And they pooped happily ever after

The big reveal!

OMG!!

Okay, so this beautiful lighting was actually a gift from happychippyjunk (my sister Laughter's blog) and CSN. Exciting, no? Thanks, Laf!!

(And yes, my towel ring is in the shape of a cow's head)




Also, I was able to re-use the old mirrors after having a nice fella at Logan Glass cut them down to size for us. I just made some frames for them and WALLAH! Fun fact: The floorboard and mirror frames are made of a light weight, waterproof material that was so light that I was able to use the hot glue gun to put the frames together. Now tell me... HOW GHETTO FABULOUS am I?!?! WORD UP.

And the sign says, "I bathe once a year, whether I need it or not." How very true.




Oops, I forgot to warn you, I painted the bathroom a color so intense that it actually may induce an epileptic seizure. Look away and blink often to avoid any permanent brain damage. On an unrelated note: the paint only cost $5 for a gallon at the mis-tints table!



The T is for Terlet. FYI.





And here are some of the fine details. For example, lovely floor boards. Also, smooth caulk lines along the vanity top. And why yes, I did texture the walls myself. Why am I posting these pics? To prove that we were sober at times...





And lastly, the reason we sobered up: The ugliest ceiling line KNOWN TO MAN. Man, that thinset dries crazy hard! Also, Hippy was uninvited from caulking after this.



In closing, here is an inspirational message from Hippy (as seen on our neighbor's stone fence/wall):

The great bathroom douching of 2010

...So where were we?

Oh right... so we finished the bathroom and I was going to show you some real perdy pictures of it.

BUT FIRST!!

Lets remember where we started:






Ugly lights, ugly mirror thingys, ugly mauve and violet tile. No shower, only bath. Linoleum. It was the Steve Buscemi of bathrooms.

And then... we worked hard. I know I've already shown you a lot of the "during" pictures, but here are a few more, in no particular order. Because I need you to remember all the swearing and booze that was required to get through this stupid project. It'll help make the final reveal all the better:

So here I am tiling the shower walls. This task would take a normal person a day or two. I believe it took us about 2 months. We are really slow. Also, we are really into a little phenomenon called instantaneous satisfaction... so these two characteristics seemed to clash at times. No big deal.



Tiling the floor... and getting better and better at faking for the camera!!



And here is what it would look like if a member of 'Nsync were to grout your floor:



This next pictures makes me want to die a little. This is Hippy scraping the poopy toilet wax out of the sewer line after we removed the terlet (aka toilet) before we started tiling. It was gross.



But then we reinstalled the toilet, and it was less gross!




Right then. Its almost time for the big reveal (Yes, I know that a couple pics were already posted a little while ago, but lets pretend like you didn't see them, mmk?)!! Its time for the grand opening!! I wish I had a celebrity here to cut the red ribbon with some oversized scissors... but our local celebrity, Jones McBonbonson, will have to do:




But wait... I feel like this post is just too massive already... so I'm going to give the after pictures their own post. WOOOOOOOOO!! brb

A tiny spray paint addiction!

Gettin' out the big guns... (Pt. 1)

Oh, Hi. Long time no see. How's it been? Good? Yeah? Well, good to hear. My life? Oh, its been good. Here, let me show you:

Officially, this summer has been bananas. B.A.N.A.N.A.S. We've been slowly accumulating all sorts of treasures at yard sales, working on the bathroom, and slowing making our house resemble a home. July was a rather exiting month for us on many fronts--

For the first couple of months, we'd been washing our dishes by hand because the dishwasher was a horrible little thing that was rusted out and thus left a rusty taste on all of our dishes. So, we ripped the MotherFreckle out of the counter and replaced it with this Beaut that we found on KSL:

This is how Hippy welcomes new friends to the house... by making zee sveet sveet love to zem (But, I'm sure you already know that):



Don't worry, he's pretty harmless once its out of his system:



Now doesn't that look just fancy?!?!





MEANWHILE... The bathroom was getting its own sweet lovin'....

After replacing the wall, we needed to lay a subfloor so that we'd have a sturdy surface to lay tile on. In commemoration of the event, here is a picture of my butt crack:



In all honesty, I had no idea how involved I'd end up being in this bathroom renovation. We have such an awesome support network, that I kind of assumed that with enough whining, people would step in and help us with like...everything. I put great faith in the power of whining. But in this case, I had to put the faith in myself and get shit done. AND LOOK! I did it! And I can't even begin to describe the satisfaction I feel as I see this bathroom project come closer to its end point.



