Here they are, some pictures of what I’ve been working on since September.  This picture is the light fixture that was over Mom’s sink in her bathroom.  I don’t know what they were thinking when the painted the light fixture.

I had to figure out how to take it apart so I could get to the wiring.  This was scary because I was afraid of what I would find when I pulled it down.

I put in the new brace and got the wiring ready for the new light fixture.

I bought a couple of new light fixtures for my master bath at home and decided that I wanted to try and recycle one of my old ones that I was taking down.  I was doing a lot of praying, hoping that this hole was not too big for the recycled light fixture.

It was a perfect fit and now Mom has three lights over her mirror instead of one.  I took the ceiling fixture (this bathroom had one) down to see if I could figure out why it didn’t work.  Mom said it had never worked since she lived there (some 20 yrs).  It didn’t take me long to figure that out, it didn’t have a light bulb in it.  Once we cleaned it up, it looked brand new.

Sorry, I didn’t get any before pictures, but before I started this was two colors.  I primed the wall, then added a stucco texture, then painted it with the new primer/paint combination in a light tan and then glazed it.

I’ve primed, patch cracks, filled holes and caulked just about every inch of this bathroom.

It’s not perfect, I couldn’t afford to tear out the bath tub and the surround but with all the other painting and stuccoing it goes together better than it did.

So, here I am almost finish.  I’m still working on her linen closet doors and hang towel racks, mirrors and shelves.  I’ll take a couple of pictures when I’m completely done so you can see the finish project.  I did most of it myself, with some help from Joel on the water closet, floor and bathtub facets (and an occasional question).  Mom helped me paint trim and spray paint some of her accessories so we didn’t have to buy all new ones.  I learned a lot through this and I have installed two new lights in my master bathroom.

Now, I’m going to play in my woman cave for a while and leave rennovation for another day.