Bathroom Before

Last week, I blogged about the cracks in my bathroom floor. Now, I'm going to talk about my journey from brown bathroom, to new bathroom. The blogs might span more time than the renovation.

Because, of course, I've taken pictures every night after the guys have left for the day and I always find a tangent to chase after.

Let's start with the before pictures. This is what the bathroom looked like when I bought the house--minus the cracked floor, of course.

Everything is so, well, brown. This is not my style at all. I can do white or gray, but brown/tan/beige? Not my bag. The only thing I liked in the master bathroom when I bought the house was the counter. It's a very pretty marble. Let me see if I can find a closer shot of that.

I ended up editing a photo instead. The one shot I have of the counter by itself didn't turn out looking too good. I'm also not a fan of the vanilla colored cabinets. Not my style. And I loathe the oiled bronze. Loathe it.

Actually, the decor of the entire house is not my style. The wood floors are too dark, the granite counter tops are about as dark a brown as you'll ever see, and those vanilla cabinets with the oiled bronze...ugh! But to avoid the stress of building, I decided I could live with it.

I'm living with it. And trying to slowly replace the things I hate. Like the lights in the dining room. The pendant lights over the island. The lights in the master bathroom were changed before I ever moved into the house.

Anyway, the bathroom renovation was not planned. Not even a little bit, but the cracks kept getting worse.

And here's the crack with the tile off the floor.

I had a foundation company come out and look. They couldn't make the determination whether or not there was a problem until the tile was up. The bare floor is still cracked, but there's no drop between the two sides. The contractor doing the bathroom renovation believes it's just a stress fracture and nothing that needs a fix to the foundation, which is good news.

I have a story about the foundation company, though. I'll tell that on Thursday.