Bathroom Adventures

The Idiots Guide to Bathroom Remodeling:

Is there such a book?

It is hard to believe, but the second bathroom is completed (except for a recessed TP holder). I don't think I have ever worked so hard, and so long, on the remodeling of a room. The vanity, medicine cabinet, ceiling and wall light fixture, and toilet seat all had to be replaced. There were large holes to patch, an entire room to paint, wall border to paste on, and floor boards to cut, paint, and put up. Part of the room I sponged with three colors; that was my first experience ever with sponging. Caulking had to be stripped off, and redone, and grout around the ceramic floor tiles needed mending. Let's see...then there was the fun part...the decorations.

For the first time ever, I designed curtains out of lace in a swag style. Two antique ceramic birds that Davy bought me, grace the window. The wall paper border is quite lovely and works well in that room. I also struggled with my first attempt to put up the wall boards. Thanks to Davy's Christmas gift to me of a chop saw, the job was much easier than it could have been without one.

But good grief, could it have taken any longer to complete? Towards the end, I was edgy, frustrated and READY to be done. A couple times I had to tell Davy and Joby to leave me alone because I was in a bad mood trying to get it completed. They left me alone while snickering behind my back! But on the bright side, Davy was endless in his patience to help me when I needed it. But Joby (and Michael on one day), still snickered.

I was splattered with paint, clear and white caulking clung to my fingertips and knuckles, dirty knees from kneeling to scrape off messy grout from the floor, and my neck hurt from reaching up to do the border, paint ceiling etc. But it is done, completed, ended, and FINISHED, with a capooie and a capoot! YAHOO.

When summer time arrives, Davy will remove the bathroom window and replace it with a door which will open up onto the patio that will be built in a recess that on the back of the house. The end result should be really nice, but once again the bathroom will be in an uproar.

I will enjoy its loveliness until then.

Love, Mrs. Fixer-upper