Half-bath updates

Here are a few photos of my progress. Looks pretty sad and hideous doesn’t it? Just you wait … I can see it in my head already. Ideally, I’d love to have new drywall installed; however, that’s pushing my luck with the man of the house and quite frankly, it’s too much of a mess for such a tiny space. I’m compromising … beadboard. Farm boy is on his way to get some as I type.

See those nasty old, red tiles? And please allow me to mention that the toilet seat is completely clean … what you see is actually purple passion fingernail polish. Don’t ask.

Except for the one bolt that stuck like the dickens, I disassembled the toilet on my own. Farm boy kindly carried it to a temporary location.

Side note: The writing’s on the wall at our house … see that, there? Every time we’ve remodeled something in this house and our previous home, we make a little note of it. A hundred years from now, when the next inhabitants decide to change my style because it’s out of date or their son overflowed the toilet, they’ll find my note and realize they are not alone! Hmmm. Maybe I’ll haunt the house a hundred years from now. Sorry … back to my post.

Ladies, friends, countrymen … if you have never removed a toilet from its current location, you may not have heard of a wax ring. New, it’s probably not at all disgusting. When you must remove an old one, however, I recommend plastic gloves and a sturdy constitution. You must scrape and pry all of the old wax and its rubber ring from around the top of the pipe which connects to your toilet. Then you must stuff a rag or something down the hole until you are ready to put the toilet in place. Enough said.

The tiling will start soon, shouldn’t take long. The space is about 5′ x 6′. Here’s a sampling of the tile. I just love the earthy, natural colors!

And of course I will have plenty of help! I’m sorry, I can’t resist throwing this one in … he’s just such a squirt!

I did splurge on one thing. As it turned out, the old faucet and its rusty, corroded parts needed replaced anyway, so it wasn’t a splurge after all! Isn’t it luscious?

I’ll post more as progress continues. Wish me luck!