Half Bathroom Progress

The half bathroom work began when we were just going to have the toilet replaced. We figured we could get a new toilet to replace the old one, and mess with the wallpaper and junk later. Once the old one was out, we look in the box and saw the new one was chipped. So, while we had the room, might as well redo the whole bathroom, right?

So here's my husband putting the new low flow toilet with this long and dainty wrench. It's so cute, it looks like a magic wand.

I spent hours and hours on the floor dying all that grout, and I picked a light gray for the walls. The last thing we have to do is to replace the old faucet. So, yay, we finally have two bathrooms.

Bathroom: Before & After

The full bathroom needed paint and a new fan (and new floor tile, maybe later) to make it a bit more finished looking in there. Last year, I painted it a light gray really quickly, and I'm not very good at painting.

So, a professional paint job and a new fan, and we're good to go. My husband picked the paint color, it's a little bluish for me. We like gray around here. And, the before photo was taking mid fan replacement.

The next thing I should do is decant all those bottles into nice ones, a' la Chez Larsson. That's almond Dr. Bronner's liquid castille soap in the green bottle, btw. Thumbs up. The floor tiles should really be replaced, as they are cracked and whoever installed them did a crappy job. I might end up just dying what's left of the grout in the meantime.

Half Bathroom Walls: Before

There are two layers of (ugly) wallpaper peeling off the walls, offsetting this (ugly) yellow tile. This is kind of a screwy half bathroom anyway, the cabinet is skewed on one side to allow the door opening. I know, how could we have this eyesore in our house for years and years? We closed the door and completely ignored it. For shame.

Instead of a complete, back to studs renovation, with poured concrete floors, wall mounted faucet and lav, and a hatbox toilet, we'll be doing a few quick, cheap fixes. I'm picking my paint colors, and crossing my fingers.

Half Bathroom Tile: Before

Gross, right? We have had this half bathroom for four years and have never used it. Between the peeling wallpaper, 4 gallon per flush toilet, and this floor, it is just not an appealing place to be, even for a minute.

We are hiring a painter to strip the wallpaper and paint the walls. My job, however, will be to dye the grout. I think this will go a long way into making this tile bearable. We're embarking on quite a few band aid renovations, but this is first. Since Bean has transitioned out of diapers, it will be nice to have two bathrooms between the four bathroom-goers.