Flippin' Houses & Holdin' Babies

Yesterday was another busy day for us. We started off our day shopping at the Home Depot for materials. Good way to start a day, right? hee hee Once we got to the house Marc installed some overhead lighting in the family room so the kids could play down there even after dark. Then, while Marc was in the kitchen getting rid of multiple "mystery" electrical wires I started demo on the bathroom.

Here is the before...................


The medicine cabinet and vanity was not only disgustingly dirty but it was covered in mold. Can we say rubber gloves?? And the tub......well, there are no words. Hopefully they wore shoes when they bathed in there but I doubt it.

I went to work and ripped up the old linoleum and cove base............

And then I removed the yucky vanity which it turns out was a condo complex that housed many, many spiders. They were not happy about being evicted. The plumbing went smoothly and I had it out and carried to the garage in less than 10 minutes.

When I pulled the sink off the cabinet section this black glob went flying through the room. The kids screamed! It looked like a mouse but it was a ginormous glob of nasty, sink clogging hair and yuck. I am wondering if these people ever cleaned!

Since Marc was still busy with the electrical I moved on to removing the doors and trim throughout the house. By this time Cali started getting fussy.

So, I literally had the pry bar in my right hand removing trim from around the doors and windows and Cali was nursing while I held her in my left arm!!! My husband, bless his heart, said "I don't know how you do that! I wouldn't be able to!" I didn't tell him that with one pull the trim just popped off!!! LOL!!

Baseboards, doors, trim, and window casings are gone. And as soon as the drywall is finished and the walls are painted we will be ready to install the new white trim and six panel doors. I can't wait to see the house then!!!

When we were at the Home Depot yesterday I found the tile I want for the bathroom. The floor tile just happened to be on clearance for 68 cents a square foot!! We needed 3 boxes and spent about $30 for the bathroom floor. Once the new tub goes in I will be ready to install the floor and the tile for the tub surround. This is the tile I will be using for the surround......

It is so much prettier in person and I love it! The floor tile is a light creamy beige much like the bottom left piece of tile in the above picture. We will be using brushed nickle finishes throughout the house and purchased the faucets and light fixture yesterday. We were going to wait for those but the clearance isles were full of treasures yesterday so we couldn't pass them up.

Here is the new light Marc installed in the family room yesterday.....

He installed two because it is such a large room. Again, they look better in person but you get the idea!

Bella had a ball playing with the box. She turned into a Doritos eating Robot!!

And Marc gave Kyle bags of plumbing pieces and he was content for hours making the most amazing contraptions!!!

As soon as the kids woke up this morning hey asked if we could go back to the house!!! When I told them we had to wait until after nap they were both disappointed!! LOL!!! It really eases my mind that they enjoy it there. Maybe my husband is right- maybe I do worry too much.

Tonight we have to build a temporary support wall so we can cut an opening in the kitchen to open it into the living room. If all goes well and we stay on schedule we hope to be hanging drywall by this weekend. Woohoo!!!

Have a great day!!

~Heather:)