Wednesday, March 23, 2011

If You Give A Girl A Bathroom...

If you give a girl a bathroom,

She'll probably find a smell within it.

In looking for that smell, she'll find a loose tile.

She'll pick at that tile and discover that they are all loose.  She'll slowly peel up every 1" tile on that bathroom floor until she discovers the leaking water that caused the smell.

Then she'll notice the rotted sub floor.  Which she'll attempt to remove, but not before she recruits some help.  The man who loves her will want to help, so he'll begin to remove the sub floor which leads to the tile on the walls. 

He'll notice that those tiles are now loose and pull them down... along with the drywall.

Then he'll notice that the other walls are badly damaged and he'll pull them down too.

But not before he rips out the vanity.

Then the girl will notice the ceiling is also damaged, and she'll pull down the ceiling... all three of them.

The two will stand back, check on their progress...

...and decide to go on vacation.

When they return, they will come home to this...

...and a bill from her Uncle, the plumber, who was worth every penny.

The girl will then scour the internet to learn how to mud drywall.  The man will sand, and mud again, over and over... for two months...

Then they will paint. 

The girl will be irritated that she bought paint the exact same color as the living room...


They will install a curved shower rod, so the curtain will not stick to them, and hang a new curtain...

He will install the new funky designed toilet paper roll of her chosing...


The Uncle will return and install the new sink, after the Girl puts in the baseboard (that still needs to be painted)...

The mirror will be hung, the lighting fixture will go in...

The shelves will be hung, and accessorized...

And the girl will be so happy, she'll overlook the crown molding not being done and the bare wall above the funky toilet paper holder. She knows that will come in time.


For now, the girl is oh, so ecstatically happy...
Until she goes into the kitchen and the cabinet door breaks...

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  1. Looks great! Love the story too. What would be even better would be to have a "boy-free" bathroom. If only in our dreams...

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  2. The girl, the man and the Uncle make a good team. Nice job!

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  3. I have a toilet like that. The curvy stuff on the sides is a total pain in the ass to keep clean.

    Of course if you'd allowed me to help you choose a toilet before you installed that one, we'd not be having this conversation.

    Seriously? The bathroom looks really nice. But as a survivor of a bathroom remodel of my own, I can really sympathize.

    For your amusement, my toilet story...
    http://amimental.blogspot.com/2006/01/toilet-humor.html

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  4. Oh, Krista... if only. This is our ONLY bathroom... It's just not fair I tell you.

    Canadian Blend... they do. I think we'll keep them all. :)

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  5. Beautiful!!!! Coming to Texas any time soon?

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  6. This girl would have moved into her best friend's house until said bathroom was complete.

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  7. Hahaha, that sounds a lot like my house. The bathroom came out great!

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  8. The bathroom looks great! We have toilet paper holders like that and I figured that MAYBE someone else besides ME would change the roll when it ran out. Yeah, NO.

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  9. Sorry the kitchen cabinet brought you down but I love the bathroom!! :-)

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  10. I think it would have been quicker to give the girl a cupcake.
    Seriously, the bathroom is awesome. I see you and the Almost Hubster spend your sexy dates at Home Depot too. We should double next time!

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  11. it looks mahvelous!

    we had a leak once. but just needed to replace the floor and some ring at the base of the commode, thankfully.
    But the dishwasher that leaked under the NEW kitchen floor- that was another story.

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  12. Love that story...oh boy, the work is endless, isn't it? I am just not looking at my kitchen. Or else I will be CRAZY. The painting of the living room did help lift my spirit...

    Looking good...

    Lisa

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