Meredith Duncan February Remodel Bathroom

For my February goal I decided to remodel the kids bathroom. In January my husband ripped out the linoleum and replaced it with tile. It turned out great, I love it. So while the bathroom was in construction mode I decided to just finish the remodel. I wanted to put up bead board, paint, stain the cabinet and frame the mirror. I thought this would be easy enough and small enough that I could get it done in one month. Ha, not so. At least not in a short month with two birthdays, an anniversary, Valentines, four kids which all want to help, a tired husband....that list goes on and really they are all just excuses. But I am proud of what I did get done so far.

Here are my before picture:

So my first step was putting up the bead board. I only put it half way up the wall and behind the toilet. I mostly just managed this part of the project which means I told my husband what to do and where to cut and held the board up while he used the nail gun. It was still fun, I'm pretty good and telling him what to do.

Next I painted. I am determined to make this project as cheap as possible so I used some left over paint from painting my baby's room last year. It turned out just perfect and I am amazed at how paint can look different from room to room. I found a great light fixture for $30.00 and again managed (watched) as my husband put it up. 

That is as far as I got. My next step is to re stain the cabinets and then frame the mirror. I did get a new shower curtain though and I am dreaming of the day that this bathroom will be put back together again. I will keep you posted.

 March goal: no yelling for 30 days. Yikes.