KY for our Retrouvaille post sessions. Three down, three more to go. It's been going very well and we're thankful that we're attending.

Chloe's doing great. She's potty trained now and only wears a pull-up at nap time and bedtime and most times she will wake up dry! She's really growing up. She also got her first haircut last weekend. Yes, we chopped the mullett off! It looks much healthier and she gets almost no knots anymore which is much better for all of us!

So, here are some pictures of our 4th and 5th of July, Chloe's haircut and Chloe just being Chloe. Enjoy!