Remodel begins!

Tom started on ripping out the guest bath today. Here are a couple before photos...hard to get a good shot as I can't step far enough a way to get a full photo the way the room is configured. I had to wait until Tom removed the door to get these. I was going to take a photo with the shower curtain open but it looked too bad with hard water stains...trust me- tub has had it- crack in bottom and what used to be white is now rust brown as even lime-away would not take it out.

We are enlarging the room...kicking a section out into the hallway, so the toilet will have its own alcove.

Austin also worked on "Rabbit Hotel 2" today. Looks like I need to pick up a couple more cages for the outside. It will be like Rabbit Hotel 2- one cage inside building and one cage outside under a roof in 2 rows. The inside cages have lids that lift up. The outside cages have doors. The only differences between the 2 is the first one has nest boxes built in and solid bottomed inside cages for momma's to have thier babies whereas the second building has wire bottomed cages inside and out and no nest boxes- these are for unbred and growing rabbits. Of course in this building the trays sit on top of the bottom row of cages, though I am considering putting in a shelf for the trays to rest on just so it looks neater. I may add doors to the bottom row of cages at some point as it is a pain to remove trays to get a rabbit out. But all in all the set up works out well. The rabbits have lots of space, can get fresh air, the building stays ventilated, they can warm up inside and the feeders and water bottles are inside, making chores easier. It also made great use of unused wall space and the chickens keep the droppings stirred up looking for worms and such so no odor.  My only issue has been that I HAVE to keep feeders covered as the chickens and turkeys will eat the rabbit food if they can get to it. I may add a hinged panel on the top cages as well so the chickens stop roosting and pooping on the upper lids. Trying to think of a way to do that without making it hard to get the lids open to get a rabbit out.