So it’s been a while. What’s more, is the latest project has taken, well, a while. Here was weird upstairs room when we bought the house last May:
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Maybe it was a weird nursery room, maybe someone was tied up in there, who knows. Just a carpeted room with a window. After 14 years in the trades, I was owed big favors from my pals. Bob, my plumber pal, came thru with a soaker tub that had been sitting in their shop for years untouched. A mis-order. He also had a toilet, and a pedestal sink with no pedestal. None of these fixtures “matched”, but the price was right: $0. The drop-in tub didn’t really fit, but I ‘made it’ fit. We bought a pedestal for $40, and got the other fixtures, and then began the arduous construction of the custom tub surround.
Side note: I hate tile. Like, REALLY hate tile. People act like it’s impervious to everything. Word to the wise: tile is waterproof, grout is not. When grout is compromised, it rots underneath, but you can’t see it.
This explains why I did our built-in all in cabinet plywood and paint-grade hardwood. Yes, I know it will get wet. I think I will battle this by “drying it off”. Novel idea, eh? Today was the last of many cobbled together work sessions over months and months of building. Painting can now start. Here’s some shots of the new shizz:
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I put in some hidden removable panels for storage, and to access the valves for repair. If you have the room, always add a hidden panel. They rule.
Here’s the part that faces the tub side:
Tons of storage. Painted pics to follow.
P.S. – Fall Garden rocking with beets and broccoli!
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