So I Took the Plunge...
The bathroom has been screaming for a makeover..It's obviously the most difficult job to do..but I was ready for it!! This summer, this would be my task! On Friday, Joe hosted a work potluck and I knew I couldn't even start thinking about it until after this whole ordeal because the bathroom had to look somewhat presentable. But it was coming! Saturday morning, I found myself toying with the wallpaper. Before I knew it, I had my handy upright steam iron (yes, Rowenta has many uses, not just clothing) and I was steaming off my wallpaper. It is now all gone and a nice new shade of "Mystic Sea" is in it's place. The damage wasn't that bad. It all varies in old houses. Never know exactly what you are going to find behind wallpaper. This time, it seems that any of the damage was on the bottom half of the wall. Conveniently, this will be covered up by beadboard wainscoting!
So I also decided that I would start my shelf project as well. I borrowed my neighbor's circular saw and bought myself four pieces of wood and I now have these great shelves that sit behind the toilet! I built them myself. Of course, the finished product surely won't be noticeable until I put in the wainscoting, but in the meantime, it looks great! Finally, there is no more wasted space back there! I no longer have a cheesy over the toilet shelving system :) It was really all rather easy too I might add!
So School gets out in 8 days..work days that is ;) Anyway, I can't do the wainscoting or the floor until school gets out and Lori is coming to visit and she is bringing me her tile saw so that I may start the floor. The tiles we got from the neighbor across the street. There are 29 of them to be exact. Italian tiles that go PERFECTLY with the color on the walls. They are cream colored and when you bring them into the room, you can see they've got tints of blue intermingled with the stone look. I spent a good while last summer watching Peter put these very tiles in across the street, never realizing that Diana would end up giving me all the extra tiles!
Next on the bathroom agenda? Removing the sink so that I can tile the floor and put up the wainscoting behind it, and doing the floor. I'm very excited about this endeavor..but until school lets out, it looks like a half done bathroom around here ;)
The bathroom has been screaming for a makeover..It's obviously the most difficult job to do..but I was ready for it!! This summer, this would be my task! On Friday, Joe hosted a work potluck and I knew I couldn't even start thinking about it until after this whole ordeal because the bathroom had to look somewhat presentable. But it was coming! Saturday morning, I found myself toying with the wallpaper. Before I knew it, I had my handy upright steam iron (yes, Rowenta has many uses, not just clothing) and I was steaming off my wallpaper. It is now all gone and a nice new shade of "Mystic Sea" is in it's place. The damage wasn't that bad. It all varies in old houses. Never know exactly what you are going to find behind wallpaper. This time, it seems that any of the damage was on the bottom half of the wall. Conveniently, this will be covered up by beadboard wainscoting!
So I also decided that I would start my shelf project as well. I borrowed my neighbor's circular saw and bought myself four pieces of wood and I now have these great shelves that sit behind the toilet! I built them myself. Of course, the finished product surely won't be noticeable until I put in the wainscoting, but in the meantime, it looks great! Finally, there is no more wasted space back there! I no longer have a cheesy over the toilet shelving system :) It was really all rather easy too I might add!
So School gets out in 8 days..work days that is ;) Anyway, I can't do the wainscoting or the floor until school gets out and Lori is coming to visit and she is bringing me her tile saw so that I may start the floor. The tiles we got from the neighbor across the street. There are 29 of them to be exact. Italian tiles that go PERFECTLY with the color on the walls. They are cream colored and when you bring them into the room, you can see they've got tints of blue intermingled with the stone look. I spent a good while last summer watching Peter put these very tiles in across the street, never realizing that Diana would end up giving me all the extra tiles!
Next on the bathroom agenda? Removing the sink so that I can tile the floor and put up the wainscoting behind it, and doing the floor. I'm very excited about this endeavor..but until school lets out, it looks like a half done bathroom around here ;)
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