Goodbye 80's Shower!

When we moved in our house three years ago the one thing that we did not like about this house was the master bathroom shower. It is this big old brown and gold yuck shower. The grout was redone when we purchased it but it was not done correctly as it started falling out and there was yucky BLACK grout behind the brown grout. Now if the grout was actually back, or just 25 years old and mildewed I wasn't sure. It was terrible though and no matter what I did to it it just looked yucky. About a month ago four tiles popped off and the wall behind it was rotten. We called out a contractor as there is just no more waiting - we have to replace the tile! When he came out he told us that back in the early 80's (when our house was built) they did not have to use waterproof sheet rock behind the tile so that there was probably a lot of damage and mold behind the tile from years of water exposure. He and Scott pulled off more tiles and you can see how Scott rigged it so that we could take a shower until the project got started. They couldn't start until yesterday. My mom came over and stayed while we were gone with Hudson. They did all of the demolition and just like he thought there is rotted wood. They cleared it all out and sprayed it with some type of stuff to kill mold and are now leaving fans on it to dry it out over the weekend. Monday they will be here to start replacing the wood and rebuilding the shower. They should have the shower completed by Wednesday. Yay!! So exciting! Of course this has now turned into a much more expensive project than we initially planned but at least it will be nice once it's done! We are going to replace the faucets on the tub and sinks too. Can't wait! Here are few of the "before" and "current" shower.