Cleanup on Aisle Four!

Remember the downstairs bathroom?  Well, we couldn't just leave it the way you last saw it.  Today was cleanup day.

In addition to driving me up to the house to do cleanup, the hubs also surprised me with having purchased and installed flooring in the landing upstairs.  Ain't he a sweetie?

Happy Birthday to Me!

What girl doesn't dream of spending her birthday (or some part of it) in a demolished bathroom?

Here's how it used to look:

And this was back in March (2018-03-03) when we first started poking it with a stick to get at the leaky plumbing:

We haven't decided yet exactly how we want to remake it.  Will it be a half bath?  We don't know.  We'll be sure to let you see when it's done, though. (;

More Demolition (Did You Think We'd Stop?)

Now that the upstairs is slapped together, we figured we'd do some more work downstairs.  And by "we," I mean the hubs.  He really knocked it out of the park, removing the rest of the soffits in the kitchen (except the one with the can lights that used to have the kitchen sink under it), taking out the closet in the laundry room, and completely ripping out the downstairs bathroom.  We'd already seen 7 layer of floor in the kitchen, but three layers of wall in the bathroom, really?  Wasn't the space small enough already?  Oh, and remember the chimney in the kitchen?  Buh-bye!

Gravity assist

Of course, this all made for lots of dust and debris, which is where I came in ... with the Shop-vac.  I also toted the bricks outside (whole ones in one stack, broken bits and mortar in a separate pile) along with the reusable lumber (another pile).  A good time was had by all.

It's Potty Time!

Yes, I'm that silly. (=

Today, we primed the bathroom floor to seal it.  Then we installed faux linoleum (purchased on sale from the remnants at Menards), and then the hubs put in our brand new toilet (under $89.00 at the Home Depot).

The flooring comes in 12' wide rolls.  We got a 12' x 12' piece.  First, we had to unroll it in a clean area, so we took it to the front rooms downstairs.

Then, we measured and cut a 6' x 6' piece.  The bathroom floor isn't exactly that size, but it is larger than 5' at its widest and at its deepest.  So, we knew this would give us full coverage.

We didn't get a fancy toilet.  How fancy do they really need to be anyway?  But it's brand new, and it's ours ... some assembly required.

And then we put it all together.  (and we forgot to take the bottle of cleaner out of the shot.)

Before and after:

Isn't it beautimous?!?  The cabinet door and drawers are in the front bedroom floor right now for cleaning.  We're also thinking we'll paint the cabinet white to add a bit more brightness to the room.  We shall see.

Transformation Time!

Happy Saturday!  It's time for actual paint!  I absolutely love how transformative a simple coat of paint is.  I get super excited (and sometimes a tiny bit terrified) just prepping for it.  Today, we finished painting the upstairs bathroom.  Just as a reminder, this is what it looked like before:

First, I went ahead and painted the ceiling and the short wall with semi-gloss in white.  Since it's a bathroom, I want a paint that's going to hold up to moisture and whatever else life throws at it.

 

It's white, so it kind of blends in with the primer, but it's shiny. (=

Once that dried, I moved my tape lines to protect what I painted in the morning, so I could start putting up color.

Hubs helped again with taping the high up spots.

I'll let you in on a little secret.  I do not spend piles of cash on paint.  I visit paint websites to find colors I like, and then I find the cheapest paint in the finish I want (semi-gloss, satin, etc.) in a trusted name.  In this case, I went with Glidden paint in semi-gloss.  The color I chose for the bathroom is Gulf Waters by Behr.  It's bright, but not too bright.  And since I kept the short wall white (and all of the trim), it doesn't overpower the small space.

Time to remove the tape!

Isn't that better?