Upstairs Bathroom Spruce Up

Somehow I made this major decision that the upstairs bathroom needed finishing first... so that I could eliminate the bathroom facilities on the 1st floor. I had to get the hot water heater and a furnace in the 1st floor bathroom area so I could actually have some running water and not have to haul in water every visit.... AND get some heat up in the Beast before next winter because I promised the Beast some heat. To do all of this though I need that first floor bathroom area.... thus, the upstairs bathroom needed to work.

Let us review what the upstairs bathroom looked like before I did anything .....

Now, I know what you are thinking....

Ewwwwww....

I know... I know... pretty sad... huh?

Can it get any better than this?










So, anyway.... I work slow... and it took me a couple months to get it all together.... but another TaDa moment brought to you by me.

and yes... if you are wondering... I DID sew up my own shower curtain.... made a window curtain to match but it made the room too dark so I believe I will stick with a paper shade or a mini blind.

Rick, the world's greatest jack of all trades, set my toilet in place this weekend for me and redid most of my plumbing.... (still have to replace bathtub faucets... and I have to special order a vanity drain)... but I think the toilet came out great... doesn't even look like the same one does it?












My theme in the bathroom is Giraffes.... I have no idea why... I was inspired by a giraffe switchplate for the lightswitch..... go figure... but the giraffe theme complements the earth tones and the beige tile.... thus, I am happy with it all.

Rick also hooked up the faucets to the vanity.... of course, as I said I still have to special order the drain...

I repurposed a cabinet I found at the Salvation Army ... which I got for a few bucks... and made it into the base for the vanity....

OH.... did I mention that ALL the little inch square tiles are from my sister's house that she is renovating which is around the corner and down a couple blocks from the Beast. I kept all the tiles I tore out of her bathroom... the inch tiles were on her bathroom floor... they were all popping up so I scooped them up.... took them all home... and got some mesh at JoAnn's and glued them all back into appropriate shapes and lengths I needed for my artsy tile type work.


I still have to scrape paint off the window woodwork... but bathroom is definetly looking better than it did... and truly.... really.... sometime in April.... maybe the first week... fingers crossed... the water WILL be flowing and everything working.