Bathroom Renovations

The mixer valve in the upstairs tub leaked behind the wall and water came down through the ceiling of the bathroom below. This was the start of my bathroom remodeling adventure and money pit.

The original 1986 fixtures. The batik Ganesh hanging here is a bedspread, not a shower curtain. It hides the washing machine (circa 1982) and the related cleaning product clutter.

After the ceiling is fixed, I'm having a new fan and vanity light installed and then the bathroom will be repainted. Then the new flooring, toilet (lo-flow) and vanity come in. The two prints on the wall will stay. One is a James Cauty print called Global Warming, the other (seen in the mirror) is an Adams of Rye letterpress print of the Aardvark Manifesto 2010. The mirror and the washing machine will stay also. Everything else goes, including the finger towels that came from my mother's house. FYI, she died in 1980.

The clutter behind Ganesh. This mess will be hidden behind sliding rattan panels hung from a track on the ceiling. I bought the panel system at Ikea many years ago and never got around to putting up.

This is around the corner from the foyer photo. Door to the bathroom is on the right. I'm tearing up the two different types of crap sheet vinyl and having vinyl tile put down (one pattern throughout the foyer, hall and bathroom).

New flooring going in here. Might have the foyer and hall painted later this summer.

I'm pretty much settled on the tile. Sliding rattan panels will replace the Ganesh curtain. Having a hard time deciding on the paint for the bathroom (trying to find the right orangy-yellow).

Old vanity is gone. Toilet going soon. New color patch on the wall.

Recessed can light going in over the laundry area. Replacement ventilation fan going into place (just a fan -- the old one was a fan-light combo, which was noisy and ugly). Next, the popcorn will be scraped off the whole bathroom ceiling, and a plaster skim coat put on. The plaster will cover the water stain.