An empty house...

Evangeline (the girl I babysit - she turned 1 today!!) and I took Tyler to the airport yesterday, and he was the last of our housemates to leave. I realized the other day that since we moved here, Bran and I have never gotten to simply enjoy living by ourselves. We were alone the first month we were here (July of last year) but spent the entire time renovating and painting the house, so we didn't really get to enjoy just living. "The Kids" as we call them, got here in August, and left for a week or a few at a time, but most of the time at least one of them was home. But now they're all three gone for 3 months, and I'm pretty excited. I miss them, and know that I'll be ready for them to come back in August, but for now I'm really looking forward to having a quiet, empty house.

So the other night I got home from work at about 11pm and when I pulled up to our house there was a huge truck full of bathroom debris in the front yard, the front door was propped open, and there was a table lamp on the porch. Bran and Austin were going to town on the bathroom (and a case of beer). I wasn't thrilled that they were working so late, more out of concern for my neighbors and my desire for sleep than anything else. But there were no complaints, and they were able to do a good bit of the framing that needed to happen. It is so exciting to see it coming together!

I've gathered some more ideas for paint, storage, etc. The tub will be on the far wall as you walk in, and on either side there will be built in shelves. I'm going to buy some rattan baskets so we can use the shelves to store towels, toiletries, etc. I already have two of these Savannah Pottery Barn baskets, and I think something like this will work great:



Here is an updated pic of the bathroom. Bran and Austin (Evie's Dad) put in the frame for the ceiling (it peaks, but we're dropping it about a foot so we can install can lights), and started working on framing out the walls around the tub. After I snapped this picture, Aus said "oh good, she got my good side!" :)




And this is the enormous bee hive the guys found behind the wall where the tub will go.



Luckily it's old and didn't have anyone living in it when they found it. Ugh I'm glad to have that out of there!