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I couldn't think of a good title for this post, so I just my fingers glide across the keyboard and let my subconscious take over. Hmmmmmmmmm.


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So anyway, I sure don't post very often, eh? Well shoot, I've been super busy. You know, picking my nose and watching reruns of Alias. But seriously, I really have been up to a few things lately... let me show you.

So we finally got to destroying the abomination that was our downstairs bathroom. I don't have many awesome "before" pictures because I was in a hot rush to rip it down... but let me highlight its finer points:

***Moldy Carpet (WHO puts carpet in the bathroom?!?!?! FOR SHAME.)
***Old cabinets that were impossible to open and smelled like old people.
***Powder blue sink/shower/countertop.
***Shower stall only large enough to comfortably bath KAREN CARPENTER. Yeah, I went there.

Small bathroom is small. Also, hard to photograph.



You can kind of see the whole linoleum/carpet thang below:





Also, speaking of the shower... it was the only one in the whole house when we moved in. The previous family had 8 people in it. EIGHT. And one tiny Karen Carpenter shower. Oh, and 5 towel bars in one bathroom. WHAT?? Yeah.

In the end, we learned that the reason for the carpet was the asbestos tiles hiding under it. I called and shot the sh...um, poop... with the Bountiful Health Dept, and they gave us all sorts of tips for the project. AND THEN I RELEASED THE BEAST!!



After demolishing, we rebuilt. We cut holes in walls and then patched them. Textured. Painted WHITE WHITE WHITE, but only because with the brown paint that was in there before made it feel like a dark, damp, lil hole. Then we put in the following cheap things:

Tile: left over from previous bathroom remodel, with the addition of some darling baby tiles.





Vanity: On sale at Lowes. The faucet is from The Restore. 5 Bucks. No, seriously.

(Yes, I know what white balance is. No, I don't know how to use it.)





Lighting: $10 yardsale wonder!





Pivoting mirror: $10 D.I. wonder!! ANNNND it reminds me of this Pottery Barn beauty that starts at $180. I love being a cheapskate.



Oh... and last picture... I made this cute curtain out of some ikea fabric.



Anyway, you aren't allowed to see the other side of the room yet. We haven't done anything with the shower yet. Its just nakey. But we are just excited to have a bathroom downstairs, on the same floor as our bedroom. Cuz needin' to pee at 4am and holding it because its cold and you are tired is BAD. REAL BAD.


OHHHHH MAN. I am super bored with my own post already, so I think that means I'm done now. I just like over-sharing, plus I have friends who don't live nearby, so I like for them to see the super awesome stuff that I never thought I'd have the skill or motivation to accomplish. I mean, I learned how to fix a running toilet this weekend, for crying out loud. Fo real.

Word to your mother.