Our main bathroom is as old as the house (58 years and counting) and came with retrotastic features including a pink toilet, a pink bathtub, a pink vanity, pink tile and pink floral wallpaper.
The pink toilet is gone, replaced with a water saving white one. The wallpaper is gone too, thanks to a bit of time left on our steamer rental a few weeks ago. But we were willing to live with the rest of it until we could save up enough money for a full bathroom renovation.
Hanging out with our niece Ruby at bath time made us realize that we'd be spending a lot of quality time in the bathroom with our baby. We were grossed out by the thought of kneeling next to the bathtub on 58 year-old tiles that were starting to chip and peel and never quite got clean. Replacing the old flooring with new click-in vinyl tiles seemed like a quick, affordable way to spruce up the space a bit. We also decided to add a fresh coat of paint, which became necessary after we took down the wallpaper. Two little projects with a whole four-day long weekend to complete them.
This is how our bathroom looked on Good Friday morning:
Immediately after the photo above was taken, Aaron brought out the crowbar. Once the toilet was removed, he started pulling up the floor.
But he didn't stop there. With crowbar in hand, Aaron decided to take out a few other things, including all the baseboards and (clockwise from top left) the falling apart linen closet door, the peeling vanity counter, the pom-pom trimmed window blind (I have no excuse for why we left up the pom-pom trimmed blind for two years) and the buzzing flourescent light.
By the end of Day 1 of the bathroom renovation, the only things left in the room were the bathtub, shower, and vanity (without doors, a countertop or a sink).
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