Under Construction: Day 18

I just posted day 1-maybe day 8 or 9 of our construction zone, so I figured it would be a good time to actually catch up and keep the posts coming before I forget what we've been doing in the last 10 days. Oops, too late. The pregnancy amnesia has already set in and I have no idea what we've accomplished. Haha!

Since taking out the hallway wall, we built the pocket door and put up drywall to close off the door during the day/night when we aren't working on this project. We've slowed down just a little bit due to normal full-time jobs, but spend the majority of our nights after work until bedtime working on this bathroom. I've missed two weeks of Grey's Anatomy and Private Practice, but luckily Glee hasn't been new since before Xmas! Hulu is my friend, so once we have time - we'll catch up to the shows!

I guess just posting photos will help visually show you what we've been up to. The last 10 days have been a blur and gone by way too quickly! We've put another layer of under layment on the floor to help raise the level of the room a bit. Built the half wall that will support the tub, glass panels and hide the toilet. We found out that our heat vent goes under the bathtub, so we spent a few days trying to figure out what exactly we wanted to do with the vent and where to put it! In the end, it is running under the tub and will vent out in the half wall. Perfect, easy decision... done. What's next? Insulation was put into the exterior wall and a vapor barrier. We set the tub in place and screwed it into the walls. This baby isn't going anywhere! The last 2 nights have been putting up 'green board' which is a mold resistant drywall. We had friends over for some extra hands to help with the ceiling and Brook and I tackled the walls tonight. DONE and DONE!

New hallway wall and entrance into bathroom
(pocket door is hiding).

Inside the bathroom. Green board is up. To the left will be the double vanity and new linen cabinet.

View to the right of the doorway - bathtub/shower with half wall. Toilet will be behind the half wall.

View from toilet area. Wider doorway into bathroom.

Remaining walls without green board will need tile board.
We're planning the entire back wall and wall to the doorway
to have tile up to the ceiling.

Here's a peak at the door. Of course, we'll be painting it white to match the rest of the doors in the house (even though I love it as is). This will have oil rubbed bronze hardware and a lock...eventually.

Next our plan is to prepare the rest of the walls for tile boards and put them up. Then we will tape and mud the drywall and tile boards until our heart is content! 3 layers of mud, sand, mud some more, sand, mud again for finishing, and sand. I took a little trip to Menards tonight and fortunately stumbled upon a sanding vacuum attachment. PERFECT! Supposedly it sucks all of the white dust straight into the shop vac. I'll believe it when I see it, but it is better than nothing! If all goes well - we plan to have all of this done by Sunday and painting Sunday night. I'll keep my fingers crossed.