Bathroom

There is also a bathroom in the house we bought, gee imagine that.  This bathroom needed a little love.  Here's what it looked like when we bought the house.

 

Not bad, but the big cabinet made it feel smaller than it was and the wood from the eighties was making me sad.   Also, the sink and cabinet were newer (sorry didn't get a good view but you'll see it later) and the medicine cabinet really didn't match.  Also, the tub was damaged from the apparent removal of a shower door.  

First, I removed the medicine cabinet and stained it to match the sink vanity, which happened to be the same stain from the kitchen, so that was basically free as I had some left from the kitchen cabinets. I replaced the brass handle on the medicine cabinet with a $1.90 brushed nickle one.  I removed the large cabinet from the wall.  Then, I removed the wood light bar.  Finally,

I painted that wall to cover all the removed areas.

It was looking much better, and except for a hole caused when the cabinet came down, which I patched and painted and put a picture over it for good measure.

Now for the bathtub, this was a bit more challenging.  The tube was filthy and chipped.  I first cleaned it with a scrubber, then I bought some magical stuff called Porc-a-Fix.  http://www.fixture-fix.com/ Call this lady and she will help you match the color of your tub.  I had to use the filler and the glaze, but it worked very well.  I'm extremely happy with how it turned out.  It took about two days because you have to apply, let cure, sand, and repeat.  It was worth it though because I spent $21.50 and a few minutes a day for two days.

Then I added some rugs I found at a thrift store for $4, shower curtain rings at the same thrift store for $1.  A picture from a different thrift store for $3, and a new shower curtain and rod, total of  $32 completed the look.  Here's my bathroom. I bought a brushed nickle light bar for $30 and attached that over the hole in the wall left by the ugly one.  I got LED light bulbs for that.  Those were expensive but I'm very happy with how they look.  There were six of those at $8 each.  I got new towel hooks, TP holder and a new towel bar.  Total $38 for the set that matched the brushed nickle.  For those who don't want to do the math, total cost of renovation $179.40.  Here's the completed view.  I also bought new towels for $50 for 4 bath towels, two hand towels, and four wash cloths at the JC Penney Home Store sale.  That was optional.  Then the total is $229.40 for a new bathroom.