not sure what the trend was elswhere in 1982 but good gracious, this house is chock full of soffits and can lights.
We were fairly sure that each one upstairs only contained the can light fixture, so with a dozen, "Are we sure? Are you sure? ARE WE SURE?" confirmations out of the way, N took a hammer and busted in.
After a little crow bar and saw zaw (sp?) action, the guest bath was completely soffit-less, crumbly attic insulation and all:
And here's the girls' bath during and after demo (complete with a lamp, as all of the light fixtures were already MIA at that point):
Look how pretty that wallpaper was. Not.
It's really hard to tell in these photos, but removing the soffits adds so much to the visual space of both baths. We have 9 foot ceilings upstairs and now you can "see" all of that space so much better. Huge difference. Plus, now we will be able to install a traditional vanity light fixture instead of continuing to rely on the can lights that were installed in the bottom of the soffit.
Guest bath w the drywall back up (and mirror and painted-over wallpaper gone):
The ceiling looks sooo high. We had our contractor do the drywall repair, mudding and sanding, along with moving the electrical wire from the ceiling, where it was to connect to the can light, to the wall, where it will connect to an actual bath vanity light fixture.
Girls' bath:
That's a terrible photo, but the drywall is all fixed up and the electrical moved. Soffit no more. And check out that old wallpaper! That was under the mirror and is what was put in when the house was built. It's like a metallic graph paper. Meow.
Oh, and the original paper we found in the guest bath under the mirror had pink and white vertical stripes. Maybe there were little girlies in this house 30 years ago, too? :)
(By the way, we removed the mirrors because we wanted to be rid of all wallpaper and have clean, fresh walls everywhere, plus we plan to frame them before putting them back on the wall.)
More soon...
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