Bathroom remodels and cold showers

When we got our kitchen cabinets made we also asked them to build us a new vanity.

So I thought I'd take a few pictures of how it was before because it's always fun to look back.

This is walking into the bathroom.

There is a nice sized closet on the left.

Quintin made the towel holder to the right.

I got the idea here.

Which is not near as cool as theirs but I'm so glad we used the knobs instead of hooks

since the hall is so narrow I think I'd always be bumping into it on my mad dash to the bathroom.

Side note- I also got the idea from their bathroom's bead board ceiling for our dining room ceiling.

On the right is our toilet and old vanity.

Shower on left

And yes I'm fully aware I am not a good photographer :)

I took this picture standing in the back corner of the tub.

Yeah! Goodbye very small vanity With no drawers.

Goodbye yellowed, rusty, ugly, sticking out of the wall

when I'm pretty sure they are made to go into the wall

medicine cabinet.

Actually, I would have been okay with just painting the cabinet but

Quintin didn't really want to deal with it.

This was taken later that evening.

I wonder if the bathroom was yellow at one time. I would love, love, love to repaint the bathroom.

I think the dark chocolate brown makes it look even smaller.

I'm thinking either yellow or gray.

Quintin is not in the mood to paint but he did pick out paint samples at Lowe's so I think I can sway him.

Quintin's job is to do the remodeling

and I help if I'm able which usually I'm not.

Remember, he is slow and steady.

I'm whack, slap get it done.

So I do crowd control.

I keep these little ones out of the way.

We were also dealing with a two week flu.

We bought our light fixture a year or two ago when we first moved here.

Which shows how long we had this project in mind.

It was oil rub bronzed but I think I'm going  with brushed nickel in the bathroom.

I know the new thing is to mix your metals but I'm not sure I'm that cool yet.

So I bought some good old spray paint and went to town.

Or I went to town and bought some spray paint. Ha! Ha!

I first sprayed car primer on it then like seriously ten layers of Satin nickle.

Every time I went outside I sprayed another layer.

I put plastic cups where the shades go because I didn't want paint to get in there.

I think I'm going to go to Lowe's and get new shades.

I also need a mirror and maybe a few new paint samples. Hee! Hee!

Also please, please do not point a spray paint can into your eyes and say, "mom, how do you turn this on?"

I guess she's not ready to take over any home improvements yet.

To bad.

Oh, and for some of you ladies who wish you had a handy hubby like me.

 Picture with me  

Cold showers

brushing your teeth bending over the tub.

standing in dirt while putting your contacts in

or

doing your hair

or

your girls hair.

But I am glad he is handy. Now if we could just figure out how to run our electronics.

He can rip out walls, install toilets, build decks,etc but we usually panic when our computer blinks or sends strange messages.

Now off to Lowe's I go.

After I change a few diapers.