It’s been a fun week of showing you some simple home hacks in our humble bathroom. I never realized that my water closet contained such sneakery. First a William Sonoma Fake Out, then a Feline Foliage Farce and of course, the Painting-est Post in all the blogsphere.
You guys bring out the best in me.
As I’ve mentioned, this bathroom didn’t always put a smile on my face. It was the first thing we renovated after we bought the house.
“Why?” you ask, “Why would you need to renovate a bathroom so urgently?”
Because it used to feature this green tub…
All the rage in 1975, wouldn’t you think?
Even better was the fact that it leaked it contents into the kitchen via the light fixture.
In a moment of blind hope, we attempted to salvage it using ceramic paint.
Unfortunately, it would have none of that – this green was not willing to hide under a bushel, or a nice, subtle shade of tan.
Therefore, the tub was reassigned to a new job…
I am not making this up.
I think our neighbors must have had a heart attack each time they drove by.
We ended up hauling it to the junk yard where they paid us $16 for it.
Worth every penny.
There was also an interesting little arrangement with the sink.
If you look closely, you’ll notice that there aren’t any legs holding it up… There is piece of wood jammed in on one side, but otherwise it’s just sort of floating.
The problem with a floating sink is that you don’t want to lean on it. Any extra weight tended to cause the pipe to twist “just so”and water would soon be leaking out.
Anyone else ever try put on mascara without leaning onto the sink? It’s an art form, I assure you.
Of course, there were the bathroom walls which were covered with a very fancy tile job that was almost finished.
Ya know, they say that kitchen and bathrooms sell a house.
This house sat on the market for 18 months.
I think “they” are right.
And the final piece de resistance…
The washing machine!
The dryer was conveniently located downstairs. In the kitchen, of course!
I’ll give you one guess what happened to it.
Recognize the lamp?
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Seriously!! Did you mean the junk yard made you pay THEM $16 to leave the tub…thought that must have been a typo!!!
HAHAH!! Just teasing!! I love reading your blog!! I always laugh so hard!
Thanks Tracy!
Yup, that is correct. The junk yard paid us $16 for our tub — you see, it was solid steel and weighed about a gazillion pounds. The used a huge big magnet, plucked it right out of the pick up, and paid us for the privilege.
It was a happy day!
Ok I am impressed! I mean really a bright green tub is not something you see every day. I think you should have kept it as your flower bed. It would be so pretty with petunias blooming out of the top.
Oh Dang Sarah! Why didn't I think of that? You're right, a petunia growing bright green tub would have been something to write home about.
Ah well, the tub has gone on to bigger and better things. I'll just have to wait for the next ugly tub in my future!
Hope you had a great weekend…