Bargain House Gets a Second Bathroom

Hick has been working at Bargain House during this recent spate of below-zero weather. He decided to add another bathroom. He said there was plenty of room to do that, because the bedroom on the front of the house is so big. The bedroom that the previous resident had been using as another living room.

"That way, the bedroom can have a bathroom attached. But also, it will be a bathroom off the living room. A shared bathroom. So people don't have to go to the back of the house to use the other bathroom that's off the kitchen and back bedroom. This new one will be a full bathroom, too. With a shower, but no tub."

I wasn't quite sure how this would turn out. Hick has a vision when he gets to puttering around in these flip houses. He doesn't explain his ideas very well, but once I see them, I agree that his instincts were right. Let's walk through the beginning stages...

Here we are in the living room. You can see the arm of that recliner that's still there. The front door of Bargain House is on the right, where that light is coming in, and a spare door is leaning. We are looking into the front bedroom, where the ladder sits. That opening is a doorway that Hick just cut in the wall. The original bedroom door is the opening on the left. THIS IS GOING TO BE THE NEW BATHROOM.

These are the two new doors that Hick hung. He likes to send me pictures of his progress.

This is after the door trim is on. The door on the left came with its framing. Hick will paint the trim on the right door white, to match. This is actually the wood trim from the door he put on the back porch entry. He didn't use it there, but instead framed the outer door with wood boards.

See? Hick's own trim, rather than what came with that door. Hick will be painting that door as soon as the temperature allows. He's thinking of green, to match the roof. Anyhoo... Hick is resourceful, and when his bargain doors don't come with all their parts, he knows how to cannibalize or create what he needs.

This is looking through the door on the left, into what will be the new bathroom. Hick got a deal on 7 boxes of flooring, so here is some of it. The wall straight ahead is where the plumbing will come in for this bathroom, which used to be part of the bedroom and closet. 

There will be a corner shower in the back left corner. The toilet will be against the left wall, facing that white door that leads into the bedroom. The sink will be against that wooden framing on the right, beside the door. This way, Hick says that when you open the door from the living room, to go into the bathroom, you don't see the toilet.

Anyhoo... that's the plan. I'll show more as Hick shares progress with me.