The minor reno before the storm

Let me just preface this with saying, Karma is a bitch. In a prior post I mentioned how tiny my master bath is. How it was updated with the 'builder basic' of upgrades. Crappy corner shower, crappy sink/toilet. It functioned, it just wasn't pretty. Read about that here.

So.....here's what happened. I thought "Let me do a quick little spruce up and try to make myself happy with what my home purchase had given me." Below are the results. Sorry for the crap-tastic photos. Prior to the new camera.


It's a bit hard to see, but I added a nice wainscot effect with some fantastic wall covering for a big blue home improvement store. You can find it here. It's actually a 3 dimensional paper, so it really looked like the real thing....bead board. I painted it and the trim out in the Antique white I'm using throughout the house for doors and trim. Nice!

The wall color is a re-use from my living room color 2.0. It's a fantastic greeny-grey called Olivewood from Glidden. You can find that at your local orange home improvement store. I already owned the mirror. More on that here.

 The pedestal sink was a house warming gift from my dad. The flipper had put in a way-too-big sink and cabinet that seems about as good a quality as something made out of wet cardboard. So, of course I immediately ripped that puppy out. Now, I'm not a fan of the pedestal. No storage, not practical, but it seemed the only way to go. Plus, look how close the toilet sits from the sink. It's like having an arm rest on the commode.

Also, the flipper put in one of those terribly tiny corner shower units. Now, this may have been a fine thing for the majority of people, but I'm tall. I'm a bigger guy. It was like showering inside of a coffin. Every time I went to wash a leg....BAM!!!  My head against the glass....BAM!! My elbow meets tile. As KARMA would have it, last Easter Sunday, it met it's demise. That, I will tell you, was the beginning of the end for this little lipstick job of a makeover.

I thought, YES! I redid the bathroom and spent about $100 bucks. Nice!

"Oh no...." said KARMA. You try and redo me and I'll redo you. So needless to say, enter my wet, naked foot through the floor of the shower. BAM!! CRACK!!! Holy shit!!

Well this set off a string of ....language I won't repeat. But I guess I was getting what I wished for. I renovated bathroom.

So, say goodbye to a quick fix. Say goodbye to a budget conscience redo. Say hello to insurance, cash and credit. Sweat, cursing, handyman #1 (and plumber to fix handyman #1's mistakes).

So stay tuned for the reveal of my new master bath. Coming soon.