Post #73143 by Kim on Wed, Jan 28, 2004 12:46 PM

Tikitronic and I, having determined that:
a) living in the blah-white-walled apartment was lame and lacking in style
and
b) we're not going to move for a while (our rent is absurdly cheap-- a mortgage, even with the tax savings, would be more expensive)

decided to paint our apartment. We started with the bathroom, which required:
1 coat of primer
2 coats of dark pink on the cieling
3 coats of red on the walls
plus touching-up, and painting the cabinet, which I haven't done yet. It was a loooong process, since, on average, one coat on the bathroom walls took 4 hours, with all the corners and heaters and painting around the toilet.

But now, at last, our bathroom is a glorious deep red, with paint curing at glacial speed, because it's in the bathroom being perpetually moistened, and I want some people to say "Wow! That looks great!", so I feel better about having slaved away on this project for a week.

Therefore, before:

And after:

Incidentally, the Catholic decor in the bathroom is a sort of outgrowth of the tiki in the living room/kitchen. We're appropriating Polynesian pop in those rooms, so we're appropriating Orientalist pop in the bedroom and Catholic in the bathroom. The explanation is not intended to start a religious discussion-- it's just so you know why there's a gold Jesus on the back of the toilet.