A Tiny Post about our Tiny Bathroom

Well, we made some real progress at the chalet last week; Jordan destroyed the red light guest bathroom. Everything is gone, even the floor. It's progress, but that's all there is to say about it, so until we have some shiny white subway tile and a snazzy new toilet in there, I thought I'd show you another bathroom remodel that we did about two years ago. 

All I ask, when you read this post, is that you only judge us a tiny bit. Because this room below was a room we let only our best friends see. This was the second bedroom of the Moncrieff house, also known as Jordan's closet/the storage room/the room we threw all our junk in right before we had people coming over for dinner. And then we shut the door and pretended it wasn't even there. So this was really a room of shame. 

But all that changed when Jordan told me that in this room he could make my dream of having a second bathroom come true. Specifically in the closet. It wasn't a big closet, but it was big enough for a half-bath, provided we could furnish it with the world's tiniest sink and toilet. 

So after removing the shelf and clothing rod, dressing the closet in a fresh coat of paint, and several hours installing water and sewer lines in a two feet deep crawl space that Jordan literally had to crawl through, the closet became a bathroom!

What, you've never seen a standing lamp in a bathroom before?

Feedback on the closet bathroom was mixed. People were surprised at how functional it was, for such a tiny space, however, since there was no window, and since the door still opened out, and had no lock, it did have a bit of a closety feel. 

This bathroom was a blessing and a curse. Because while having two bathrooms was a luxury I thought I'd have to wait till my mid-thirties to have, it also meant that we had to keep the room of shame as tidy as possible if we wanted guests to be able to use it without judging us. Or at minimum, we had to push the junk aside and clear a path to the door if we wanted them to be able to use it at all. 

Nevertheless, our tiny bathroom will always have a tiny place in my heart.