It was a scary decision made by the man of the house…
No, it wasn’t a decision to parachute from a plane or bungee jump from a bridge into the Snake River Canyon. It wasn’t the decision to sail the Atlantic Ocean in a canoe or board the space shuttle for a trip to Saturn. No, it was a much scarier decision – the decision to remodel our upstairs bathroom.
My innocent-seeming husband, Lon had a secret identity as an extreme bathroom makeover artist. He hid this identity well, so how could we have known?
“We would never have guessed. He seemed so…so normal,” said a neighbor who chose to remain anonymous.
The weekend started out peaceful and calm. A nice breakfast and a relaxing day could have been in order, but that wasn’t the case. When I saw Lon heading up the stairs with enough tools to make the tool department at Lowes appear lacking in comparison, I knew that our bathroom would NEVER be the same.
So perhaps I should back up a bit and start at the beginning. Lon decided that we needed a new bathroom faucet. He could barely fit his hands under our current faucet and he mentioned that the current one seemed so “blah.” So, off to the store we went and found a beautiful brushed nickel faucet. Thus began Lon’s obsession with brushed nickel.
That evening, Lon announced he had to run up to the hardware store to buy something to fix our upstairs toilet. Inside I panicked. After all, I don’t do well without indoor plumbing.
He returned a short time later with a brown bag and unknown contents within it. “I have to fix the toilet,” was all he said as he hastily retreated into our upstairs bathroom and shut and locked the door, leaving me to fear the worst…that our toilet was leaking everywhere.
Moments later, Lon emerged with a grin on his face. He beckoned me to come see the “fixed” toilet. With a wave of his hand, he showed me the latest brushed nickel addition to our bathroom.
Penny Zeller 
I love the choices Lon made. 😉 Having just completed our own bathroom, kitchen, and bedroom makeovers, I know what a challenge such projects can be. I must admit we had fun days picking out items together.
Creative ideas within an affordable budget are the icing on the cake. Enjoy!
Hi Melinda! I’m so glad to hear that your remodeling project is going well. And I agree, remodeling on a budget truly is the icing on the cake! I hope you have a fantastic week. 🙂
Good job, Lon! Congratulations.
And here Craig & I were patting ourselves on the back two nights ago for managing to replace our toilet fill valve and flapper.
Kat, I love your comments! They always make me laugh! BTW, I am proud of you and Craig for replacing those items on the toilet! 🙂
We make a good team. He does the dirty work and I read the instructions and tell him what to do! 🙂
Oh, and forgot to say the toilet handle may be elaborate but I love it – very classy!
Awww, thank you, Kat! I have to tell you that Lon and I had a chuckle reading your comment about you and Craig making a good team and how he does the dirty work and you read the instructions and tell him what to do. Hilarious!!!!
Great job! Very fancy toilet handle, lol! I like it though:)
LOL! I thought so too, Amanda, when I first saw the newest addition to our bathroom! I hope you’re having a great week! 🙂
can you send Lon to do my bathrooms now?
LOL, Laura! I’ll send him right over! 🙂
Ooh,Aah! lol 🙂 Nice re-do. I also get nervous when hubby says we’re redoing a room. He has to have it done to every detail,which also includes handles.lol. Nice work and I like how the know and rug match 😉
~Lori LC
LOL Lori! He wants to tackle the playroom next. This could be scary! Thank you for stopping by. I hope you have a great weekend!
Love it! And I’m so glad it has a happy ending!
I’m the Tim Allen at our house. I got the idea I could strip that wall paper off our bathroom walls because I’d seen them do it on TV and it looked so easy–those little DIY liars.
I bought what I needed, followed directions, and peeled. The plasterboard stripped off along with the paper. I tried again–because it’s supposed to work, right? Same results. And again. Those folks on TV don’t lie. It’s easy, right???
Hubby asked, “When you saw it wasn’t working, why didn’t you just quit?”
I felt like I was five years old when I responded with a whine, “I don’t know!”
It’s all better now, but I don’t undertake too many projects on my own.
Hi Linda! Lon and I were laughing so hard over your comment, especially about the DIY liars and the lack of good results with your project! You really need to write a blog post about your experience! 🙂
Congrats on the new bathroom. I do understand how remodeling projects tend to inspire humorous posts!
Thanks Cynthia! I’m glad it all worked out and so true – such projects really do inspire humorous posts! Have a great week!
I bet it feels really nice to have your bathroom remodeled! Congratulations! The first project I took on at the beginning of this last summer was to paint one long wall in my Sunday School classroom that needed much attention due to the scrapes and marks on the wall. However, the project became a HUGE deal… two doorways on that wall to tape around, two chalkboards, a side board along the bottom of the wall, sideboard at the top of the wall, a coat rack, two corners to secure so I didn’t mess up the brick walls on the two ends…. wow…I was exhausted just trying to paint ONE wall without getting paint on things that I wasn’t suppose to get paint on. “Usually” painting is a nice, calming project for me…and not so much stress. hee hee!
Oh wow! What a project you took on! I agree, it’s always so much harder to remodel than to just start from scratch. We recently remodeled our office too. Phew!!!!!