Bathroom design, told by my 3 year old #3

An avalanche of dust. That’s what our house is currently like. But it’ll all be worth it in the end, as my three year old wisely says.  This is an update to her previous thoughts on the new en suite and main bathroom (and other work) we’re now in the middle of.

This week, the workmen have been in my house.  There is a lot of dust.  Mummy keeps getting the mop out and filling up the bucket with water and saying “Oh!”  lot.

We’ve also been doing vacuuming a lot.  I like vacuuming so I asked if we could do it again.  I like holding the handle myself though Mummy says it slows her down.

The vacuum broke which made Mummy sad.

The workmen put a hole in the wall and put a new boiler in it.  The hole is going to have a little door on it and you can crawl inside then stand up inside like a hidey space, though Mummy says I’m not allowed as I might get lost.

Mummy says we have hot water all the time now.  Before, it sometimes used to run out when she was running her bath.  This made her sad, too.

We have another radiator in the lounge as well as the first one.  My Daddy says it’s a lot warmer.  My Grandad says it has “bloody transformed” it.

Daddy says that the workmen are coming back to put the new bathroom in.  I hope they leave more dust and dirt so we can vacuum again and again!

Bathroom design, told by my 2 year old (#2)

As my partner and I are rubbish at interiors, I decided that the best way to blog about our journey towards our new bathroom and en suite was through the eyes of my two-year-old. She tells it like it is, after all. Read the first instalment, here.

Well – we went back to the shop with the man in it and the sinks and big baths today.

I woke up in the car and did shout. Mummy said I had fallen asleep on the way there. I was a bit grumpy and only looked at the big bath once.

Mummy took some pictures of my baby sister looking in the mirrors at the shop. She looked grumpy, too, but Mummy was excited and doing her silly dances whilst Daddy was talking to the man.

Mummy likes the sparkly black tiles.

The man had done special drawings on the computer. I have my own laptop that sings songs and does letters. It’s better.

Mummy wants a big cupboard as she likes the ‘storage’. She wants to put all the towels in it. I have a purple towel.

Mummy likes this sink. Daddy “can’t get excited about it”. I like it as I can make a den.

Mummy says we’re keeping our big bath but Daddy is looking for new taps. Mummy can’t get excited about taps.

We get to go back to the shop again next week. I’m glad as I always get an ice-cream afterwards.

Bathroom design: told by my two-year-old (#1)

Recently, we’ve made the big decision to refurbish and decorate our bathroom. We are not interior design people. Or DIY people. Or even putting up lightbulbs people. Yet I do want to blog about our journey towards something resembling a decent bathroom (and en suite). I may post photos at a later date, when some progress has been made.

I decided that the best way to tell the tale was from my two-going-on-three-year-old’s point of view. She’s the only one with any common sense, after all.

Today, mummy and daddy took me and my baby sister to look at some shops. They weren’t like the normal shops. They didn’t have lollies.

We were in the car first and I was very hungry so Mummy gave me a cheese sandwich. Daddy did put his music on but I shouted because it was not loud enough.

The first shop had things called tiles and some toilets and big sinks and baths. We have a big bath at home. Mummy says it’s vit-tory-an. There’s a big shower at my house, too. I don’t like any of them.

That shop did have colouring in. I did colouring in and did a strawberry. Mummy liked some things called tiles and they were grey and had glitter in.

A man was talking to Daddy a lot and Daddy said to Mummy “let’s get out of here quick”.

We went in the car again and my baby sister had her lunch. I did fall asleep and Mummy said I had a banana in one hand and a breadstick in the other hand.

The next shop we were in for a long time. The man had the same name as my Daddy. Daddy did drawing for him and they were talking about the drawings.

I did some drawing on Mummy’s phone. I drew some ladders and a balloon.

A lady did make Mummy a cup of coffee and my baby sister sat on the floor and took things out of Mummy’s bag.

Mummy liked a big round sink with a big mirror at the top and towels underneath.

I got the towels and wrapped them round me like Mummy does. I did get in one of the big baths and I was making a big cake for Mummy and Daddy and playing peepo with my baby sister. The man did tell me to be careful with the bottles.

I got in a big shower and it had tiles with glitter like mummy likes. They were black. I liked these.

Then we said bye to the man and I shook his hand like Daddy does. My baby sister had some milk and a sleep in the car.

We played in the garden and I had pizza for my tea.

Daddy says we can go and see the man again next week.

This is my ladders and balloon on Mummy’s phone.

Read the second instalment of this series, here.