How we spent our summer vacation....

Well, to be more accurate, we are still spending it! We are renovating our guest bathroom, demo work started on Memorial Day, things really heated up over July 4th weekend, and are still rolling, although a bit slower. We are doing all the work ourselves (which is just our style!), and have hit a few minor snags. I hope to post on the progress over several days.

Here are a few before pictures. The catalysts for the renovate:

1. wall-to-wall carpeting (can you say "YUCK!"?)
2. 1980s flowery country-style wallpaper and awful border
3. vanity and sink that were so low, they hit me mid-thigh and I am 5'4"
4. toilet so low that you felt like you were falling when you went to sit down

Here is a picture from when I saw the house for the first time before we bought it. Decorations are not ours!























Here is a closeup of the wallpaper, and then the layer of paper underneath that I found during stripping.