![bath batch 1 (6).](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2488/3879353842_a82207f680.jpg)
OH! Right, that. That does not look so much like that anymore. That looks like this.
![bath batch 4 (3).](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3487/3944989585_24cd09e6aa.jpg)
Remember the floor?
![batch batch 1 (4).](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2496/3879358086_4f03029376.jpg)
I know, I know. Of course you remember the floor.
Well, a few coats of porch and patio paint, and it's a whole new surface.
![bath batch 4 (6).](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2632/3944987075_cfa7de9dd0.jpg)
The grout lines held up under a coat of primer and three coats of gray, which is nice. Unfortunately, there was a tiny accident this weekend that gouged the paint up, so it will have to be patched. But that's small potatoes compared to what I had before.
![bath batch 1 (5).](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2646/3878560811_d097e12a8d.jpg)
Lord. I wore shower shoes in college, and it was cleaner than that.
I'm really pleased with the way the mirror turned out. I had no quibble with the existing one, really. It was aesthetically inoffensive, and it did its job, in that it adequately ... reflected things.
![bath batch 1 (3).](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2593/3878562973_95149b0ee9.jpg)
But TwinFin was gracious enough to come hang my new one, which is a vast improvement. It multitasks as lighting and mirror, thanks to fixtures that act as sconces but connect to a single junction box (no gouging into walls!).
![bath batch 4 (7).](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3450/3944985717_9e2c3278dd.jpg)
Ooooh ... pretty.
![bath batch 4 (1).](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2531/3944991797_2dc58db043.jpg)
The vanity stayed, touched up with Old English and Tilex.
![bath batch 4 (4).](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3226/3944988265_ec5e0518eb.jpg)
An improvement, you think?
![bath batch 4 (2).](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2499/3944990845_a36c30bc1a.jpg)
Hm, let's check.
![bath batch 1 (2).](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2576/3878564463_f237002fa4.jpg)
GAH! Warning, please! This might make a good guessing game, come to think of it. A nice Facebook quiz I can title "K Slobbishness or Crime Scene?"
Because I know you haven't forgotten this.
![bath batch 1 (1).](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2533/3878565123_3b7969f13b.jpg)
Haunts your dreams, no?
Well, check it out:
![bath batch 4 (5).](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2453/3944987619_fb8463f34f.jpg)
BOOYAH!
I rock. Though, seriously, all thanks go to S&M and Twinfin, without whom the Woodside could never again have been considered fit for humans.
Now everybody come visit! Only ... call first. I tend not to do the dishes. Or wear pants.
3 comments:
at: 4:47 PM said...
great work. i had no idea patio paint could be applied to old tile on a floor like that. good to know for future reference. it looks awesome!
at: 10:27 PM said...
Katie, It looks great! How'd you get the tile grout in the tub clean?
at: 4:31 PM said...
hi kay!
the easiest way to get the tile grout clean was ... to remove the grout completely. =) where the tub met the wall, that is. it pulled off without much complaint because it was relatively crappily applied. then we just re-grouted!
the shower walls themselves didn't have dirty grout because they were painted by a previous owner. so there was no exposed grout to speak of (thank heavens).
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