But today is Tuesday, and time to move on.
Finally, I present to you the bathroom re-do. East wall, before:
The checkered wallpaper HAD to go. It reminded me of a restaurant.
It had lasted us TWELVE years. Definitely time for a change. So I ripped the wallpaper off, scraped old glue. And as usually happens whenever we try to remodel something in this old house, we found a surprise. When the previous owners had remodeled the bathroom, they had not bothered to mud one of the walls that they removed the plaster from, and slapped sheetrock on. So when I removed the wallpaper it left the wall in bad shape for painting. Mike spent a whole day just dealing with that mess. Ugh.
But now it's done! Not a huge change (hey, it's a little tiny room....) East side:
And the west side:
Basically just new paint, shower curtain, towels and rugs. We do need a new light, but haven't made it that far yet. But the best part? When we completely emptied the room out to do the work, I went through every single item, and I now have perfectly clean medicine cabinets and baskets full of lotions and dust free bottles. And all of the expired medications and broken barrettes (when is the last time I wore a BARRETTE?) are tossed. Ready for the new year. One room at a time....
Yes, when was the last time you wore a barrette?
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Okay, confession, when I scrolled down and saw the first pic, I thought that WAS the re-do shot and I LOVED it. You have very good taste. So, I also love the real re-do. And, yes, how nice to have everything fresh and shiny and dust (not to mention~ barrette) free. Whew. Pesky barrettes. Thanks for sharing your pics, dear cousin. Your house is SO cute!
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