Rhodes5 in Deutschland: The Bathroom Renovation

O.K. The only reason that I am writing about this is because as a stay at home Mom, you don't always get such huge feelings of accomplishment. A checkbox off your list can sometimes (sadly :-)) be extremely satisfying!!! Even though it seems so trivial and even though it is definitely not the most gorgeous bathroom renovation in the history of Bathroom renovations - I could not be more excited about the finished product for many reasons....

The first being that the green 1950's Bathroom tile was beyond hideous and the bathtub was (to be honest) just yucky. Not to mention the toilet with a "shelf" - yes, I am not sure if this type of toilet ever existed in the U.S., but here (back in the day), the toilet bowl had a flat shelf on it, which you can imagine is not the most pleasant thing. So to be gone with the yucky tub, the green tile, and the toilet shelf - is quite thrilling in isteslf. Another thing that is different here is that the tile is not just used on the floor, but all over the walls too, so the green tile was amplified times 10, with the fact that it ran up the walls too. Sometimes it is even wall to ceiling (I think it has something to do with preventing the very common problem of mold).

Even more thrilling about this renovation though, was the fact that we organized it with non English speaking Electricians, Plumbers, and Tile guys all by ourselves. Frankly, I am amazed that we pulled it off (and living over an hour a way now to boot). Yes - the new room is not the most modern thing or the most decorative (it is a very typical plain German Bathroom) - but it is new and it is clean and most importantly, it is finished! Yeah! So happy to have that crossed off my list!

Here is the old tub - isn't it gorgeous (don't you love the green tile :-))

"Bad" means Bath in German - gotta love the door decoration :-)

This was Bryan (2 1/2 years ago, ripping down the lovely Sea Horses and pink wall paper from the previous owner :-)

And this was in March - the beginning of the destruction (the bathtub had to be removed)

And lots of old stone, brick, piping, and cement to be lugged off (houses here are not made of wood - they are made of cement) These buckets are heavy!!!