Toilet room transformation with wainscoting

[melpag]

We decided to do the Toilet transformation as it was extremely dated 

Materials

Tongue and groove

Paint

Mdf

Wallpaper

Tools

Steps

Step 1

I'm pretty angry at myself as I did not take a full before photo but the walls were in we think Formica green I've added similar pic and were held on by metal strips so after days of trying to remove the strips we decided to work with them, first thing we did was place core sheets right round so it would make tongue and groove flush with wall and steel strips 

Below pic of what Formica was like 

 

Step 2

We then did the tongue and groove and my not an easy job when doing corners etc I learnt. 

 

Step 3

My friend then decided she want to wallpaper above the tongue and groove, so I installed laid the paper and we both hated it. It did blend in well with steel strips though

 

Step 4

So i decided to undercoat it and paint the wallpaper which in turn was an awful idea due to us using this God awful glue after painting it, it showed every lump and bump so I put up 2 fake mdf walls and painted over them in puppy by dulux 

 

Step 5

I then painted all tongue and groove and mouldings in a gloss white 

 

Step 6

Then we went back to bunnings to covet the awful tiles on the floor we decided on vinyl floor boards 

 

Step 7

I then painted celing which yes I know should have been done first did the widow sill and door frame and this is how it turned out 

It's not perfect but its light and fresh and I can only keep learning 

We  ❤️ it

 

[JacobZ]

Hi @melpag,

I love that you are so honest about the difficulties you had and the on-the-fly changes that happened. It shows the reality of projects like this, in that things don't always turn out exactly how you'd expected, and you can always learn from your mistakes and pivot along the way.

The end result looks lovely, and I'm glad that you are happy with the results and the learning you did along the way.

Thank you for sharing your toilet room transformation.

Jacob

[EricL]

Hello @melpag 

What a beautiful revamp, it has totally transformed the character of the toilet room giving it a nice classic modern vibe.

Eric

[melpag]

Thank you Eric

It wasn't easy but we are happy with it and being able to produce on a budget is really quite easy with bunnings 

[melpag]

Thank you Jacob, there were probably few small things i didn't share with everyone lol I've been painting for over 10yrs, the Diy side I've never done so I learnt big lessons, one is "just because YouTube makes it look easy doesn't make it easy" 

But I also have always lived by the mantra "Assess, Improvise and overcome" so that comes I'm handy.

[Dave-1]

Good Morning @melpag 

Love the story!!! and stepping through the steps you did and the descriptions on things not quite right Oh yeah we have all been there well and trully! Love how it has turned out! Seriously from what you showed us through the steps to the finish... Wooooo

Going to grab the idea of those vinyl floorboards and file it away formy bathroom! I was going to paint my tiles always and for some reason had never thought of it... But after seeing yours Its on the list!

I should always look at the "pinned" topics, shaking my head at myself... Id left it for a few days and eveytime I "skip" the pinned topics there has been something very interesting in them

Dave