Missing Willow Farm

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Just nine days ago, Brian was wondering what the bathroom floor looks like under the lovely linoleum tile squares that the prior owner put down.  I said, peel the edge of one up and let’s see if there’s hardwood underneath.  There was, so he pulled up the rest.  Despite major effort and internet searching, we could not get the sticky linoleum glue residue off of the hardwood so we ran to a home improvement store with a huge list to completely redo the bath.

We assumed that the wallpaper had been attached to bare drywall because that’s how the previous homeowners/builders rolled.  We were correct.  After researching options and talking to a few wallpaper manufacturers, we decided to prime the wallpaper with oil based primer and then paint over it.  The color is ‘nautical gray’, a nice neutral.  Since we were painting over wallpaper, we opted for both crown molding and wainscoting.  The flooring is a laminate.   The mirror is an antique I purchased around 35 years ago.

I’m still amazed this went from gutting to completion in just nine days, by us (did I mention my husband is a genius?).  I still need to add the fun decorative touches.  We had planned to redo the bath this year, just didn’t know it would happen this soon!