And after screwing down the subfloor... we laid tiles on top...



And then it was beautiful...




And now, here is a little photo montage to provide an excuse as to why I haven't updated my blog sooner...

Oklahoma!!

("Here, pose with this gun...")



Hippy, on the other hand, makes posing with the gun look far more natural. This is pretty much the view of him that I saw for the duration of the trip:



When we got home, we took a shower to wash off all the ticks, and then we headed to Coulter Bay, in the Tetons. It was magical.




And after that... we celebrated my 27th birthday with a Mario Party!!



(I was a girl Mario, FYI. Also, I love wigs. LOVE.)






And lastly, July was exciting because Elba met a boy, fell in love, and got engaged (Yes, THAT quickly). Hes a charmer, that Andrew. CONGRATS ELBA!!





Anyway, I'll do some more updating for the month of August very soon, because we really have done so much with the bathroom... its almost done!!! And we've done all of it without the use of A/C (because it broke. In the middle of the sweltering August heat. Awesome.) Until then, be good kids. And remember, don't do any major home remodeling while tipsy, because things come out looking wonky. BYE!

More of the same...Ho hum...

I feel like we haven't made much progress on this bathroom project. But I'm going to publicize the crap out of the small advances we do make, so I don't slide into a spiraling depression over it. Mmmmk?

So, last night we put up a row of tile. Once the row sets, we'll be able to stack all the rest of the tile on top of it without the tile sliding all over the place and becoming all slanty... like that cake on Sleeping Beauty.



Although it looks like Hippy was doing all the work in the pics below... I was there helping line up the tile, wipe off smudges, and refill beverages. Also, I am very good at standing around looking pretty... its what I do all day at work also. I've become a pro.





See, look at how good I am at looking pretty. I'm teaching Jones how to do the same. That puppy is going to go far in life...





Also, its finally getting hot. Utah's finally comes to terms with the fact that its summer. And BOY HOWDY, it was getting stuffy and hot in our little tiled bathroom... so we ran through the sprinklers afterward.



Although Hippy's idea of running through the sprinklers involved a rainsuit. Go figure.





As nice as it was... its a little depressing that our backyard currently looks like some kind of horrific mass grave of bathroom fixtures that have walked toward the light...



May they rest in peace.

And lastly-- JONES!!

Bob Villa and Martha Stewart had a love child...

And her name is Harmony. Nice to meet you.

First, I'm going to teach you the proper way to demolish a bathroom vanity:

Step 1: Prepare yourself mentally.



Step 2: Give your demo partner a big kiss, because it may be your last. Demo work is dangerous... one could either die due to massive blood loss after certain inexperienced members of the team accidentally beat the other one to death with a hammer. OR, due to stress levels, divorce may follow the project. So always kiss... just in case.




Step 3: Go hogwild.







Step 4: Accidentally remove the sheetrock and then clean up your mess so that it doesn't seem like such a big deal. (This is Hippy holding the hose to the shop-vac, in case you were wondering. No, he isn't holding an elephant's trunk, although that would be much cooler.)




Step 5: Relax in your newly spacious space.



The End.

Only not really, because I have a little bit more to type. Besides the bathroom, we've had all sorts of mini-projects. We had a big leak in the front yard that hippy had to dig up and he is currently working on replacing a section of pipe in our front yard. But since we don't really know what we are doing, he mostly just sits out front, pretending to work, and chats with neighbor's walking by, hoping that they'll tell us how to fix it. So far, it seems to be working out.

Also, We stocked our pond with fish!!



In case you can't tell whats going on there, let me explain: This is a view of the pond from our front porch. To the right is our downstairs window. (No, we aren't going to flood our basement.) So yeah, thats our pond. It has a pump in it that circulates the water up to the top (near the driveway) and then trickles it down a little waterfall back to the pond (to the left-ish). Its quite nice. We had the city stock it with a couple of mosquito-eating fish (free service!) and then we put a whole bunch of goldfish in there. They are rather shy and keep hiding behind rocks, but hopefully that's temporary, because I wanted more theatrical fish. Little Tina Turner fish that sing and dance around the pond. But whatevs.



Lastly, my sister Laughter has been gathering me charming furnature to fill the house. Usually she finds it at D.I. or on the side of the road. I am not kidding. In any case, no one has caught fleas from it yet, and this is a darling vanity from D.I. that just got a shiny coat of green paint. Its going to be so freaking cute once I sand it down a bit (to make it all shabby chic) and add a cute knob to the drawer.



THE END. For realsies.