Girls' Bathroom part 3 of 3!

 

I think I should have made the Girl's Bathroom a 4 part series....I'll just title it the "finale" after I peel off the wallpaper and paint.

Ok here's a reminder of what we started with...

We finished the trim work and I'm ready to strip wallpaper and paint! Let me remind you that this is peel and stick tile with grout.  It looks really good, even if I did do it myself! 



This is behind the door...where we removed the folding doors. 

  Greg and I are getting fairly professional at installing quarter round (shoe molding), caulking, spackling, painting, etc., etc.  :-)
We removed the bi-folding doors on this linen closet and they will NOT go back up!  I'll include it in the finale, but I'm considering the following:

• leaving the closet open!  paint, add in wooden shelves, and use baskets for organization
• using curtains instead of a door.....I'm not crazy about having a door behind a door (it's behind the door that leads to the first section of the bathroom)

Ideas? Opinions?

Ugh, I just realized the finale may be a while away....we are going to redo their vanities.  :-/ Well maybe the finale will be in 2 parts!  LOL

As some of you know we have just gotten back from my grandmother's funeral.  I will be working on a very special blog post about her.  My hope is that it's inspirational and not a tear jerker because I look like I've been on drugs for at least 3 days since I have cried for 5 days in a row!  She wouldn't want that....she was a funny lady and I'll be sharing some stories with you!

I hope you have a very blessed day. 
jmh

Girls' bathroom floor: part 2 of 3

The easiest part of the floor was laying the tiles that didn't have to be cut!  I sanded and scraped and sanded some more to make sure the floor was clean and ready for the peel-and-stick tiles we chose.  Why peel-and-stick???  I'm not sure.  I didn't like the ceramic tiles that we had in our last house.  They chipped way too easy.  I wanted something a little more robust in the girl's bathroom, but I'm not crazy about having the real thing (any kind of stone tiles) when they are young.  I just have this fear of them slipping and cracking their head open or breaking an arm.  I think price factored in some and the fact that these look really awesome without being the real thing.  I hope I made the right decision. 

Here's where I left off: 

And here it is about half way finished...I say half way because of the cutting and filling in still left to do.  BUT also the baseboard needs to be added in behind the toilet, the quarter round installed and the toilet put back in. (And again a sideways pic....any suggestions?)

Tile and grout complete and a close up view below that!

 

And here it is DONE!  The quarter round is all new....

So, this tile was really easy.  The grout wasn't bad either.  It could have been done in one day, but I have two constant (sweet) interruptions :-) 

Yeah, the wallpaper is a different phase altogether.  Have you ever read "If you give a mouse a cookie" by Laura Numeroff?  That's me with wallpaper...if there is a little edge, I have to pull it!  I suppose some suggestions for wall color would be good now... 

Part 3 of 3 will be tiling the first section (room 1) of the bathroom.  I'll post when it's complete!

I'm feeling much better....just a cold....and I needed a day off anyway!

Have a great 4th celebration!

Jana