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Last summer, after we had finished the garage apartment, my one request to Tripp was this:

“Please, Dear, can we be done with renovating for a while.”

We’ve been renovating our house for the past five years and I’m tired.  Renovating is a lot of work, but renovating a 100 year-old house is utterly exhausting – physical, financially, and mentally.  The main reason I wanted to take a break, though, is so that we could enjoy Kelsey and all the fun stuff that goes along with senior year without the distraction and stress of yet another remodeling project.

Well, it looks like that’s not going to happen.139

Mother nature and her sub-zero temps decided otherwise.145

The pipes to our master bathroom burst yesterday.  The good news is that it didn’t spray all over the inside of our bathroom.  The bad news is that they had to tear up part of our bathroom floor to get to it.024

Nice.

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Looks like we’re renovating whether I like it or not.  And I’m gonna need some chocolate.

Peace, Kelly

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  1. Mama's Empty Nest says

    February 12, 2011 at 1:26 pm

    Hope you get scads of chocolate to remedy this situation! (Valentine’s Day is upon us after all!) 🙂 Stumbled onto your blog and “minding the nest” caught my eye since I’m in the empty nest. Enjoyed a couple of your posts and will come back to visit.

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    • Minding My Nest says

      February 12, 2011 at 2:48 pm

      Thank you! My family knows how good piece of chocolate does wonders for my outlook on life. 🙂

      Reply
  2. Sheila Visconti says

    February 12, 2011 at 2:46 pm

    Bummer! But, it will now be better than ever!

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    • Minding My Nest says

      February 12, 2011 at 3:01 pm

      That’s right Sheila! And what is keeping me out of Crazytown! 🙂

      Reply

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  1. Bathroom Renovation Chapter 1 – The Idea Process | Minding My Nest says:
    February 16, 2011 at 4:26 pm

    […] Posted on February 16, 2011 by Minding My Nest Let the bathroom renovation commence!  Since the pipes in our master bathroom burst last week, our master bath renovation has been moved up from the ‘Five Year’ timeline to the next month […]

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  2. Bathroom Renovation–Epilogue | Minding My Nest says:
    July 16, 2011 at 9:26 pm

    […] After the pipe burst last winter and it became clear that we were going to have to renovate the bathroom, Tripp and I started brainstorming and talking about what kinds of features we’d like to have in our master bathroom.  We both agreed on a tiled, walk-in shower; a dual-sink vanity; and combining our two small, dysfunctional closets into one large walk-in closet.  In addition, at the top of my list were classic styling and good lighting, whereas Tripp’s main concern was functionality and value.  (This is a pretty typical scenario for us in just about every renovation project we’ve tackled.  Me-form, Tripp-function.)  Anyway, when our contractor first came over to discuss plans and layouts, Tripp expressed his desire to include a space for a stacking washer and dryer. […]

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    January 21, 2013 at 7:21 pm

    […] perhaps you recall, a couple of years ago this happened, and so we had to completely gut and remodel our master bathroom.  You can read all about the […]

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    April 20, 2014 at 8:26 pm

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