My project this week

This week I have been working on the finishing touches of a room "makeover" in our half bath. So, I'm pleased to finally reveal those "before" photos I've been hoarding so carefully until I had some "after" photos to compare against.


Okay, here goes...

"Before"

This, we believe, is why we were able to buy our house for such a great price at the auction in December. So, though it was pretty scary-looking, we were thankful that the previous owners did this when they were foreclosed on.


When we first saw the house, in the dark this almost looked like we'd happened upon a murder scene! What a relief to realize it was only wood stain on the closet door, floor & toilet!


And now, here are the "after" photos. What do you think??

Amazing what hard work and about $200-300 can do, huh? A Lowe's sidewalk sale in January provided the mirror, medicine cabinet, sink & vanity quite inexpensively. :) We had a lot of help early on in this project, with "de-scary-ifying" the room. (Thanks, Laura, Pastor B., Pastor Wayne, & Rick!)



Ever since we moved to Arizona last summer, I've had the general idea for this painting floating around in my mind. Finally, it got put to canvas yesterday afternoon! I am quite satisfied with how it turned out. And, the 1/2-off paint we got for the bathroom the other night matches nicely with the desert theme I'd been wanting for this bathroom. :)


Here's a shot showing the new closet door, without the hole, writing and wood stain on it and the floor without all that nasty stain on it (Zip Strip, while toxic-smelling, works great!).



This isn't really part of the bathroom makeover, but it's in the entry next to the half bath. The plaque is one of a few that my grandpa made when I was a kid, with Joshua 24:15b on it.

When Matt & I visited my grandparents one year after we got married, Grandpa gave us this plaque. It's the one he'd made for my great-grandparents, who had died. Him giving this plaque to us was even more special to me when Grandpa died a few months later. It's been hanging in every place we've lived since then, usually in the entryway. :)

And it is the truth... "But as for me and my house, we will serve Jehovah..."