I’m so glad to be at this part of the project – basically done and feeling sane enough to write a blog post. To be honest, I almost didn’t even share this, however, God has been really working on my heart throughout what has been a big part of our year. The whole thing took almost six months from start to finish. A lot of the six months were spent doing research and finding a good solution to our obvious problem – the window. It took about three months to find window installers, decide, and get it installed. I was relieved that no one seemed to be worried about having a huge window in a shower. Of what was originally in the room, we kept only the tub, toilet, and tile floor.
Here are some of the progress photos throughout the process:
Here are the before (listing pictures from when we bought the house) and afters:
I’m so pleased with how it turned out and I love the color (Sherwin Williams Sea Salt) so much I’m trying to decide what to paint next. I’m leaning toward adding shelves over the toilet, baskets under the sink, and a towel rack/hook of sorts, but all that will come in time.
God taught me a lot in this process as I was reminded that sometimes everything has to get fully torn down in order for it to be better than it was before. As we were wrecking our bathroom without knowing the basics, God was breaking me down too. Taking the rubble and starting over fresh in me as only He can. He reminded me of not only His plan, but the people who are coming along side me and building me back up through it. It is not lost on me that the same people who helped, encouraged, and cheered us on throughout this project are the same ones God is using in the midst of this season. My gratitude goes beyond words for the people who spent lots of time in our little 7′ x 5′ bathroom, especially my Dad who drove up basically every weekend (and even some week days) for over two months. Truth be told, we couldn’t have (and wouldn’t have) done it otherwise.
Thanks so much for reading!