New Bathroom Floor

Our old house has been on the market for almost a year, so we've been upgrading some things around there. When it comes to home improvements, the mantra is kitchens and bathrooms.



Our master bath had this wonderful flooring that was installed during Jose Canseco's heyday. As beautiful and modern as that floor was, I laid a new one this weekend.



All it took was this $38 box of peel and stick vinyl tile and about $12 worth of molding.



I pried off the old molding and put the toilet in the tub so I wouldn't have to cut around them (and it makes the final product look better). Also, it helps adhesion to sand the old floor and clean it thoroughly.



You're not supposed to do this, but I started at the edge of the room. Ideally, you lay the first tile in the middle and work your way out. This is because the walls might not be square, and if the walls are convex or concave, it'll make the adjoining tiles difficult to align. It is much easier to deal with that situation from the inside out. It just happened to work out for me, though.



Nail the new molding down and put the toilet back.

Huge, huge improvement for $50.

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