So I have looked and looked in my photo files and can NOT for the life of me find a single photo of our main upstairs bathroom. After living here just shy of 21 years you'd think I'd be about to find at least ONE photo of it for a Before shot, huh?
Nope. And I totally forgot to take any photos in that bathroom before the guy came out to renovate it.
I can describe it for y'all instead. The room in general was tan and beige. From the linoleum floor, to the toilet, to the tub to the sink and the wall colors it was all tan/beige. The vanity that held the sink and the frame around the mirrored/medicine cabinet was high style oak wood of the 1980's when the house was built. The only color(I don't consider tan/beige a color)in the room was the wall border that ran along the top of the walls(also very 1980's). That was mostly tan/beige with a pop of moss green and was seashells.
Let's add that this room was on the North facing side of the house so it was always dark in there, even on a sunny day with that color scheme! Plus, once the kids were old enough to clean their own bathroom I barely set foot in it again. lolz
So we had exactly TWO contractors return our calls and come out to the house and write up estimates for the job. It was to be a total gut out-keep the walls but remove the flooring, the vanity, sink, mirrored medicine cabinet, light fixtures, overhead lights and vent, shower, tub and surround and floor moulding. The only items we kept were the towel bar, the hand towel ring and the toilet paper holder.
We chose the contractor who could begin the job the soonest. It helped that he was also much cheaper than the other contractor. lol Contractor was a jack-of-all-trades one man operation while the guy who didn't get the job had a crew of helpers.
Our job "'should" have taken 5-7 business days except that we were held up by the tub surround walls as they were back ordered. So except for that one thing the job came in on time.
I did remember to take some photos after the contractor started ripping out stuff......
A shot of the old sink and cabinet and the toilet. blahWhere the oak framed mirror/medicine cabinet use to be. Wall color Blah again. I didn't get a shot of the de rigeur 1980's wall border at the top of the walls, seashells in a beige color scheme with "pops" of moss green or the bronze lighting fixture with old fashioned 1890's frosted shades. 8-P
And the floor is a greyed wood look planked waterproof laminate with a dark grey moulding along the base of the walls which looks much better than the faux wood moulding the house came with in every room, including the bathrooms.