Never had a sweaty toilet… and I lived in some cold places. ![]()
Does your shower look like this?
https://www.jossandmain.com/bath/pdp/chase-29-x-65-pivot-framed-shower-door-haze1925.html
Here is a semi-framed option:
Never had a sweaty toilet… and I lived in some cold places. ![]()
Does your shower look like this?
https://www.jossandmain.com/bath/pdp/chase-29-x-65-pivot-framed-shower-door-haze1925.html
Here is a semi-framed option:
@bunsenburner. Those are expensive!! But good examples of the two different types of doors. I’m guessing the shower is similar to #1. Raised up off floor?
Here’s a hint learned from several mistakes I’ve made. Research standard off the shelf door and frame sizes. Do whatever you need to do to build out the 3 walls so you can install a standard off the shelf glass shower door. And, if opening up the ceiling because it had tile on it, see if you can get a recessed light in there. Those types of showers can feel like dungeons without good lighting
Here goes the money pit domino effect…”while you have it opened up”. 
I have no idea what a shower door would cost, but $300 does not sound too outrageous. That is supposed to be specially surface-treated glass that does not get scummy.
That surface is key. Glass doesn’t open up a room visually if it’s all streaked.
Hi all! I’m new to this thread. We’re about to close today on a new house and I will quickly need to figure out what needs to be repainted. The walls are currently a light beige/taupe and the trim throughout – crown moldings, baseboards, window frames, built-in cabinets is painted a slightly darker contrast color. I believe the walls are Sherwin Williams accessible beige https://www.sherwin-williams.com/homeowners/color/find-and-explore-colors/paint-colors-by-family/SW7036-accessible-beige#/7036/?s=coordinatingColors&p=PS0 and the trim is SW balanced beige https://www.sherwin-williams.com/homeowners/color/find-and-explore-colors/paint-colors-by-family/SW7037-balanced-beige#/7037/?s=coordinatingColors&p=PS0. I really don’t like the contrast and am trying to determine if the trim should be painted white or if it should match the wall color. I generally like the crisp look of white but am wondering if the trend is all one color? Your thoughts?
Personally I like the contrast of white trim. Our last house was painted accessible beige and had white trim. Looked beautiful! Current house is grey with white trim.
White trim is classic and never looks dated.
Another vote for white trim.
Now the challenge: will it be off white or bright white? As you repaint, choose one (or one of each) to use throughout the house. That way touch ups will not include the always fun game of what shade of white did I use in this room.
Ah, yes, that’s the game we are playing now in our current home - what shade of white, grey, and every hue in between was used in what room! We have probably 20+ cans of paint in the basement and the labels are all well marked, albeit in Spanish, with tag’s like “older son’s room”. Doesn’t help us a bit since the paints were from two homeowners ago and when we saw the house, nothing was staged like a kid’s room! The only exception was the one pink bedroom. That one was easy since we painted over it! The rest of the colors are lovely but we’d like to be touching up with the right shade!
The previous owner of House2 had everything painted an interesting creamy greyish off-white color: walls, trim, and even kitchen cabinets! Egads. While I love the color on the walls, the rest had to go. A monochromatic house is not a good look IMO. 
Not white but one of the off-whites. Semi gloss. And if you’re doing this yourself, you could do the first floor first. Then upstairs next spring (or sooner, if you don’t have a harsh winter.) Where we Iive, now through Christmas is a tough time to find a painter.
I also like the contrast of lighter trim than walls. So what’s darker than White Dove trim but still meets my want for vanilla-ish walls. Not a true beige or taupe. Not sure anyone should try to answer that. I’m going to be testing White Dove flat at 150% pigment. (Laurel Bern’s pics with same/same seem to look good.)
I prefer flat on walls. I don’t know how any of you feel about that, but the light sheen of eggshell or what some call matte doesn’t do it for me.
About monochromatic or almost. A lot about color prefs does depend on where you live and how you decorate. And weather. I’m not going for the museum white look, but do have art that works with off-white colors. It needs to be a teeny warm or would drive me nuts in winter.
This is my idiosyncrasy.
@coralbrook, yes, there is already a recessed light in the shower ceiling that I intend to replace if we keep the height of the existing wall. There is also an exhaust fan/light outside the shower enclosure that would be replaced. The shower fixtures would be replaced. All of those things are already anticipated as part of the project. Having to replace the greenboard around the sides is likely, also. The UN-anticipated complication would be water damage to the floor joists underneath the shower. Hoping not! Definitely going for standard, off the shelf door.
Probably 32".
Let me make it clear that I do not want to “open up” the shower, I want it to be as inconspicuous as possible.
I want someone to walk into the powder room from the front hall and not be instantly hit in the face that there is a shower there.
If we went with prefab, it could be something like this:
Right now, the side wall that projects into the room goes all the way to the ceiling. It doesn’t have to…but it could. If it stays that height, we could tile all the way to the ceiling, as it is now. It would make the shower less conspicuous.
Re the sweaty toilets: sometimes in the hot, humid weather of summer the toilet bowl sweats. Most houses here do not have central A/C. Since our bathrooms both have original wood floors, someone at some point decided to install these slate things under the toilets. They are nice-looking. Not for pee! Yuck!!!
Regarding white trim: I’m all for it.
I am going to take Laurel Bern’s advice and go with Benjamin Moore Cotton Balls throughout as I repaint the trim throughout the house.
I will get a sample of BM Cotton Balls. I will not get a sample of BM Cotton Balls. I will not get a sample of BM Cotton Balls…
I have two whites that work well in my house and am almost done repainting all the trim.
I will not get a sample of BM Cotton Balls…
Thanks for all the replies. They’re consistent with what I was thinking. I’m going to check out BM Cotton Balls, BM Simply White, SW Alabaster and SW Extra White for the trim.
If the trim has been painted a dark color, expect to use up to two coats of primer. I highly recommend the fanciest grade of Kilz you can find. The price difference is negligible compared to the pain of adding an extra coat of primer.
Does anyone ever put linoleum down in a kitchen anymore? Not looking for the expense of wood or tile but would like to replace the 12x12 sticky tiles that are cracking.
Sheet vinyl flooring is still available, HD sells it, so somebody must be using it. ![]()
I get flashbacks to the horrid gold stuff my mother had, and then there’s this:
https://www.■■■■■■■■■■/photos/32532343@N00/35061543755/in/dateposted-public/
Safe to say I’m not a fan.
Not a fan either. My mother painted sheet vinyl floors in my childhood house to cover the hideous pattern. Are you trying to cost-efficiently update for continued living or with “as is” resale in mind? I can see why you would not want a nicer flooring… if the rest of the kitchen and the needs updating, to sell in the not so distant future would require either a complete remodel or “as is.”