Day 19: Feb. 10, 2011

Put up the first piece of drywall up in the south bedroom. Getting full pieces of drywall up the stairs is going to be tricky. To make it easier, I completed demolition of the hallway and took down the hand railing.

I was in such a destructive mood that I continued into the bathroom. Another surprise: behind the bathtub was a hidden 6-by-8 foot space. Like in the closets, its a space made virtually unusable by the slope of the roof. I'm not sure we can do anything with it. (It could either be added to the bathroom or make a gnome-like storage space for the east bedroom.) But opening it up certainly makes the bathroom look different.

Speaking of the bathroom, I'll start on it once the bedrooms are done. We should make plans of what we want to do now. The toilet and sink should probably remain where they are. The plumbing is new and in good shape. Locating the shower or bathtub or whatever will be the challenge. I found a 3-piece walk-in shower unit at Menard's that seemed pretty classy. Perhaps because of the strange space, a shower AND a bathtub? We can talk about it when you visit.

Showed Martha to a young couple who arrived just as I was finishing up for the day. They seemed to appreciate Martha even though she's stripped down to her underwear at the moment.