Well, my wonderful husband saw that and said, "We could make it work. If we lay all of the wood flooring ourselves, we could afford a new tub." What a guy! So I started looking for a claw foot tub. I was a little disillusioned to find that they start at about $800, and go up... a lot from there. Once again Dan came to the rescue. He saw an add on Craig's List for a claw foot in out area for $275! I checked it out right away. And here's what I found:
Following are a few photos of his Herculean effort to make my claw foot bathtub dream come true!
Bathtub before
Out with the old!
Down to the studs... then removing those! We need every bit of space between the drywall on our bedroom to the drywall in our kitchen to make the tub fit!
Yes, this is a lot of work, but when we got the tub home, and tried it on for size... we knew it would all be worth it!
Besides making room for the tub, Dan and my daughter Lilly also made space for a recessed faux window. The bathroom is in the center of the house and therefore has no windows, and a bit of a closed in feeling. We thought we would fake some exterior light.
Our first test of the window lights! Fun!
Here is a photo of the bead board backing that will be at the head and foot of the tub. You can also see the new rough, whitewashed cedar siding. LOVE IT!
We are getting closer! There has been great advances on the rest of the house too. I'll post more soon. We are getting pretty worn out after a month of this though. We are ready to be done, but that is a ways down the line still. We just keep thinking of how wonderful it will all be when its done, and how relaxing life will be when the house is put back together.
"But if we hope for what is still unseen by us,
we wait for it with patience and composure."
Well, for the most part!
But, I think we are at least learning patience and composure through this process!
Until next time,
Tina
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