Right before Christmas, hubby decided to fix the slow drain in the upstairs bathroom.  Company was coming, many parties were planned, and it seemed like a good idea at the time. 

As we’ve come to expect, we’d be in trouble if the previous owner had done any repair work, and unfortunately, he had. 

We were in trouble. 

Snaking the drain didn’t work, so he decided to take it apart, clean it, and put it back together again. 

Well, part of the drain wasn’t really drain, just duct tape painted to disguise it as a drain, so putting it back together was out of the question. 

It’s a good thing we’ve got four other potties in the house. 

Old walls were knocked down.  New plumbing and wiring was installed.  New wall was installed.

Then it was my turn.  Carolyn, who is the primary user of this room, decided on an undersea theme.  I picked out colors to match to shower curtain, and did a faux finish on the walls, then got that Ralph Lauren paint with the sand in it and redid the floors.  It really does look like it’s underwater. 

The paint companies would have you believe that you need all kinds of additional purchases to do this kind of stuff, but really all you do is paint a background color all over, then dilute your next color 50% with water and arm yourself with gloves and a whole bunch of Bounty paper towels.  Experiment with different styles on cardboard or (if you live in a fixer-upper like we do) leftover pieces of drywall. 

Soooooo. . .finally the paint is done, we get the sink and the commode installed by our wonderful neighbor who’s a plumber, and the only thing left to do is put the little fish we cut out from the wallpaper that matches the shower curtain all over the walls. 

Yeah, maybe a towel bar or two would help.