Putting lipstick on a pig

If our house was a farm, our bathroom would definitely be the pig. Without the funds or the time to put together a sweet remodel like we did with the kitchen, we opted to slap some lipstick on that pig to purty her up a little bit before the house hits the market.

Rhonda most of the work this weekend, which included a thorough scrubbing, de-molding (we're not filthy people, but there's no exhaust fan and mold can hide in steamy corners), new caulk, priming and painting the walls. I also put together a hillbilly fix with the broken faucet handles with Gorilla Glue. I'm putting a quick coat of paint on the ceiling this evening. After that, all that's left is for our plumber to replace the broken overflow/drain plug assembly on the tub Thursday.

It was a busy weekend for me, too. While Rhonda had her hands full inside, I mowed, trimmed and edged the yard, pressure washed the house and walkway, scraped and repainted the old peeling trim underneath the gutters. Since the gutters are brand new and shiny white, the trim was sticking out like a sore thumb. Took a good days work up and down the ladder Sunday to get 2 coats on.

Should get some interesting information tomorrow. Our Portland realtor has spent the last few days researching the market- sales of comparable houses in the last few months, etc. She lives and specializes in real estate in our neighborhood (and is a friend of a good friend), so we're pretty comfortable with her. Tuesday afternoon we're meeting to discuss her findings. At that time we'll find out a number of things, including what she suggests for an asking price on the house.

So, what do you think of the pig? If you quickly look at it and say, "that's not too bad", then mission accomplished!