A Pipe Burst And Made My Week

We have had the house for almost 20 years and talk about remodeling it on a fairly regular basis but, never actually do anything. A couple weeks ago I went into the master bath to take care of my morning ablutions and found myself standing in a puddle of water. Turns out a pipe in the wall burst. Now we had the motivation to act but not the money to get it done the way we want.

Unless, I told my wife, I do the work myself. It took a bit longer but, it fit in our budget. More importantly, it gave me a chance to use my Black and Decker power tools.

Every night after work I would get in a couple hours on the project. I was able to wrap it up by the end of the weekend. I put inset shelves above the toilet and bath. Pulled out the cabinets around the sink and replaced them with a sculptured casing to hide the pipes. No storage there but it looks nice and gives the room a feeling of openness. Replaced the dingy floor tiles with light bright, ceramic tiles. I did the walls with ceramic tiles too. Same design but light green.

My wife is happy with the new bathroom and I may find an opportunity to put those tools to use again in the near future.