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First Post, First Time DIY Project.. Oh the Things I Have Learned
by
Cheri Reichart
(IC: homeowner)
6 Materials
I had a boring old plain Jane beige 80's bathroom. I desperately wanted to do something but had never done anything other than paint a wall.
I had to look up on youtube how to put a drill bit into a drill. So many lessons I learned in doing this. Trust me when I say nothing went right the first time. This site and all blog DIYer's sites provided me with the courage to give it a go..
I have now tackled the entire house..Yikes!
The different things I did.
The miracle of paint. I painted the entire tub area, the floor, cabinets. Textured my walls with drywall mud, made a concrete counter top and replaced all faucets and made a mirror mosaic on the existing plate glass mirror.
I had to look up on youtube how to put a drill bit into a drill. So many lessons I learned in doing this. Trust me when I say nothing went right the first time. This site and all blog DIYer's sites provided me with the courage to give it a go..
I have now tackled the entire house..Yikes!
The different things I did.
The miracle of paint. I painted the entire tub area, the floor, cabinets. Textured my walls with drywall mud, made a concrete counter top and replaced all faucets and made a mirror mosaic on the existing plate glass mirror.
The 80's have called... My beauty before.
The heavy splotches on the wall is the drywall mud that I experimented with to create texture.
Oh the thrill of the mosaic mirror.. Piece by piece and I learned by trial and error what works best.. A tip.. don't use Gorilla Glue Epoxy. Who knew? I thought glues and epoxies were the same...not..
Beautiful black shower.
My thoughts... oh it has to be easy to replace a faucet....
Reality. Not always. Look at your fittings underneath the sink. Mine were old and corroded and did not come off easy. Two days after using a sledge hammer, a regular hammer, WD 40 and a hack saw and reading every tip online I bought a dremel and a pipe cutter to get the old faucet off. Tears and frustration do not work.. I was lucky I didn't damage any of the lines in my desperation to get the old lines off.
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Published December 28th, 2016 7:40 AM
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You also said invest in good polyurethane what did you use it on?
The mirror is amazing and the medicine cabinet-turned-shelf is quite nice. How are your black surfaces holding up? I have found that my dark surfaces show more dust and dirt than medium colors.
Good job!