Right before Christmas, hubby decided to fix the slow drain in the upstairs bathroom. Company was coming, many parties were planned, and it seemed like a good idea at the time. <\/p>\n
As we’ve come to expect, we’d be in trouble if the previous owner had done any repair work, and unfortunately, he had. <\/p>\n
We were in trouble. <\/p>\n
Snaking the drain didn’t work, so he decided to take it apart, clean it, and put it back together again. <\/p>\n
Well, part of the drain wasn’t really drain, just duct tape painted to disguise it as a drain, so putting it back together was out of the question. <\/p>\n
It’s a good thing we’ve got four other potties in the house. <\/p>\n
Old walls were knocked down. New plumbing and wiring was installed. New wall was installed. <\/p>\n
Then it was my turn. Carolyn, who is the primary user of this room, decided on an undersea theme. I picked out colors to match to shower curtain, and did a faux finish on the walls, then got that Ralph Lauren paint with the sand in it and redid the floors. It really does look like it’s underwater. <\/p>\n
The paint companies would have you believe that you need all kinds of additional purchases to do this kind of stuff, but really all you do is paint a background color all over, then dilute your next color 50% with water and arm yourself with gloves and a whole bunch of Bounty paper towels. Experiment with different styles on cardboard or (if you live in a fixer-upper like we do) leftover pieces of drywall. <\/p>\n
Soooooo. . .finally the paint is done, we get the sink and the commode installed by our wonderful neighbor who’s a plumber, and the only thing left to do is put the little fish we cut out from the wallpaper that matches the shower curtain all over the walls. <\/p>\n
Yeah, maybe a towel bar or two would help.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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