The Bathroom Saga Continues

After sanding all of the walls, it was time to paint. I figured it would look good to lighten the room and painted the walls the same color as the walls in the living room and kitchen...may help with the flow of the rooms and make the place seem a little larger, so that's what I did. I added a coat of primer first, then followed through with Lowes Valspar Paint in Homestead Resort Cream. Afterwards I taped off the ceiling lines and primed and painted it a bright fresh white. It looks a lot better than having the metallic pewter color.
It started to look pretty good, but I wanted to add a little personal flair to the bathroom and decided to go with beard boarding. I went to Lowes to get some advice and to get the sheets of bead boad (pressed board with a striped pattern) and to use the gift card I got for Christmas that's been burning a hole in my pocket since I got it. I game my dimensions to the guy at Lowes and he looked at me like I didn't have a clue. So my math's not the best, but come on and help a sister out! Finally a lady came around the corner (wish I caught her name) and she came to the rescue. I purchased 2 sheets of the bead board, had them cut down there, trim, finishing nails and a jigsaw. It made for an interesting ride home...Friday night, cruising on Peachtree Rd., convertible top down with sheets of bead board hanging out of the top. Looked something like Sanford and Son...literally people were laughing at me. Took a while unloading and getting it into the house, but was psyched to get started with the installation the next morning. Till next time. Love.

The Neverending Bathroom Project

Ok, so its been a while since the last post and I've learned many renovation lessons.

Again, whenever working with/or around electricity, make sure the breaker is OFF! Another note, pay attention to the wires! When Whitney and I removed the giant mirror, we had to remove the light fixture that went through the mirror. We did the right thing and figured out and cut the breaker that went to the light and removed the fixture without problem. When I cut the breaker back on, we heard a loud pop and saw fireworks. eeks! I didn't put caps on the ends of the wires and the live wire made contact with metal and kaboom! No injuries or fires...phew.

After the daunting mirror removal came the time to start patching those horrendous black mastic spots. I've filled holes before so I didn't expect to have any problems. I started out with joint compound and a paddle, working the compound slowly and carefully into the spots. Even, thin layers, not too much added at a time...nice and easy and giving it time to dry between layers.

After it dried, I started sanding and noticed that there were bubbles where I applied the compound. I started picking at it with my scissor blade and it was where the cardboard of the drywall was wet from the compound and allowed air into it. So now I had to cut that area down to the actual drywall removing all of the paper and cardboard and redo the whole thing. In the end I ended up drywalling almost the entire wall, and not just that one, but because of all of the textured paint on the other walls, I drywalled the entire bathroom! I think I got carpel tunnel from all of the sanding I had to do afterwards, not to mention all of the dust I inhaled. My poor sinus system. Note to self: next time use a dust mask!