The Bathroom

The bathroom upstairs is one of the rooms we're living with until we can gut it.  It's functional, although Greg had to do some grouting and creative repairs to the tile around the tub to make it so!  One of the first times he took a shower, I discovered a leak coming through the ceiling fixture/medallion in the front hall.   It turned out some of the tiles were loose and the water was finding its way down.  So, it was functional (semi) and ugly (full-on) when we moved in:

Different tile on the floor and walls that don't go with each other, and a formica-topped vanity that goes with neither.  Plus really special wallpaper.

New sink faucet, new lights and power switches/outlet and new window blind.  While Greg was working with the plumber to take out the copper (it was in bad shape under the vanity) and replaced with flex pipe, I suggested Greg remove the doors to make access easier.  We didn't really want to keep them.  The one on the right wasn't a door but a tip-out bin, something we'd never use.  I found some fabric that I was able to fashion into a skirt and put it up with a tension rod. Painted the face of the vanity that shows above the skirt an almond color (Behr's Baja).  I stripped off the wallpaper and pasted up the pages from some falling-apart books that I scored at yard sales.  It probably took me 10-15 hours to do the entire bathroom (over the course of a few days).  It was fun and something I'd definitely try again in a spot we we don't expect to demo.

So now it's tidy enough for a while...