Thank goodness it's Monday:)

Before-main floor bathroom

Another view of main floor bath

Main floor bathroom

2nd floor bathroom before

2nd floor bathroom before

Santino, excited to be working on DEMO!!:)

Me, even more excited to be working on DEMO:)

2nd floor bathroom-demo'ed:)

2nd floor bathroom-where the vanity was

2nd floor bathroom where the shower was

This bathroom demo kicked our butts this weekend! So much so, I slept at my mom and dads and Santino slept in past his alarm going off this morning! If you ever are in need of a long weekend, do a project around the house, it will surely be the longest weekend of your life!!! But, we got it all out and filled the dumpster, throwing in the last toilet Sunday evening. We didn't run across anything we weren't surprised to find, so that's a plus, but I am exhausted and think I will sleep like a baby tonight!!! I must say, I am excited to be back at work even for a Monday!!!

-Santino & Melissa Ayala

Almost Wordless Wednesday...

Started with this...

And now to this:)

Dumpster will be here for bathroom remodel on Friday at 3:00!!!

-Santino and Melissa Ayala

Are you still following??

I don't think anyone actually ready this blag, but I sure feel good when I get to post and talk about myself and about our projects:)
I apologize it's been over two months for this post to come, but things have been so busy lately it's nuts!
In the beginning of October we celebrated our 2nd wedding anniversary and we travelled east to Galena, IL and the Dubuque,IA area around the Mississippi. It is so beautiful around this time of year! I have started a quilting class on Mondays for beginners quilting*we're talking I didn't even know how to use a sewing machine!!* It's just been a very busy couple of weeks for us and we certainly don't excpect for it to slow down one bit with this bathroom remodel coming near!
We've continued to buy buy buy for these bathrooms and we are just 10 days away from the BIG demo and the start of the BIGGEST project we've ever taken on! The dumpster arrives on 28Oct!! For the most part, I would say we are good to go with this and all of the supplies we will need. There are a few items we've had to put on hold until we can get into the walls and see exactly how much of wire we will need and so on. We are now feeling a bit of mixed emotions about this remodel job, mainly because these are our ONLY bathrooms in the house and we HAVE to get someplace with this project....we aren't rushing, but we know we're going to be needing our toilet like....oh...every few hours! I think the scary thing is that it's happening in November and we live in Iowa, which means it's going to be cold and we're going to have the radiators disconnected in order to move the one around in the bathroom. So I think we're scared of freezing and not being able to pee in our own house!:) I know it will all work out in the end, and if our marriage can survive this, we can handle anything:)
Please PLEASE check back in about two weeks for photos of the BEFORE and the DEMO stages!

We can't wait to share these with you all!!!

Have a great rest of the week.

-Santino and Melissa Ayala