Bathroom Project Complete!

Today, we FINISHED the basement bathroom. For the last week, each day our goal was to finish it, but we always had a few small things to do at the end of each day.

Dave came over on Tuesday night and he put up the crown molding. Then we put in the sink and toilet and finished up any other odds and ends.

Yesterday, I caulked the baseboard and crown, etc, then installed the wire shelving to the right of the shower. Today, I used all of our drywall scraps to cover up the exposed walls on the unfinished basement side and Kristie did some paint touch-ups.

It was a great experience and I take off my hat to Dave...who was awesome during the whole project. He knows how to do just about everything and if I would have attempted this project myself, I would probably still be framing it up at this point and would have cut down a small forest for the lumber I would have used! So thanks Dave...you are an awesome worker, teacher, and friend!

Below are some photos of the finished project!

Blogging and Basements

We finally took the plunge into the digital revolution and will be blogging periodically about our family and goings-on. To start things off, we are doing well in Avon Lake, OH in our new house...going on 3 years soon. It is a busy time of year for me with the Cavaliers headed towards the playoffs. Kristie is doing well in the Financial Aid department at Case Western Reserve. She is currently going for her MBA and should be done in December of 2009.

We actually took on a new project recently...putting in a full bathroom in our basement. It had a three piece rough-in put in during construction, so the hard part is done. My friend Dave is actually doing most of the work and I'm helping and learning as we go. At this point, we've been working on it for about 2 or 3 days over the last week and a half and we have it framed up and the electricity and plumbing is all done. Next up is installing the shower and then we start to drywall!

Before

During

Peeking In!

After