Walpaper sucks

Ok, wallpaper may have it's place in the world.. but not in my bathroom.

It also doesn't have a place in my bathroom when it's only half done. Half the walls were wallpapered the other half wasn't. I yanked it all down, and then realized it left some of the walpaper goo behind and half the walls were yellowed from sun exposure or something...

So the journey began by tearing down the wallpaper... sorry the pic is so dark... you can see that the stiped wallpaper is on the right.. the wierd gold marble-like plastic wall thing is on the left..

Next came removing the sink and toilet to put down the flooring.. somewhere in this process I decided I really didn't like the 70's gold marble look.. so I painted...

And yes I did plug the sewage hole while working.. you don't want to breathe sewage gas so always plug the hole. I also know you are supposed to start from the middle of the floor and work out.. but since we have a single bathroom - toilet use was kind of a priority versus having straight flooring. I also don't plan on keeping the laminate too long. But since we have no budget right now for anything $13.00 for flooring works well.

After flooring went in I had to put the sink back in so I could wash my paint and caulk covered hands. The faucet on the sink was leaky so I got a 10.00 faucet that works well. I'll show pics of the new faucet later. It's not any different than any other faucet you've ever seen.. however I did split the line from a one knob to a two knob.

Still have more flooring to cut and lay down, but it's slowly getting there..

I still have to:

1) Finish installing the flooring

2) Clean up the caulking lines

3) Add one more primer coat then paint

and...

And 4) Rewire Electrical ... bare copper ground wire scares me... this is behind our light fixture.. I still don't even know what it is grounded to!

Bathroom Progress

I wanted to keep track of progress in the house with projects etc, but for whatever reason I keep forgetting to take the *before* pictures :(

Today I worked on the bathroom, specifically the shower. When we bought the house it had sliding glass doors which I took out. Then hubby wanted one of those rounded shower curtains installed. We went to Home Depot and got one of them, but when I came home to install it I realized that we had live knob and tube BEHIND the shower! Not good...

Because the caulking job was horrendous and the tub surround was installed backwards, the diverter spout leaked into the tub, etc - I tore it all out and to my surprize realized there was rotting boards behind the shower. So those also got torn out too.

Also in the process I got to take a peek to see exactly where the knob and tube was and how much space I had to be able to screw into the wall. I also got some CLR at Home Depot and cleaned out the piping before I replaced the leaky diverter stem.. ick.

Now after 2 caulking jobs, 5 tubes of Liquid Nails, 3 tubes of GE Tub Caulking some painters tape and a LOT - I mean a LOT of scrubbing and scraping with a mud knife I got all the yucky old caulking off and we have a somewhat decent looking but most importantly a FUNCTIONAL shower and tub. Next project is replacing the flooring I ripped out because of the toilet leak and then also repairing the leak in the sink...