Time capsule

This is kinda crazy... when I was in Grade 2 my Dad herniated himself hauling a cast iron bathtub into the bathroom with a rope (and a lot of grit.) To quote a Corb Lund song, Dad used "a lot of his back and a little of his brain!"    I totally remember this day; it was scary and exciting. He got that tub in the room and it is still in the house, a gorgeous clawfoot tub.  So, my Mom just sent me this picture. Me in my Cabbage Patch Kids t-shirt with my Dad.  Fast forward a few decades and here is my daughter, age 8 with her Dad during our bathroom renovation. 

Other than the beautiful new window, we have put the new flooring in.  The vanity is in place and waiting to be plumbed in, but that is waiting for new sheets of drywall.  And ALL of that is waiting for Chad to finish a course that he's taking.  So I think we're officially on hold until the new year. That means I have all kinds of time to strip wallpaper, pull staples out of wood floors and try to even out these crazy lathe and plaster walls.

Back to the bathroom floors, though.
We did try to salvage the original flooring, a very rustic 2 inch wide wood that is throughout the second floor. But it was impossible. We tried really hard, but in the end there was just too large of gaps between the wood, which would have been a cesspool of dried pee within a month, I am sure.  So we had to lay a new subfloor and we picked up some really nice looking luxury vinyl tile (on sale!). It goes together like lego and can stand up to high humidity areas like a bathroom. So, without further ado, here is the new floor - and my well-tressed assistant. :)