When we bought our house we really wanted to do something special with our downstairs bathroom. It’s the bathroom that everyone uses and so we wanted something better than the standard cabinet and cheap-o faucet that the builder installed.
Years ago we met an artisan who made sinks and we kept her card for years thinking we’d buy one of her sinks and put it on an old cabinet. Now that everyone seems to have that idea, we’ve decided to not do it. Instead we’ve decided that we’ll paint the cabinet and install a new counter top and sink.
We also got rid of the ugliest towel rack ever:
I painted this about a year ago just to make it not so ugly. This is the back of the towel rack so you can see the original color:
Last night we ripped out the old countertop/sink–it was all one unit. And, then we carefully pulled out the cabinet. It’s weird doing demo and not being able to destroy anything. We did everything very carefully so as to minimize damage to the cabinet and to the walls. Lucky for us the backsplash of the new counter is going to cover where the old backsplash was.
Before:
After:
We weren’t going to do the floor since it extends throughout the back hallway into our laundry closet, but last night after a beer we decided now is the easiest time to redo the floor in the bathroom and leave the hallway/laundry closet for later. How hard can it be to tile a 5X7 bathroom floor? I’ll keep you posted.
You two are quite impressive. Our downstairs bathroom is hideous, but the thought of trying to tear out the wallpaper is daunting to me. At least it has hard wood floors and a pretty nice pedestal sink. You may have motivated me a bit!
Looking forward to seeing the final “after”.