OK, my turn. Here's a few pics from my recent remodel of our bathroom. There was a clawfoot tub in there before. I hated it. The plumbing came up through the floor where the bench is. All the tile, except for the design on the outside, was free as it was sitting in the garage of a rental house I bought. I did every bit of work on it myself.
https://picasaweb.google.com/109059948055984542419/BathroomRemodel#slideshow/5691197188535909394As I already had the tile saw and the tile and a few leftover pieces of Hardybacker for the floor and walls, my only expenses were about $100 for shower and plumbing fittings (Sharkbite and Pex), about $20 in additional lumber, maybe $50 in grout and mastic, and the little design thingy on the outside was $100. It was an impulse buy when I was picking up more grout. Plus, a few things like plastic for the shower pan, etc.
The bathroom is off our bedroom which had a fireplace converted to propane with a remote. It's nothing fancy but it's the house I always wanted. My driveway is 4 miles from the Blue Ridge Parkway.
Where I live a cabin like mine is still pretty affordable, though my son and I had to do a lot of work on it when we first bought it. We enjoy that kind of thing. I'll have it paid off in a few years. I laugh when I hear friends that live in places like NYC say how they couldn't give up their 'quality of life' in the city.
Now that I think of it, it seems like a pretty good place to write my OWN manifesto...
