One Big Teal Nightmare.

Since buying Our Little 1900's House, there has been one room that I cringe to share with anyone. It has been my secret shame since purchasing our house nearly two years ago. The Teal bathroom down stairs. Now many of my friends and family members argue that teal tile is coming back in, or that its a 'retro' bathroom. My goal for our home is to bring it back to a somewhat traditional state of being, and at 111 years old- our home is anything but 'retro' era. 

Its not just the teal tile that makes my skin crawl, but the peeling linoleum, yellow fixtures, punched out tile where wires were run, the patchy wall plaster, outdated and dilapidated shelving, bad plumbing, botched caulking, and general wasted space that sends me running every time. Its the one room that I can't stand to be in and no matter how much I scrub- this room still seems dirty. 

This bathroom has been hidden and locked away from the public eye, from our own eyes even until we could both find the time to take on a full scale bathroom remodel yet again. It wasn't until a few weeks ago that I peeked into my bathroom to find that Our Little 1900's house was planning on speeding up our process quite a bit. 

I came in one morning to find the roof had fallen and black mold had settled in. Needless to say I have been in     stress mode with the entire mold issue at hand. And the only way it seems to fix this is to gut the entire bathroom ahead of schedule. I know we are looking at major water damage around the tub, so I am prepared for the worst. But I'm hoping the mold is only what I'm seeing here and not settled into the walls as of yet. 

D-day for my Teal Nightmare begins February 26 and who knows where this next adventure will take us.