{"id":6201,"date":"2015-06-13T07:31:28","date_gmt":"2015-06-13T11:31:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/?p=6201"},"modified":"2015-06-18T08:25:11","modified_gmt":"2015-06-18T12:25:11","slug":"before-and-afters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2015\/06\/13\/before-and-afters\/","title":{"rendered":"Before and afters"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-carousel-extra='{&quot;blog_id&quot;:1,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2015\/06\/13\/before-and-afters\/&quot;}' id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-6201 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2015\/06\/13\/before-and-afters\/bathroom\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"130\" src=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/bathroom-150x130.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-6202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/bathroom-150x130.jpg 150w, https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/bathroom-600x521.jpg 600w, https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/bathroom-800x694.jpg 800w, https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/bathroom-144x125.jpg 144w, https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/bathroom.jpg 855w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" data-attachment-id=\"6202\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2015\/06\/13\/before-and-afters\/bathroom\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/bathroom.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"855,742\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;COOLPIX S6200&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1412106900&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.5&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.033333333333333&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"bathroom\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;right after move in&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/bathroom-600x521.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/bathroom-800x694.jpg\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-6202'>\n\t\t\t\tright after move in\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2015\/06\/13\/before-and-afters\/bathroom2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"118\" src=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/bathroom2-150x118.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-6203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/bathroom2-150x118.jpg 150w, https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/bathroom2-600x474.jpg 600w, https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/bathroom2-800x631.jpg 800w, https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/bathroom2-144x114.jpg 144w, https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/bathroom2.jpg 845w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" data-attachment-id=\"6203\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2015\/06\/13\/before-and-afters\/bathroom2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/bathroom2.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"845,667\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;COOLPIX S6200&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1412106900&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.5&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.033333333333333&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"bathroom2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;mock up&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/bathroom2-600x474.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/bathroom2-800x631.jpg\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-6203'>\n\t\t\t\tmock up\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2015\/06\/13\/before-and-afters\/bathroomafter\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"113\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/bathroomafter-113x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-6254\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/bathroomafter-113x150.png 113w, https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/bathroomafter-450x600.png 450w, https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/bathroomafter.png 600w, https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/bathroomafter-108x144.png 108w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 113px) 100vw, 113px\" data-attachment-id=\"6254\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2015\/06\/13\/before-and-afters\/bathroomafter\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/bathroomafter.png\" data-orig-size=\"600,800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"bathroomafter\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;final&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/bathroomafter-450x600.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/bathroomafter-600x800.png\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-6254'>\n\t\t\t\tfinal\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Hello beautiful people.\u00a0 I remember promising some more before and after pictures from the house, so now I&#8217;m going to give them to you.\u00a0 Welcome to my 1949 original pink bathroom.\u00a0 Originally, we wanted to wallpaper the bathrooms; we had some wonderful paper picked out for this one.\u00a0 Then I wallpapered the back-splash of my kitchen and we decided that sometime in the future we are going to hire someone to wallpaper the bathrooms.<\/p>\n<p>I was left with a conundrum:\u00a0 what color to paint.\u00a0 The white was too plain; it emphasized how faded the blue tiles had become (my first impression was that they were grey).\u00a0 I made a mock-up to test colors by splicing some pictures we took around the time we moved.\u00a0 The mock-up also helped us shop for needed accessories, like a cabinet over the toilet.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m quite pleased with the final product.\u00a0 The bathroom cabinet is a 1952 cream with gold accents ebay find.\u00a0 And I splurged on a little chalkware cat head and mermaid wall hanging.\u00a0 Unfortunately, 1\/2 of the light fixture stopped functioning, but getting it fixed will give us the opportunity to refinish the chrome.\u00a0 There is a crack in the sink from where someone dropped something hard and heavy into the bowl which, thankfully, does not leak.\u00a0 I can live with this, because I can&#8217;t stand the thought of replacing such a handsome fixture.\u00a0 The glazing on some of the tiles has been damaged by product bottles over the years and the grout is varying shades of grey, because it&#8217;s not really grout, it&#8217;s concrete.<\/p>\n<p>After trying different cleaners (some of which the previous owners left behind) and researching house construction methods, I realized that the tile in my pink bathroom was applied by mudding.\u00a0 Mudding is the process of setting tiles into a slurry of cement and it predated wall board (which wasn&#8217;t around until 1946).\u00a0 It made sense since every original wall in my house is concrete (yes, all the interiors as well), and is probably the reason why the bathroom held up so well to obvious abuse.\u00a0 I have made peace with the idea that I will not have bright white grout.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello beautiful people.\u00a0 I remember promising some more before and after pictures from the house, so now I&#8217;m going to give them to you.\u00a0 Welcome to my 1949 original pink bathroom.\u00a0 Originally, we wanted to wallpaper the bathrooms; we had some wonderful paper picked out for this one.\u00a0 Then I wallpapered the back-splash of my&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2015\/06\/13\/before-and-afters\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Before and 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