Uggghhh..... Where do I even begin? (And I did not have to do any of this work-thank God, or I would be back in the hospital..) My husband tore the shower out of the basement bathroom. We have a "Michigan Basement", in case you couldn't tell... One of those rocks fell out of the wall and the side of the shower was bulging out. My husband fixed it, and went and got a shop vac and vacuumed behind the rock wall and the retaining wall? (The cement wall that makes up the basement.) The people who lived in this house before us had cats (we do, too, but..) and they would come down in the basement (to catch mice, no doubt- we have had a mouse problem here since we moved in-although it is getting a lot better). Well there was a hole up on the drywall (I don't even know...) The cats would get in there, in the crawl space, and go back there and pee. There was dirt I don't even know how high up. My husband vacuumed out I don't know how much of it, and mixed up some cement and put it on top of the remaining dirt. 🤷 We had used the shop vac (which broke since) and vacuumed, and mopped with ZEP. Well my husband poured the last of it on the remaining dirt in there, and it doesn't smell any more. There was just a whiff of it when it was humid, or once in a while..
What a mess... Then he had to put the shower back in. This is the lovely shower. 🙄 There isn't even a shower head. This shower was soooo dirty when we moved in. Dirt, leaves... I don't even know. We never use it, but I still cleaned it because... Ewww
I took this picture a while ago-you can see the different colored dry wall. That top piece wasn't even there, and that's where the cats were getting in. It's all unfinished and I hate it.
So, don't ask me why I crocheted a toilet paper cover for this bathroom... 😂 This is my Victorian Rose TP Cover pattern. I used a G hook, and I actually had to rip it all out and use an H hook, and it worked perfect.
I texted my husband, "Now we really need to finish the basement bathroom, I decorated". 😂 I think I've lost my mind..
This is another thing I crocheted for the basement bathroom, when our middle son and his (now) wife came out two summers ago. I didn't know if we would have to use the downstairs bathroom, or not.... It's a Q-tip holder. Maybe I will just go get some paint and start painting in there. I hate it so much. I don't even know what to do with this under the staircase.. Maybe my husband could put some drywall up there at least. This house is 125 years old. I guess I should be "happy" there's an extra bathroom downstairs.
