Final Word on Bathroom Reno

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The bathroom is complete! It took a while for the white counter on back order to arrive but it’s here, and I absolutely love the new look.

I meant to take a before picture of the downstairs bathroom prior to the renovations, but by the time I thought of doing so, construction was underway. Let me describe it for you instead.

For a size comparison, the room sits directly beneath my bathroom. It was painted two-tone, navy at the bottom and offwhite at the top, with a border depicting balls of all sorts dividing the two. When you entered the room, there was a large linen closet, next to a 30 inch, goldtone fiberglass shower stall. Beside that, we had a vanity, sponge-painted in ivory and blues (it was a thing back then) and then the toilet. The overriding theme was sports, and posters and memorabilia decorated the room. Get the picture? It was a boys’/man’s room.

After I had my theraputic tub put in, it was obvious that we needed to redo the downstairs bathroom as well. While I have no trouble showering in it, that wasn’t the case for my son and other guests who stayed over. We needed a proper-sized shower downstairs, so what were our options? Larry Fardy of Seaway Bathroom Renovators, the one responsible for my gorgeous upstairs bathroom, had the answer, and I absolutely love it.

He gutted the room, removed the closet, moved walls, drains, pipes, electrical wires, flooring, you name it and created an absolutely incredible downstairs bathroom for us. It still needs to be decorated with towels, rugs, and pictures, but I couldn’t be happier with the results, and they did it all in 5 days!

What do you think? Recognize the vanity that was temporarily housed in my upstairs bathroom? Even with the closet gone, we have as much, if not more, space. The mirror opens into a double-sided mirrored cabinet with lots of room of the shelves for medication, shaving cream, and anyhting else. Awesome job, Larry. I can’t thank you enough!

So, both bathrooms have been renovated. What’s next? Painting on the main floor and then, we’ll see.

Have a great weekend!

Published by Susanne Matthews

Hi! I live in Eastern Ontario. I'm married with three adult children and five wonderful grandchildren. I prefer warm weather, and sunshine but winter gives me time to write. If I’m listening to music, it will be something from the 1960s or 1970s. I enjoy action movies, romantic comedies, but I draw the line at slasher flicks and horror. I love science fiction and fantasy as well. I love to read; I immerse myself in the text and, as my husband says, the house could fall down around me, and I’d never notice. My preferences are as varied as there are genres, but nothing really beats a good romance, especially one that is filled with suspense. I love historical romance too, and have read quite a few of those. If I’m watching television, you can count on it being a suspense — I’m not a fan of reality TV, sit-coms, or game shows. Writing gives me the most pleasure. I love creating characters that become real and undergo all kinds of adventures. It never ceases to amaze me how each character can take on its own unique personality; sometimes, they grow very different from the way I pictured them! Inspiration comes from all around me; imagination has no bounds. If I can think it, imagine it, I can write it!

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