Beadboard Tip
While installing beadboard in our half bath, we came across a little problem-a slope in the floor!
Check out what John did to fix this.
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Half Bath-Before and After
Stress
I have to be honest. It has been a rough couple of weeks. Our morale is low. It is funny how you hit a point where you just can’t stand to do any more and need a break or change of pace. Particularly when you feel like everything takes at least twice as long as you originally thought. All the activity seems to be affecting the girls too- Macy in particular has been acting up.
It’s also hard to prioritize your time and slightly overwhelming.Baby steps for us.½ bath remodel tip
Take a picture or video of what you need advice on to the hardware store or home center. This way the employee doesn’t have to recreate a visual in his or her head based on your less than stellar description of the situation. Like they say- a picture is worth 1,000 words.
Selecting the Right Size Faucet for your Sink
In full disclosure, the first faucet I had picked was way too big for a petite pedestal sink.
See how far the spout comes out?
Not ideal.
I found the specifications doc on Moen.com very helpful when I needed to select a faucet with a shorter spout reach.
I never knew buying a toilet for an old house could be so difficult
Turns out we have a 14 inch rough in (distance from back wall to hole in floor) and the standard now is 12 inches. The first toilet we purchased from our Home Center was for a 12 inch rough in. It was about 4 inches from the wall and gave no clearance for the sink directly across.
We had to special order a round front (not elongated) toilet with 14 inch rough in. And there aren’t too many out there. They are mainly discontinued- thanks a lot.
