Slippery When Wet

I love my landlords.  They are super easy-going and accommodating.  I know this is a rare occurrence.  They allow us to paint and make minor cosmetic renovations to the house we have been in for a year and a half, and plan on buying.  I decided something needed to be done with the hall bathroom...

The house is actually the newest on the block in a neighborhood of 1940s/1950s ranch style homes.  Being built in the mid-80s gave this home many advantages, like huge ample closets and a two car garage (some homes don't even have ONE).  But it's very dated.  There are some rooms in which the honey oak molding looks okay, and others (like the bathroom) where it just looks dingy and blah.  Seriously, I want to find the person who determined oak wood and brass fixtures belonged in EVERY room - and stab them in the face.

The first thing I needed to do was the FLOOR:

OMG, the FLOOR. Uck.

I don't know if it originally started out white or the lovely faded yellow laminate color it ended up, but it had that awful combination of country kitsch and pastels that made me want to vomit.

Ew. I mean, can you even SEE the little flowers?

Oh there they are, next to mystery stain.

The only good thing about this floor is that it was laid flat and already had somewhat of a grid on it, for me to do this...

 

Yes, that is vinyl peel & stick tile.  Hard to believe but it looks pretty good.  $20/box for 30 tiles (plus bribing my husband with a trip to the video game store to go back to Lowes and get me another box when I realized I didn't have enough for the trim pieces.)

And for the side by side...

Next on the agenda for the bathroom upgrade is a new faucet and light fixture to replace the brass (ugh) tacky ones!  And new stain on the cabinets to get rid of the builder-grade oak.  At least now I'm not ashamed to have guests use my lavatory!

***Update - other repairs never happened.  We moved.  *sigh*  Oh well, at least I improved the floor for the next tenants.