The Guthrie Family Blog

Two weeks ago we started our long-anticipated and most extensive project to be done in our house: remodeling our only bathroom. I say "we" but that only applies to the planning part of the project. All the actual work was done by a great contractor/plumber/electrician/general labor team made up of just one person named Mark. It's not really a coincidence that he and Mark have the same name because as you may have already guessed-they're the same person! ha ha Really though, Mark has a long list of skills he's always wanted to learn by reading books and practicing them in his leisure time. So, in order to help him reach his goals much faster, we decided to combine them all into one project with a very short deadline. And boy is it working out great!

All joking aside, all we really need to say is that we are a family of five and Mark is remodeling our only (when I say "only", I don't mean "only full bath", or "only bathroom upstairs", I mean our one and only) bathroom and the rest needs no explanation. So far we've only had two and a half days without a toilet and one a half weeks without a bathroom sink or shower. A note to bishops and ward mission leaders: Using other people's bathrooms and showers is actually a great way to strengthen relationships among ward members and fellowship non-member neighbors-we've had some pretty good success at it.

So, here are the pictures to prove it-the first is our bathroom "before" (because of how small the bathroom is, it's hard to get a good picture of all of it-just to the right of the sink is the bathtub/shower and unfortunately, the photo doesn't show the only outlet conveniently located high above the medicine cabinet-yes, blow drying and curling hair was always a challenge so it's a good thing I don't do it often) and then there's a picture of it completely gutted. The third is a picture of the bathroom this week, nearing completion, and Mark covered in drywall mud dust and I had to include the picture of Liam taking a bath in the kitchen sink. The final "after" picture, the "big reveal," will be the next thing I post so stay tuned...