Renovation #1: Conquering the Third Floor

The first renovation we decided to do was to gut the third floor living space. Initially this area had been a kids room, storage area, and once a rented suit. When we bought it it was divided into three separate rooms (a kids room, 'reading area' and storage area with old counter tops and plumbing for a kitchen). Our first vision for this area was to make a large bathroom, as the second floor bathroom was small and in poor shape. After some hard thinking and a wonderful design by my father Peter, the official vision for the third floor was developed. The final plans had 3/4 of the space as a family room and the remaining 1/4 as a large bathroom.

We began demolition early in January as our initial wish was to have it done by our wedding day in July. However, as most renovations go, we were still doing work that July as our wedding day approached. Even though we did not get it done for the wedding, the amount of time we took to do it paid off as it turned out wonderful and we now use it constantly.

Some of the improvements we made were:
1) shoveled out 60 "industrial" sized garbage bags of sawdust that once acted as some type of insulation and replaced all walls, knee wall, and ceiling with proper insulation
2) Removed 1/4 inch plywood that was acting as wall covering and replaced with proper drywall
3) Added a commercial toilet that cost close to $800 due to the slope needed to drain toilet to stack, However, NOTHING gets stuck in the toilet now!
4) Added a double sink vanity, extra deep tub, and built ourselves a large walk in shower consisting of a bench and double shower heads.

Here is what the finished third floor looks like, I can't seem to find our "before" pictures right now so I will post them when I do!