![]() May 2021: This hasn’t held up quite the same as the floors and I think that’s mostly due to user error. It took me a day to paint the bathtub and shower walls and the end result was crisp and clean. (You can’t use the floor paint for your shower!!) This project is definitely more advanced than the floor painting and much stinkier. I used a completely different paint product for this. ![]() ![]() Overall Grade: A Guest Bathroom – Painted Bathtub & Shower WallsĪugust 2020: The final touch to the bathroom was painting the outdated shower tile white. The paint hasn’t flaked off anywhere and I don’t notice any visible signs of wear or tear. The floor gets wet, we’re constantly walking in here, and bath toys are tossed and dropped like crazy. May 2021: Today, the tile pretty much looks the exact same! This is the bathroom that Finn uses and we also bathe Rory in here, so it sees a lot of action. By the end of the project, I felt more confident with the stenciling and then I used those tips as I painted the other bathrooms. The actual painting was pretty easy, but the stenciling was a learning curve. The original tile was just plain white and I wanted to add some subtle color to the space. This was actually my first big DIY project since having Rory and I was eager to dive back into a fun project. July 2020: This was my first time painting tile and it was a bit scary, yet exciting. So let’s dive into each space and I’ll give my painted tile review… Guest Bathroom – Painted Tile Floors It’s not like I was taking wall paint and slopping it on my floors and crossing my fingers that it wouldn’t chip. I also had confidence in the products I was using because they were all specifically designed for these purposes. ![]() I just figured that I would be renovating these spaces eventually, so I thought I might as well do what I could to make each room look good for the short term. But when I painted those tile floors and the shower, I was bombarded with the question, “Will it really last?” At the time, I didn’t know. I did a heck of a lot of painting in all three of those spaces and it’s wild how paint can truly transform a space. Painting Tile // Painting Vanity Painted Tile Review (Heck, that basement bathroom may have been installed decades before that.) Not wanting to renovate immediately, I knew I could improve each bathroom with some DIY projects. All three spaces were built in the 90’s and they were looking pretty worn and dated. I spent so much time improving the look of our guest bathroom, the basement bathroom, and then our main bathroom. ![]()
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