Trials and tribulations of owning a house

[GDS_Starfury]

have you thought about simply removing the fireplace that you never use?  it might be the cheapest option.

[Jarhead0331]

have you thought about simply removing the fireplace that you never use?  it might be the cheapest option.

It's like the corner stone of the great room and a major feature of the home. No. That is not an option.

[GDS_Starfury]

then may I recommend some prep work on your part.
watch this:

[GDS_Starfury]

at this point theres really nothing you can do until the weather gets warmer.

[jamus34]

If you need something demolished, I'll bring the grandkids by. Everything standing will be not-standing in under 30 min. And they work cheap....Cheetos and Dunking Sticks.  :bd:

I use to joke that you want to win a war just weaponize a ton of 2 yr olds and air drop them. I've never met a more destructive force.

[Sir Slash]

Correct! And they're also smart enough to know when they get caught, to LIE about who did it. The perfect Sabotage Agents.  O0

[JasonPratt]

Ah, that reminds me, I'm not sure if Mom and Dad have ever seen The Money Pit, but if not they'd probably like it! (I think about this every six or seven years or so.)

[Sir Slash]

In a totally unrelated subject, but when has that ever stopped me before, we just got done with a kitchen renovation my Wife's been planning for years and, naturally, now we are going to need a new water system put in. It NEVER ends.  #:-)

[Toonces]

So I have a question for the experts.

Our second bathroom is a disaster.  It has these little square tiles, about 1" square, and they are designed to make hearts all around the edges.  It is unbelievably ugly.  There are the same tiles lining part of the wall in the shower as well.

I can't afford a total renovation of the bathroom at this time; talking to the contractor that did our other bathroom, it would be a complete "gut job" and probably cost in excess of $20k.  What I'd like to do is either paint or otherwise cover the tiles both on the floor and on the wall in the shower.  If I can cover them, and repaint the walls and ceiling, I could live with the bathroom for a while longer and get a professional to do the gut when my finances support something like that.

Doing a complete renovation myself is out of the question.  I saw the contractors do my other bathroom and it's way too difficult for me to do at this point.  I am just too unskilled to take on such a job.

This isn't a great picture, but it gives you an idea of what the floor looks like.  The same tiles and pattern are on the one wall, the portion that is within the shower.

[Toonces]

That is a very flattering picture of the bathroom.  Whoever photographed my house for its listing before I bought it is a real professional. 

It looks a lot more like a dungeon in real life LOL.

And before you ask, I don't know what's up with that toilet and the controller on the wall.  All that crap is removed and I just have a normal toilet in there now.

[Gusington]

How about just covering it with a nice bathroom rug for now, for like 50.00? Painting tile would make it look even worse.

[Jarhead0331]

What about covering it with vinyl tiles?

[GDS_Starfury]

please, both of you just stfu....   :pullhair:

[GDS_Starfury]

this is actually a pretty easy vis-mod that won't cost more then Gus's hummering bird habit.
repaint the walls to an off white, almost white grey.
replace the light fixture with one thats not as large and either points up or gives omnidirectional light.
some shit like this:

[GDS_Starfury]

wait, theres a part 2