EXTREME Make-over!

I'm about to divulge a most embarrassing tale.
During the 24+ years that we have lived in our house we have NEVER painted the master bathroom.
It has always been on the back burner.
With the years has come its terrible deterioration.
Finally, we decided to buy new fixtures, tile, and paint as a Christmas gift to ourselves.
Little did we know how much effort it was going to take to repair the multiple messes.
The walls were a mural of children's heiroglyphics, the ceiling was discolored and peeling, water had seeped under the pock-marked linoleum, and bathtub tiles had fallen from the wall. The doors had fallen off the "vanity" mirror and the shelf had become completely rusted.
Believe me, it was the remodel from Hades!
But the Extreme Makeover Man came to the rescue!


Old chrome mirrored vanity shelf with broken light fixture vs. oak medicine cabinet with light bar.
Dark, weathered vanity vs. walnut vanity with drawers & pulls!

Iron set-in sink with faded top & broken stopper vs. new one-piece sink unit with brushed nickel faucet.
Dirty, drab window covering vs. bright blinds with valance.

Peeling, discolored ceiling vs. newly textured & warmly painted ceiling & wall.
The beginnings of repairing a water-damaged wall vs. a wall & woodwork freshly painted & repaired.

Old, out-dated linoleum vs. lovely tile & new bath rug.
The vinyl liner left over from a very old shower curtain vs. the warm & vibrant colors of our new look.
Notice the stylish clock that Nancy added as my birthday gift!

Clive is my Make-over Hero!
He made no less than 17 trips to Lowe's to buy or exchange items for the bathroom.
He tore out, repaired, texturized, primed, painted, and installed.
He grumbled and complained and was splattered from head to foot with texturing paint.
I had planned to help, but the room is so tiny that we both couldn't fit in to work at the same time.
I think that it will be my turn to do the bedroom!
I'M SO HAPPY!!!

Clive's Faux Pas

Clive and I are currently in the midst of tearing out our OLD, nasty, grimy, out-dated bathroom. While shopping for a new vanity I found just what I needed ... a vanity with a L-A-R-G-E drawer in the bottom ... 6X more drawer space! It was a little more pricey than some of the others, but I insisted that I had to have the drawer in a bathroom too tiny for any storage. So we loaded up our purchases and waited for three months to finally get started on the job. Upon closer examination, Clive discovered that the plumbing and the vent were in the way of the drawer and there was NO WAY it could be installed. I pouted, complained, shed a few tears and then agreed to exchange it for a similar model WITHOUT the spacious bottom drawer.

Yesterday Clive made arrangements with a friend to borrow his services (and his truck) to haul the vanity back to the store to make the exchange. I had given him the original sales receipt which he readily left behind. The clerk happily accepted the vanity in exchange for store credit. He then loaded the new vanity on the flat and took it to the check-out stand for purchase. Strangely, the price was identical to the one he had just returned. He shrugged his shoulders, thinking we must have bought it on a sale. However, upon examination, he discovered that he had just returned the exact same vanity that he had just purchased! He never did buy the one with the extra drawer.

I laughed so hard that I almost fell off my chair. I'm still laughing!!!