January 3, 2011
the bathroom facelift: painted countertops
Hello! Lots has been done in the old bathroom! I painted the counter tops a light grey using an actual laminate paint. Let me tell you that paint is STINKY! We all slept on the other end of the house with the windows open so that the fumes could air out. But it was worth it. The counters look really good for a $20 can of paint!
I also filled the holes in the cabinet drawers where the old handles used to be. No luck yet finding new drawer pulls, but that can wait until the end. I cannot wait to take a paint brush to these dingy old cabinets and make them shine!
And yes, that is bead board where the old tile used to be! We had some left over from a previous project, so we slapped that board up with some liquid nails adhesive and some special panel nails. We have yet to paint it, so it is very very bright white at the moment. I will go over the bead board instillation in greater depth next week.
We also finished removing all of the tile from walls surrounding the toilet area. And my sweet Nathan spent hours over Christmas Break scraping away ever last bit of the 40 year old flooring.
I don’t have a great picture of the before, but we discovered soon into demolition that there were a few layers of linoleum on the bathroom floor. Now we are down to the cement slab, but WOW it really smells so much better in this bathroom without the previous flooring.
So what do you think so far? It is rough right now, but just you wait! It will look faboosh when this is all said and done!
Oooo, the hardest part is almost over….and then the fun stuff begins! Looking great so far, can hardly wait to see the final product. Keep up all the hard work. It’s sooooo worth it.
lovin it Stacie! Can’t wait to see the finished product. You’re so good!
you go girl! that’s great that you’re taking on this project… doesn’t look easy! love the grey on the countertops. look forward to seeing more progress!
Superb blog post, I have book marked this internet site so ideally I’ll see much more on this subject in the foreseeable future!
I saw you on Ohdeedoh twice(!!)this week and had to stop by and say hello since I’m just a few miles away in Siloam Springs.
I have a nearly-3-year old and an 8-month old which is why I’m just now commenting here… They’re more than two hand’s full.
The bathroom remodel is looking great. I never thought about repainting laminate countertop. Have you looked at either the Fayetteville or Bentonville locations for Habitat for Humanity’s Restore? You never know what they’ll have, but you might find some drawer pulls or even enough tile for the bathroom.