Pink Is Evil. (according to my husband)

My husband lived a pink night mare in the master bathroom for 20 years and didn't know what to do with it. Pink tub, pink stool, pink sink, pink tile on the floor and halfway up the walls. All he managed to come up with is to cover the floor with a charcoal gray carpet.

........until I arrived and changed this pink girly dream of a bathroom into something a MAN likes to live with.

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the old bath tub. Must have weight 300 pounds because it was cast iron. The little partition on the end was a puzzle to me. Why would someone put this ther...
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Pink tile counter top and partly up the wall.
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Out with the pink nightmare of tile work and the tub.
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more pink tiles removed from the wall behind the counter top.
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A soaking corner bath tub. The frame work was put in by a carpenter and the plumbing done by a professional plumber. (Not my metier)
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New water prove sheet rock, now this I put in myself.
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Sponged faux finished on the ceiling using raw Sienna and raw umber along with white acrylics and glaze of course.
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Pink stool and tank turned white having used an epoxy and marbled the seat and tank cover also epoxy.
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The pink tiles left on the counter top was first treated with new grout and then marbled also with epoxy. The pink sink turned white just like the stool.
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close up of the marble look
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And this earned me the nick name Carlangelo ... it's the Zodiac done with rhinestone and glitter over black paint. I tried to paint the stars silver but it looked l...
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And this is the Egyptian theme that will go across the entire wall. It's not finished yet. I am working on it. We call this bathroom now our "Wet Tomb" ... or better not sa...
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cabinets where white just received a new coat of paint. It was needed.
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A matching seat all the way around the tub and the enclosure painted with the same sponged faux finish.
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Last but not least the pink tile was removed from the floor. It has spots where the tile was loose or cracked. Beneath a plywood floor. I sanded this with a...
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17 Comments

Becky H Tampa, FL

Carla, you are a talented human dynamo! This bathroom is so-o-o much fun! You should find a coffee table book on Egypt to keep by the soaking tub. Unbelievable work!!

on Jun 12, 2012 · Like 0
JP S Marietta, GA

Carla, you are beyond amazing!!!!

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Laurie M Erie, PA

What a transformation! You certainly put a lot of work into this project.

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Zografia A Greece

amazing! men they tell you!

on Jun 12, 2012 · Like 0
Therese C Greenfield, IA

Beautiful bathroom!!!..um the Egyptian, not the pink...lol

on Jun 12, 2012 · Like 0
Kevin M. Veler, Law Offic... Alpharetta, GA

Good bye ugly ugly pink!

on Jun 12, 2012 · Like 0
Carla K Ouray, CO

That's a good idea about the book, I am just afraid it might get soaked one day. Lol ..

on Jun 12, 2012 · Like 0
Carla K Ouray, CO

A lot of work and creativity. I just love to create things. Get ideas, look at what is before me and keep looking until I have the finished picture in my mind and then I start working, often non stop until I see the idea finished in front of me. Sometimes I stick with such a project for 12 to 14 hours a day. Seems like I am afraid to interrupt to thought flow. Sometimes that changes the next day and then I feel "out of it".

on Jun 12, 2012 · Like 0
Carla K Ouray, CO

Especially men that lived alone for 40 years and don't know a thing about relationships and the required adjustments.

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Carla K Ouray, CO

I been told that back in the 70th pink tiles were the cheapest tiles around. Maybe that's why we see them so often in older bathrooms?

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Carla K Ouray, CO

Thanks Kevin, I am impressed with your work. Its sorely needed.

on Jun 12, 2012 · Like 1
Jeanette S Atlanta, GA

Carla, all your work is beautiful so I am not surprised you managed to create this beauty too!!

on Jun 18, 2012 · Like 0
Rachel Z Shippenville, PA

Wow! I love what you did. I'm gonna agree with your hubby that pink is evil lol. That is exactly why I'm redoing my bathroom...it was 100% pink! Great job and love love love the ancient Egyptian mural! I'm an ancient Egyptian nut...so very very cool!

on Jun 19, 2012 · Like 0
Carla K Ouray, CO

Thanks Jeanette and Rachel. Boy Rachel, you have a lot of work in front of you. Can't wait to see the finished result. Glad I found someone that agrees with my hubby and I that "pink' can be a nightmare.
I been told that back in the 70th pink tile was the cheapest to buy. Something about pink. I can't imagine that because everything from paint to tile is more expensive our days because it ...»
contains red. Buy oil paint of acrylics to paint on canvas, you'll find that all the red colors are more expensive too

on Jun 19, 2012 · Like 1
Rachel Z Shippenville, PA

Well when the the previous owners of my house bought it, there was no bathroom...just an outhouse. Well They painted the bathroom pink & white. I'm assuming women back in the 50s associated pink with femininity. Well my bathroom now is the size of a closet (not a very big one either lol). I'm trying to simplify it and make it a better color.

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Carla K Ouray, CO

You mean the outhouse was painted pink and white? Wow, lol ... how strange. Pink ... grrrrrrrrrrr, our master bedroom had a pink carpet in it too and pink curtains and it's a huge 20x20 room. Phil put in a hunter's green carpet .... at least that softened the place. Only problem is now that the dark green shows every piece of lint etc. It drives me crazy.

on Jun 20, 2012 · Like 0
Rachel Z Shippenville, PA

I meant to say the bathroom they put in the house was pink and white. lol

on Jun 27, 2012 · Like 0