Removing a Sliding Shower Door {My New Year’s Eve Fun!}

 

Our home has two full bathrooms in it right now.

When we moved in, both of the showers had sliding glass doors.  I do not like sliding glass doors, especially cleaning them.

I believe we took the boys’ shower door down the week we moved in, but the one in my and Cy’s bathroom has stayed.

Partly because I knew we would be tearing it down once we built our new master bath in the addition.

But like I said, I do not like sliding shower doors.  It makes me feel all Closter phobic when I am taking a shower.  And they get all gross and dirty in the sliding trays.  Ugh!

Plus, our shower doors had a mirror on one half.  Not cool.

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Who really wants to see themselves as they sit on the toilet?  Not me!!

So on New Year’s Eve day, I had had enough!

I KNOW that we are going to be gutting this bathroom in the next couple of months, but I couldn’t take it any longer!!

First I took the doors off their tracks…

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There is our lovely window in the shower.  Aaaah, gorgeous, right?  {insert sarcastic look}

After removing the doors, I just  needed to unscrew the frame from the wall.

There were several screws in each side to be removed.

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Once I took the screws out, I just had to pull the frame off the wall.  This was a little hard in places, so I used a box knife to help scored the caulk.

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Then I yanked, and pulled, and pulled, and yanked.

I had to get Cy to help me with one part that just wouldn’t come off, but we finally did it!

Much better already!!

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After removing the frame, you will be left with some caulk on the tile which can easily be removed with a blade.

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See the little red plastic thingy where the screw used to be?  I just left mine there because we will be tearing this whole shower down soon.

But if we weren’t, I would remove that red thing (I know it has a name, but it escapes me.) and fill it up with a little white bathroom caulk.  You’d never notice it!

Since I didn’t want to spend any money on this bathroom (that will be non-existent in a couple months), I just bought a tan shower curtain from Lowe’s. 

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Didn’t even iron it, girls!  And it doesn’t bother me one bit!

It looks pinkish in this picture, but it isn’t. 

I love it so much better than the sliding shower doors, that I am lovin’ life when I take a shower now!

It took me about 30 minutes to take down that shower door.  So, so easy!

 

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Eventually, this room will just have the toilet in it, the door entry will be walled up, and the window will lead into our new master bath!

I cannot wait!!

 

Here’s the winner of the

Thirty-One Thermal Tote giveaway!

VJ Kloosterman

Congratulations!!  I will be contacting you soon.

If you didn’t win, but still want one of these adorable totes, the special runs through January 31st!

Just click on the picture to visit Crystal’s webpage to order.

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Gorgeous Claw Foot Tub and Bathroom from Erin in Alabama!

I love my readers!

I love when you guys send me inspirational pictures and give me your opinions on my home projects!

That kind of interaction is so encouraging and just plain fun!!!

A couple of  years ago, when I was working on my master bedroom makeover in our former home, I posted about how I was planning on painting my four poster cherry bed black.

I absolutely LOVED how my bed turned out!

 

 

After my post, I got an email from Erin in Alabama telling me that she did the exact same thing to her bed, and she sent me some pics.  I posted about it HERE.

I loved seeing what her bed looked like, and it got me excited about mine.

Well this week, when I posted about my claw foot tub, I got another email from Erin telling me about the claw foot tub she got for her home.

Here it is:

Hi Traci,
This is Erin from Alabama! I emailed you quite some time ago with pictures of my black painted bedroom furniture. (We had the same bed!) I had to share something else with you! Since last time we have sold our home and built another house and I have a claw foot tub in our master bath! I wanted to share pictures with you.
While building, I searched for an old claw foot tub but nothing came my way so I ordered a “new” acrylic claw foot tub from Overstock. I have included a picture of the foot in oil rubbed bronze to give you an idea of what it would look like if you chose to go that route. 
I have been following you since the beginning and really enjoy reading your blog (and your sister’s and niece’s blog too ). I have also made the drop cloth curtains for our back patio! Your words and ideas inspire many of us! Keep up the good work!
Have a wonderful day.
Erin

 

Thank you, Erin!!!

Here are the pictures that Erin sent me.  Isn’t that tub gorgeous!  And I just love that chandelier!

It makes me so excited about my claw foot tub.

 

Here is a close up of the oil-rubbed bronze claw feet…

I emailed Erin back and thanked her for the pictures of the tub, but I asked if I could see the rest of her bathroom. :)

She has great taste!

Here is what her email said:

Hey!
Here are more pictures of the bathroom. Its still kinda a work in progress with the decor. I am having an issue finding rugs that work with each “area”. They are either too big, too small, etc…
I had to go with the blind in the window because my neighbor’s backyard is right there so I couldn’t pull it off not having one. I do want to do some kind of pretty window treatment in there to soften it up a bit. Ideas??
I cant wait to see more of your progress with the addition. I know its fun, crazy, stressful, exciting, and overwhelming all at the same time. I totally understand after building this house and doing a lot of the work ourselves. It will be worth it in the end!  
Oh, and I would be delighted for you to share my pictures!
Have a great afternoon!
Erin

I absolutely loved seeing her five panel doors in the bathroom!  You know I love 5 panel doors!!!

Oh, such a beautiful, clean bathroom!  Will I ever see the end of saw dust and dirt in my home?

I cannot wait to have a finished bathroom.  *sigh*

 

Isn’t her bathroom fabulous?!

Thank you, Erin, for sending these gorgeous inspiration pictures to me!

If anyone else has inspirational bathroom pics for me, but you do not have a blog to share them on, just send them to me through an email.

beneathmyheart4(at)gmail(dot)com

I would love to see them!

 

Blessings!

Traci

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