Help with Bathroom Project please
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Hi all, I am very lucky to have been able to buy my very first home. While the house is looked after and homely, the bathroom is a nightmare. I don't know where to start with the walls. Does anyone know what these walls are made of? Do they need to be removed (Ican't really afford that) or can they be saved somehow?
ii was going to ask the same thing. Does it feel cold like a real stone? Or is it some kind of fiberboard with a print on it? Does the wood floor go all the way under the sink and tub? If it does, a nice generous sized pedestal square sink would look lovely. Do you need a separate bath and shower? It would make your bathroom look huge if you had a tub and shower combination. The tub looks closed in and crowded, and inconvenient with the faucet way in the back. I wish I could see the entire floor plan to look at the layout. You would definitely have room for cabinet space and/or a linen closet. Can you show more angles of the space with general measurements? Just width and length is enough.
Hi, the walls are like laminate sheets, very sturdy and not like wallpapered on. The bathroom has a separate toilet, it is small 2.4m x 2.0m. I dont need a bath at all and only ever use them to wash my dog. The wood look lino ends at the bathtub.
This is exactly what I grew up with-only a different pattern it is a laminate type sheet that repels water, but over time and use will degrade by cracking and splitting, the splitting curls and turns to mush. The mush then dries out and holds it's shape.
This was popular in the 1950-1960s. It is still in my mother's home and the walls are non-functional, rather than replace it, they have chosen to cover it with a shower curtain. Eventually they put in a new floor and a pedestal sink.
Over the sink they have the usual mirror doored medicine cabinet and corner shelving.
For now, if you can tolerate it and it is not damaged, keep it until you can afford to change it.
As a measure of defense, try waxing the surfaces of the laminate.
They can be saved by cleaning them, lightly sanding them, rinsing and drying completely, applying primer, then painting with a good quality satin finish acrylic paint. You might want to seal this with a satin polyurethane. This will make your bathroom look pretty and fresh and give you time to decide what you want to do later on.
I agree to paint over it. If it's in the budget look at a shower unit. Like a bigger one and take the tub out. Or if you want the tub too, get a combo. I do like the idea of a pedestal sink. Those are so cute.
Congrats to you!!
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Oh Dear! This looks like Formica! If you are not going to do a complete redo on this bathroom, you can paint Formica.
My bathroom cabinets are made with white Formica and I love it. It is almost 35 years old and is perfect and still perfectly white. I did paint out the oak trim on them and added brass and porcelain pulls.
I have seen my same cabinet painted on DYI shows. Here is a link that tells how to do it!
https://www.google.com/search?q=can+you+paint+formica&rlz=1C1GGRV_enUS751US751&oq=can+you+paint+formica&aqs=chrome..69i57j0l5.3528j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
Thank you. I love the shiny, smooth look and feel of the Formica. Unfortunately, the pattern is just a bit too overwhelming from floor to ceiling. The link you provided is very helpful.
Use Kilz primer and then paint the walls, that alone will instantly change the look of the bathroom. Add a mirror over your sink and you are done!
What it looks like to me is something I remember from the 70's. There were these boards that were covered in a pattern that wasn't really wallpaper - ie. you couldn't strip the print off. The giveaway is the strips between the sheets. I think we painted ours at some point, but it didn't seem to last (maybe we didn't prime - my mom was not a very savvy DIYer!). If you want to get rid of them, you should be able to remove them yourself (probably glued on) to save some bucks. Then you could have backer board installed and prime and paint yourself. Alternatively, you could have someone just install backer board over what's there. That would be a relatively quick and inexpensive start to changing up the whole thing. Another option would be to just install peel and stick tile over it (removing the strips in between). Something like this: https://thd.co/2yCA3Bp Unless you have the money to make a big change now, I'd start with baby steps that have high impact!