Rosendale Victorian Home

Bath Renovation

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This is what you look like when you save 10 months, pick a copper tub, and carry it up the stairs with your own 2 hands and 1 friend to help.
If you scroll down, you will see the 10 month process of renovating this bath.
If YOU want a tub like this: use the link at the bottom of the page and GO GET YOU ONE!  This tub was provided by Signature Hardware of kentucky. They are a VERY dignified and delightful business family. Mad love for Denice. 
 
LOOK AT MY BATHTUB AND FEAR ME!

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the most reliably rewarding thing about this
by FAR...
was the 12 dollar tassel

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February 4th...the oak floor is finally uncovered.
The sink and tub are in (I SO do not care).
Uncovering an original floor intact is a brush with god.
Until you have to scrape it.
Mouse over the pictures below.

February 4th...the oak floor is uncovered
9 hours later the scraping is not half done

scraping floors is invisible work
the moment you are finished no one will notice

if this floor does not amaze you
and probably, it does not.........

then take a look to the right of the new sink...
scraping antique floors by hand is a bitch

Demolition story...the pre-renovation photos are below. Mouse over them.

February 1st...time to carry sheetrock
carrying drywall never gets any funner

drywall is deathly boring
to those who do not participate in it

Stefan thank you!
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at long last.....FAUCET
This faucet is much harder than it looks

a WORKING faucet, however...
god this took 7 dry fittings just to comprehend it

is paradise if you spent 9 hours installing it
especially if you have not bathed in 2 days

doesn't look like 10 hours work, does it?
not even close

Now it can be told....
The bathroom was always too sordid to photograph

Some rooms are too horrid for a "before" photo
The only 2 pics you will EVER see of this mess.

The Bathtub Of Legend waits patiently outside
Mad love for The Bathtub Of Legend

Demolition begins....HAMMER TIME !
Nothing is more fulfilling than sledgehammering

Hardwood antique floors. God i love being RIGHT
Get that shitty linoleum off my 100 year old floor

Meanwhile...down on the couch...
The new plumbing waits patiently

gotta love a showerhead the size of a sunflower
looks like one, too !

click here to visit the Signature Hardware website. You will love them and if you want a tub right away just call Denice at 866 855-2284. My god this is the most good natured, helpful and friendly group of people that ever drew breath.