Six months ago (has it really been that long?) we moved to a new home.  We were smitten mainly by its beautiful location but also by the fact that although the décor was trapped in a 1970s timewarp, we could see though this and visualize turning it into our dream home.  Like the real estate agent kept telling us – “it’s got loads of potential”.  Hmmmm.  The question is, now we’re here, how do we unlock this potential?!

We moved in with grand ambitious plans to renovate and decorate, but these things have a habit of taking longer than planned.  But you can only live with these things so long – enough is enough and now we’ve made the decision to tackle the bathroom, so it’s time to take action.  Our bathroom remodeling project has been top priority on our long to-do list since we moved in, but where do we start?

OK, looking on the bright side, the good points of our bathroom are: it’s a decent size, the layout works well, and there’s lots of natural light.  But, the negatives far outweigh these plus points at the moment.  Currently, our bathroom remodeling plans involve doing something about the following:

1. The bath, sink and toilet are all avocado green – yuk!
2. There’s no shower and it takes ages to fill the tub – and then I don’t much feel like taking a long luxurious soak in a murky green bath.  Consequently we waste a lot of water.
3. The vanity unit is falling apart and is generally outdated.
4. Ditto the wall cabinets.
5. The walls are covered in moldy, peeling wallpaper, which also happens to be delightfully decorated with chaffinches and pink flowers – tasteful!
6. There’s a filthy old carpet on the floor – urgh.  Not only does it look dirty and moldy, it smells bad too – that has to go!
7. The only tiles are a single row of plasticy polystryrene things around the edge of the bath tub, which aren’t much use at protecting the walls.
8. The window blind, surprise surprise, is also covered with mold and mildew, not to mention being just plain ugly…

You get the idea – now can you understand why I can’t wait to get started and get rid of all that 1970s hideousness!  Our bathroom remodeling project starts now – I’m off to strip that wallpaper…