Designing Your Kitchen and Bath

I think anyone who has remodeled any room will tell you somthing always goes wrong. I'm remodeling my bathroom and I had it all planned out in my head. Now I'm really creative, I'm not bragging but I am. And the whole idea stemmed from me wanting to put my clawfoot tub in where I live.

So, I got the go ahead to do all these things from my landlord. Out came the cheap vanity and sink that was leaking. I had to cut out a piece of cheap vinal flooring from around it so I could dry out the floor. But that wasn't a problem THEN because I was going to cut the middle from my wild red deco room size rug that my dog remodeled for me by eatting the trim off one side.

I'm using an old kneehole desk for a new vanity that has a few boo-boos but that's ok cause it's just stained and I'm going to paint it.

I painted the ceiling 4 times with an old oil paint I loved but I'd used it once so since it had been opened it got gunky and my ceiling kept turning out different colors in different spots. I finally came up with a look I could live with before D-Day, moving of the tub.

Well the guys never showed up on D-Day so it was rescheduled. No Show again because neither has a vehicle it will go in. So I find DIFFERENT wallpaper (yes, I own all the wallpaper in the world, LOL) and decide to keep the cheap pink tub and surround that's in there. OOOOOOPS, didn't cover it because it wasn't staying and oil paint won't come out. OOOOPS, floor's a mess for same reason.

Tell landlord to get me a tub, don't care WHAT at this point and I'll pay for it. Next night little gray cells kick in and I realize I can rent a uhaul for about $30.00 total to move my tub (it's two blocks away but by this time seems like miles, LOL) so call landlord back and tell him to nix the $300.00 cheap surround tub idea.

OK, now back to original plan, wallpaper, etc. and what happens? I can't paint my kneehole desk. No, I mean it's still paintable but I cannot decide on a color anymore.  I have suddenly after all the twists and turns become paralyzed by painting one piece of furniture for fear I won't like it. Logic will not overcome the problem at this point. I know anything painted can be repainted i you don't like it. But if you think I'm kidding, ask poor Carol who has listened to my 3 gazillion ideas on the desk. I just got a headache thinking about it, and it's hard NOT to think about because it's two feet away from me, unpainted.

This is like writer's block and I can't get past it, over it, around it, under it or beyond it. I know anyone who has ever remodeled a room has had things go wrong, it's just part of the plan really. How do you get beyond it? c

I know its a real pain being without a workable bathroom.  But my advise, step back from it for a few days.  Concentrate and think and do something else.  Give your brain a rest from "bathroom thinking".  The after a few days jump in again and I bet you come up with something doable.