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Now that the big refinance thing is over and done with and I don't have to worry about having the house presentable, I'm going to try and start making some real progress on the 1,001 projects I have in various stages of completion. So you can expect to see a lore more activity here along with more pictures in the coming weeks/months. First up is an easy bit of documentation. In an effort to save a little money and improve the overall quality of fixtures in the house, I managed to score a slightly used (only 40-50 years old) bathroom lavatory and bathtub.
The only downside being that they're PINK
I should be able to fix that particular problem without too much trouble once they're installed and the bathroom is nearing completion. My dad is lobbying for me to keep them pink and go with a funky pink bathroom theme, but somehow I don't see that happening in this spooky old house. Personally I think he's just trying to talk me into it in order to save me the hassle of re-enamelling them white. Curiously enough This Old House Magazine had a spread on salvaged lavatories etc... and according to them even though the stuff I got isn't particularly pricey or rare it's still worth a good $250 or so per fixture and all I had to do was schlep them away from the jobsite (the owner just wanted them gone).
In preparation for the appraisal a few weeks back, we decided to install the lavatory into the roughed-in space that the previous owner's had left in the basement. It's not going to stay here (I'd rather put it on the first floor so it gets more use and is more appreciated), but it gives you a good idea of what it's supposed to look like:
I got the tub several weeks after I got the sink when the person who originally claimed it decided he didn't really want it. Lucky me. Aside from being pink, it's actually very nice. It's extra deep, it's oriented in the correct direction for where I want to put it in the first floor, and I even kind of like the way the actual tub part is skewed. I think it'll look pretty snazzy once it's cleaned up, re-enameled white and installed in a finished bathroom. For now though it looks like this:
The only downside being that they're PINK
I should be able to fix that particular problem without too much trouble once they're installed and the bathroom is nearing completion. My dad is lobbying for me to keep them pink and go with a funky pink bathroom theme, but somehow I don't see that happening in this spooky old house. Personally I think he's just trying to talk me into it in order to save me the hassle of re-enamelling them white. Curiously enough This Old House Magazine had a spread on salvaged lavatories etc... and according to them even though the stuff I got isn't particularly pricey or rare it's still worth a good $250 or so per fixture and all I had to do was schlep them away from the jobsite (the owner just wanted them gone).
In preparation for the appraisal a few weeks back, we decided to install the lavatory into the roughed-in space that the previous owner's had left in the basement. It's not going to stay here (I'd rather put it on the first floor so it gets more use and is more appreciated), but it gives you a good idea of what it's supposed to look like:
I got the tub several weeks after I got the sink when the person who originally claimed it decided he didn't really want it. Lucky me. Aside from being pink, it's actually very nice. It's extra deep, it's oriented in the correct direction for where I want to put it in the first floor, and I even kind of like the way the actual tub part is skewed. I think it'll look pretty snazzy once it's cleaned up, re-enameled white and installed in a finished bathroom. For now though it looks like this:
accomplished