Hollow Core Door Makeover...round 2

Our Bathroom Door desperately needed updating...
as you can see in the photo above that Owen helped with.  :)

Hollow core door makeover round 2!  This one was a little bit trickier, as there was a large hole in the door behind the strategically hung mirror. 

I followed all of the same steps as outlined in my previous post...Hollow Core Door Makeover.  To cover the big hole in the door, I cut a piece of luan (1/8 inch thick plywood) and wood glued it to the door.  I then trimmed around it. 

This is the square that covers the hole.  Because of the trim, you can't even tell that there is a board glued down over the hole.  The luan has the same texture as the hollow core door (I think that the door is actually made of the same material).  Once it is painted, the grain blends right into the door.  I did run painter's caulk around the outside of the square prior to painting to make sure there were no visible seams. 

I primed once with Kilz, and put three coats of semi gloss (Popcorn, Martha Stewart - color matched to Behr). 

I am going to tackle the boy's rooms next.  I am thinking of replacing their hollow core doors with dutch doors - so I have been on the lookout for wood doors that I can cut down.  I think a trip to the Habitat for Humanity store, ReStore, is in my near future!

 

Bath Tub

A project that I am really happy with is our bathtub.  It was in terrible shape, so I started pricing out new tubs.  Along with the cost of the new tub, we would also have the installation costs and removal of the old tub costs.  A friend recommended tub resurfacing.  She had it done on her old tub about 5 years ago and it still looks brand new.

 

I googled tub resurfacing and found two routes - the DIY package and contracting the work out to professionals.   The DIY kit costs about $40 at home improvement stores, and I was ready to dive in until I read the reviews.  There pretty much are no positive reviews for the diy route.  Most people say that the tub looks amazing right after the application of the epoxy paint, but within a month or two, the paint starts peeling off in chunks.  So, I started looking for tub resurfacing professionals.  Most of the quotes came back around the same cost of $325 to $400 for tubs that had never been resurfaced, and an additional $100 for tubs that needed to be scraped first from a previous application.  I also wanted to spring for the non slip bottom for safety for the boys.  Once you have a tub resurfaced, you shouldn't use sticky mats on the bottom becuase it could cause the paint to lift over time.  

I hired Surface Restorations to do the job.  Frank came out (on time), and had the job completed in just a few hours.  My tub had been painted before, so he had to do the scrape down first.  I felt so bad becuase it was over 95 degrees out that day, but he said that he was used to it.  Here are the after photos....

Up next in the bathroom is new hardware, including a rain shower, new paint and a possible new vanity and mirror.