Buenos Dias Senor Tub Doctor

Michael and I had barely poured our first cup of coffee this morning when a guy comes walking into the apartment (from the main house). I wish I could say this startled us, but sadly this is so common that Buckley doesn't even bother to bark anymore. Really makes a great guard dog. Today's first visitor was a guy who passionately refers to himself as Senor Tub Doctor. Before I show you his magic, let's rewind one week. The guest bathroom got a little love this week. Here is what we were working with:

First off, it is one of those bathrooms with a main hallway door and then another door for the toilet/tub area. I hate that so much. Tell me who, besides child siblings, find this purposeful? The picture above was taken after we removed the interior door, removed some cabinets (not pictured) and removed the 50 year old glass sliding shower door (sick). What we were left with was NOT pretty.

50 years of gunk

This is where I had to tap out and call in some of the crew. It was just too gross for me. I went to my nice clean office and by the time I returned at the end of the day, the bathroom had been demolished. No more linoleum floor, no more carpet in the bathroom (always a winning choice), and no more vanity.

 

This bathroom is across from the 2nd guest bedroom and the closest bathroom to Michael's office. For this reason, he got to take the lead on picking the tile.....even though I was there should he stray to something objectionable. He chose the floor tile and and the shower tile all by himself. We had already decided to re-purpose an old dresser for the vanity. I coordinated that, but the rest was Michael (he is quite proud of himself).

Progress- with tile/floor finished with vanity in progress

The next step is for the a professional to come in and patch the drywall and cover the old medicine cabinet. As soon as that step is done, we will get the room painted. The light is on its way (which I picked and Michael will be pleasantly surprised when he sees it.

Okay so now you are caught up. So back to our Saturday morning visitor. Enter Senor Tub Doctor. Stage right. The two bathtubs downstairs are cast iron (I think) and are really great quality that people pay big $$$ for, so the plan all along was to keep them. You may still be haunted by the picture of the tub scum I showed you above. No matter. Senor Tub Doctor can fix that! I am watching HGTV as I type this and I just learned the word Re-Glazed. I think that is what Senor did. Sure, the smell made our eyes water for a few hours, but the end result was amazing. The tub looked brand new.

Feast your eyes on this!

I am really excited about how this bathroom is turning out. The new polished chrome fixtures really brings this bathroom into the current decade. Once we move out of the apartment, we are going to have the same thing done to the other bathtub. Even though it is in better shape than this tub, it will be nice to have it look brand new. In addition to Senor Tub Doctor, we also had the floor guys here. Their music (heavy metal) was less than ideal at 9am on a Saturday, but the high from the tub glazing helped. Speaking of the floors, they are mostly done. The only thing left to finish is the stairs and entryway.

Rainy day and wet poodle paws? Contain the hound!

Alright, that is all for now. I need to get some ZZZs in before the floor guys arrive Sunday morning. Work animals I tell you. Buenos noches.