There's a Hole In The Tub Dear Rob, Dear Rob....Then Fix It Dear Anna...

I have a confession to make.  I loathe my home with an ingratitude that is going to damn me to Hell.  I am grateful to have a house and I am grateful to have a yard.  But the house is falling apart and the yard is falling apart and time and money aren't plentiful enough to maintain the house.  It's too overwhelming and there isn't enough money to do what I would like.  The man that owned the house was a do-it-yourselfer type who liked to cut corners, jimmyrig, and pay the least amount of money.  We are reaping the consequences, and it stresses me out.  The new paint job from five years ago needs a redo.  The "new" carpet (I am not a carpet fan anyway) needs replacing.  The windows which were bad when we bought it are worse.  The sprinkling system is completely jacked and it is very hard to maintain a large yard with no sprinklers.  One of my all time least favorite rooms was the hideous upstairs bathroom with the sick tile counter, the spray on wall texture, the wooden "feature" faucet, the forest green grout, and well you get the picture. Anyway, our old tub was rusting because the man didn't install it correctly.  It constantly had a pool of water because it didn't drain properly.  We never bathe our kids but rather shower them.  However, one night, Clara was having a rare bath and Rob noticed air bubbles coming up.  Dang, the rust had finally gone all the way through.  This led to the tub and hideous gray and forest green tile being torn out.  And that led to the demolition of everything else.   At every turn there are problems (crap plumbing, rotted floor, etc.)  So here is the bathroom thus far.  Hopefully the vanity will arrive this week and we can wrap things up.  So one month out and many many many dollars later here is the bathroom so far:

This was taken when we moved in (at least we removed 

the forest green seat cover 5 years ago)

The high quality lovely oak vanity lost it drawers when

we moved in.  They have been repaired several times

but shoddy quality is shoddy quality:

Sorry it is sideways.  One of the most hideous

features, imho:

I also loved the cheap spray on texture, the crap tile work, 

and the porcelein light plate:

Some of the rot we discovered at demo time:

Turns out demo is pretty fun:

The new window:

Laying the new subfloor:

We got white and white cultured marble for the shower.

Don't worry it isn't Trump-like just because it is marble.

It is very plain and basic, which I like:

The new tile floor.  Hexagon tile with light gray grout.