Experiment room you ask?
We have a lot of deeply yellowed and grained 1980's oak all over our house. I hate old yellowed oak. Hubs, like most men I've encountered, abhors the idea of painting any quality wood surface, not that he likes old yellowed oak either. However, Hubs also understands that it will much easier to paint cabinets than sand and stain them all. He also is on-board with the "modern" makeover we are giving the house. Dark stained wood cabinets, are not so much a modern thing. Due to all of this, I eventually persuaded him to proceed with the experiment of painting cabinets in our bathroom. If it looked bad, no biggy, we would do something different with the rest of the cabinets in the house. Eventually the bathroom will be torn out and relocated/redesigned, etc. They were viewed as sacrificial cabinets.
So that is what we've done.
Master Bath Before |
Master Bath - half way there...painted cabinets & new floor |
New floor close up |
New floor top view |
What we have left to do consists mostly of superficial tasks. We need to paint and install the new base boards, paint the existing trim board white, replace the vanity mirror, pull the weird wood plugs on the counter edge, fill the holes, paint the edge, and paint the oak light fixture. Oh, and put the toilet back in!