Working on it

     I haven't been doing a lot of posts on This Ugly Old House Blog because I have been working a lot to get the money to do the remodeling to post about here. Isn't that always the way? Recently I took on a couple extra days of work so that we could put a new floor in the bathroom. Right now there are two types of flooring in there. The base layer is some pink linoleum like stuff that is glued down to the sub-flooring. I don't think we will be taking that off.

     The second/top layer is some crappy vinyl stuff that looks to be just thrown down in a hurry. They didn't even fix it down properly and is curling up all along one wall. It looks horrendous but I am even more scared of the pink below it!

     In the photo above you can see the vinyl at the bottom with the pink stuff to the right and where the pink stuff has broken off to the left there is the black adhesive. Pretty disgusting, right? The photo below is of the tile that I want or something similar to it.

     At $6.38 a sq ft the price comes out to roughly $245 and that includes taxes. Other supplies like adhesive and grout will be needed so I have budgeted $400 for the floor since we are doing the work ourselves. With a new floor we will also be putting in a new sink. I want a pedestal sink like this one: 

     This one from Lowe's runs $200 plus $50 to $100 for the faucets. I did see a vintage black pedestal sink at one of the reuse stores here in town which I think would look awesome. This is the sink we have now:

     Dated style and clunky looking. I think a nice pedestal sink will give the bathroom some class as well as make the space feel bigger. We plan to put storage cabinets to the right above the toilet so loosing the space below the sink won't be a problem. I also want a new medicine cabinet with more style as well as rip off that ugly wood paneling that is only on two small sections of the wall. Yuck!
     We have decided to go with a black and white for most everything so that nothing will clash. Then if we want a colorful curtain or towels things won't get too crazy. We are still in the planning phases and also want to have someone come and check the structural integrity of the floor to make sure it can handle the extra weight.
     With any home improvement project planning and making sure it is done right is key. We have been waiting over two years to do this project and I am more than ready to get started. I will keep you updated on our progress.