The bathroom downstairs is the only one with a shower. It appears to have been added in the 50's, and the appointments were very much from that period. Originally, the bathroom walls were covered with aqua "marble" panels and the floor with a different shade of aqua linoleum. The "marble" paneling was painted white in a futile attempt to make it less offensive, but the paint started peeling and mildewing. The fluorescent light fixture and medicine cabinet were combined, and the sink was a large, very utilitarian hanging sink. Since this room is tiny, only as wide as the tub and perfectly square, I am replacing the sink with a tiny pedestal sink. The toilet is being replaced, too, as are the fixtures in the tub/shower.
Work on the bathroom has literally proceeded at a snail's pace because this spring has been so busy with music and school work, but I have managed to get a few things accomplished.
The bead board is painted now (although the ceiling isn't finished, and the wallpaper hasn't been hung above the beadboard). I have put trim around the base of the bead board, even inside the tub.
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And the light fixture is up.
Here I am, cutting bead board panels to replace the old paneling.
Fortunately for me, my children like to help with much of the work.
We had great fun ripping out the old panels.
Then we had to remove the sink and toilet. Teenlet had to climb under the sink and work on his back to get to the pipes.
Teenlet's sister Kidlet provided moral support in the form of "Are you sure you're doing that the right way?"
Once the sink was removed, I got to remove the hanging bar. You can see a bit of the aqua marble panel where I am working.
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I'm about to take the medicine chest and light fixture out of the wall. And here is the hole where the medicine chest was. We put a time capsule inside the wall before we sealed it up.
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This is the wall that I needed to smooth out enough to put up paper. The alien is me, ready to sand once I skimcoated the walls. I'm still not entirely decided what to do with the ceiling, although I'm leaning toward pressed tin or textured wallpaper.
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