Serious bargain of the year!
Ok so while looking for an alternative to encaustic tiles Fred found some for sale on Gumtree for $20 a sqm!!!
Now I know that I said in my last post that we’d not been too happy with the encaustic tiles in the upstairs bathroom. But anyone who knows how much encaustic tiles are per square metre knows that for $20 a sqm is a seriously good bargain.
Today we’re grouting.
I recently bought these timber stars from a table of Christmas Decorations at adorne, West end. They were reduced to $5.00 each, originally $29.95!!! (seriously who would pay that?)
I thought I could paint one to match the front door, add the house number to it and hang it over the pickets on the gate. (I bought two in case someone decided to pinch the first one), I picked up some cheap plastic numbers from Bunnings and slapped on some pink paint.
But… Mr F (my husband) said that I was lucky that he was willing to have a pink front door, but the pink star hanging over the gate was ‘taking it too far!!!!’ He doesn’t want ‘to live in a gingerbread house!!!’ fair enough.
so we compromised, it now hangs over the outdoor light on the front porch.
I might paint the other star in a different colour, so I can swap them over occasionally. I’ve got some left over paint from the boys t.v cabinet, the desk and the door on the garden shed .
Yes we are ready to zhush the bathroom. Below is a photo of what it looked like when the house was a rental.
It’s kind of hard to see but there are white subway tiles in the shower, over the bath and behind the basin and toilet (not shown in photo). We’re guessing that this was done anywhere from five to ten years ago. Overall they’re not in a bad state and we like subway tiles and plan on using them in the new bathrooms and as a splashback behind the oven in the kitchen.
The bath is scratched up and there are a few rust stains too.
The idea is … to get a few quotes to see how much it will cost to get the bath and the tiles resurfaced. Or just rip the whole lot out and start again. I’ve been looking at a few websites and it looks like it’s going to cost $500 to get the bath done alone and I know you can pick up a new bath from our local hardware for $100. So we’ve got someone coming over to give us a quote on Friday… To be continued….
Last year I picked up a bargain with this basin. It was the shop display and the style was being discontinued. It came with the taps and a bargain at $199.00
I’ve also ordered some new tiles for the floor from Elite Bathware & Tiles, East Brisbane. They are Vietnamese and are made from cement.
They weren’t cheap but we only needed 3.36sqm!!
We’ve been trying to find a toilet that is similar to the pedestal sink and today I found one at Bathroom Warehouse in Coorparoo, Yay!!! and $200 cheaper than the toilet I was going to order yesterday.
I like the idea of painting the walls a dark grey too.
Below are some images that I’ve found of bathrooms that I like.
Old Pearly Jenkins 