Genius

The golden guest bath has the same problem that my master bathroom used to have…orange tile and a gross faux marble linoleum countertop that is actually tiled to the wall. If I wanted to replace just the counter top, I’d need to chip out a few rows of tile. And if I were going to remove some of the tile, why not all of the tile, because really, I’m just not that into orange.

While watching Save My Bath (because I now TiVo it), I saw a commercial (or was it a public service announcement) with a cheap, easy fix to update a tired old bathroom countertop.

Paint it!

I decided to embrace the orange and painted the countertop “Toffee Crunch.” I also got a new faucet, which hasn’t been installed because my house doesn’t have a master water turn-off place (no kidding, I have to call the city or a licensed, bonded plumber to turn it off at the street connection), and the valves under the sink are so old they’ll probably break right off if I turn them. In the other bathroom, the installation dude was all, “I highly recommend that you replace these valves.” Wish he’d done it for me.)

So. At some point I will have nothing to be ashamed of when guests use my bathroom, once I figure out how to get that faucet installed. In the meantime, I think my new countertop is so cute!