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Posted by off kilter quilter on November 9, 2006, 8:38 am
Very pretty Sharon!! I wish we could have a bathroom for the kids, but
instead we have the boys bathroom and the girls bathroom...lol. Boys is
rather plain, girls is done to look like a tropical island - I need to
touch up the paint in there as it got the the point that i just wanted
the previous eggplant completely covered up.
Way to Go MOM!!
Larisa
Sharon Hays wrote:
> Ok. I should have taken "before" pictures but I forgot. I redid the kids'
> bathroom this week. The kids picked out the new stuff a couple months ago.
> I made a deal with them that if They kept the bathroom Spotless for one
> month, I would get the stuff and start working on it. Now, the rest of the
> deal is they have to Keep it Spotless All the Time, or I will take down the
> pretty stuff. (I'm just a mean old mom huh? Not like I'm trying to teach
> them to be responsible or anything.... lol)
>
> Monday I stripped off the red and purple 10" wallpaper border from the top
> of the wall.
> If you need to do this, go to Lowe's or Home Depot or some other store like
> that. Look for a "Wall Claw" and some "Strip +" spray. This stuff was
> Awesome! Scratch up the paper with the claw, then spray, then wait 15
> minutes, then peel off with a putty knife. Only hard part was getting my
> short self up there. LOL Also washed the walls down and spackled some nail
> holes, etc.
>
> Tuesday I painted. I was so good!! I taped everything off with blue
> tape....outlet, light switches, the mirror, etc. Cut in all the edges and
> corners with my brush. Then I looked at the ceiling. *sigh* I think the
> previous owners smoked in that bathroom. I have cleaned and scrubbed and it
> doesn't smell in there. But the walls and the inside of the door were just
> yellowed some. In case you didn't know, you cannot paint the rest of the
> room a nice bright white and not paint the ceiling. So first I got the
> broom handle and screwed that into the roller handle, then painted the
> ceiling. (so much fun that!) Then I painted the walls. 2 coats. 3 by the
> light switches and towel bars. (it is the Kids' bathroom!)
>
> Yesterday I painted the trim and the door. 2 coats of high gloss. :)
> Waited for that to dry. Peeled off all my blue tape. Then scrubbed the
> bathroom. Hung the new shower curtain. Folded and put out the new towels
> and the new rug.
> Here's what it looks like
> http://www.kodakgallery.com/I.jsp?c=o3492qh.amitgqn1&x=0&h=1&y=4pa6bn
>
> Before it was a dingy, kind of yellowed off white with a border at the top
> of the walls. I still need to see if I can find a new pull for the ceiling
> fan. I want to replace the red "ruby" one with a dolphin or something.
> I've seen those around so I'm sure I can find one. They were both thrilled
> with the bathroom. DS, upon first viewing the bathroom, said "Oh Mom! You
> totally outdid yourself this time! You're just.......just....totally
> outdid!!!!!!!!!" DD squeezed me and pronounced it "Marvelous, Mommy, just
> marvelous." So the boy was at a loss for words (I've been chuckling over
> that one ever since) and the teenager called me Mommy. Neither one happens
> very often so I think it was worth 3 days work. ;)
>
> Today I get to clean the rest of the house since I've been hiding in the
> bathroom all week. whooo hoooo!!!!!!!!!! lol
>
> Sharon
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