For the Fall 2022 One Room Challenge we are taking our guest bathroom down to the studs and starting over. This project is LONG overdue, and we can’t wait to get started!

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So here it is: mid-January. Is the bathroom that started in April done yet? No. No, it is not.

We were sooooo close when I last updated you. There was floor tile and wall tile. And then after that: wallpaper went up!

And then, on December 4: another disaster. So, I had spoken with our contractor several times about the fact that the hole in the floor where the toilet usually sits was just stuffed with a rag. I was reassured over and over that it was no big deal — nothing was going to happen.

Well, on December 4 I came downstairs to find inches of water and sewage which covered the brand new tile floor, saturated the drywall, and saturated the carpet in two adjacent rooms. I can’t even begin to describe my horror.

So, the remediation team came again to rip out the drywall, the floor tile, and now carpet, too.

All for want of a very inexpensive plug.

So, what’s going on with our sewer line that this keeps happening? I’ll have a whole guide to write when this is done, but after a LOT of investigation, it comes down to some tree roots and lazy rooter companies who aren’t using the right size tool to clear out the tree roots. We got a good recommendation for how to handle it and who to call. But the bottom line: had there been a plug on the toilet, this WOULD NOT have happened.

Lesson: If you are doing a bathroom renovation or are ever having one done, INSIST on that plug (it’s under $15).

Because it was the holiday season, we got the drywall replaced and the walls prepped for wallpaper, and then I just walked away. We needed some time and space without workers in our home.

Now we are back. The Modwalls floor tile was installed again this week. It still looks amazing! Wallpaper (from A Street Prints) will go in again next week. And then we really are VERY close to being done.

I can’t even believe we are still in this situation, but oh well! This is how it goes.

More soon — I hope!

Cheers!
Angela

To Linda Weinstein, the creator of the One Room Challenge, I offer my most sincere thanks. Thank you for offering this kind of opportunity and for opening it up to anyone. And to Apartment Therapy, the ORC media sponsor: thank you for making this possible! And to all of the other ORC participants: I’ll be sure to stop by to admire your work! It is always fun to do this together!

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Here’s to a week of work and progress! More next week!

Cheers!
Angela

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