another toilet in my living room

Remember the time I tore out that wall and found a bathtub IN the living room so I tore out another wall and the bathtub and then we had a REALY open floor plan?  I got the walls up but haven’t done anything with it since.  I’m finally getting ready to put it all back together.  I ordered a toilet and vanity, sink, light, etc.  I planned on finishing the laundry room first but then all my supplies started arriving and there’s nowhere for it all to go but in the living room so I’m back to living in chaos.    Don’t you love my Fall decor’?

powder room prep2

 

So I’m putting the powder room together now.  I really am all over the place!  I feel stretched really thin lately and haven’t had time or energy to work on my own home and I’ve got to get back to it.  Making progress, having control over the outcome…that’s what makes me tick!

 

I only temporarily attached the drywall to this wall because I saved some electrical work so I could decide exactly where I wanted light switches and outlets on the other side because I hadn’t decided what I wanted yet — bookshelf or coat closet of sorts.  Sometimes I just let things percolate.

powder room prep4

 

So I’m doing some electrical work and patching drywall.  Then I plan on adding some horizontal planks and THEN installing the toilet and vanity so I can get my living room back.

powder room prep3

 

One thing I’ve learned in this house is that there is a reason I work on 10 projects at one time.  I work on projects like I dress myself:  I dress how I feel on any particular day. Today I’m feeling powder roomy.  Maybe tomorrow I’ll feel laundry roomy.  Or who knows, maybe I’ll feel like tearing into another completely new project!

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11 Comments

  1. When it is all done? Will it ever be? LOL And to answer your question, yes, every room does need a makeover.

  2. Sounds very similar. Wes used to be scared to go out of town because that’s when I’d always take the opportunity to tear into a new project. LOL

  3. Oh my…I had to laugh at your toilet in the living room. I too lived with a working toilet in my living room/soon to be kitchen for a few weeks. I came home from a two week vacation – exactly 5 years ago to find my new living room ceiling changed and the staircase there and the old roof gone. Confusing, I know. BUT, in the meantime, the old master bathroom walls had to be torn out to accomplish that…but the plumbing lines were still needed in order for the new kitchen to go in! LOL The toilet was sitting there…still connected. We laughed about the throne being in the main room for a while – and still do! It will all come together. I like to finish one before moving on, but sometimes, it’s just not possible. It’s the domino effect. 🙂

  4. On the walls, it can go right on the studs I think. I’ve seen it done that way. I want the extra sound barrier though.

  5. Sandra, is drywall required for the installation of planking, or can it be installed directly to the studs?

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