Today's Home Improvement Quiz:

Q: How many middle-aged women does it take to paint a tiny bathroom cabinet?
A: 20 would be nice, but I'm still looking for the other volunteers.

Q: How many spiders live behind the plumbing and pipes under the bathroom sink?
A: 12 per square inch.

Q: Are any of them poisonous?
A: I'm not sure, but this may be a moot point as I've already painted over them.

What colour did you paint them, Meredith? Even my brother wants to know...

I bet she spent hours painting little red dots on their black tummies, then put them in a container to show her hubby! Then he'd come in and rescue her and paint the cabinet for her. The end. Well, sort of - don't you believe in Fairy Tales?

Hi, Meredith: Are the spiders frozen in time or did they manage to limp away leaving a trail of paint behind?

the painted spiders are providing wall texture.

I would not want El Hubbo to paint anything because he wouldn't do it right. However, he did clean the kitchen while I scrubbed the bathroom, and he washed the floor this morning, plus he plays chauffeur to the home improvement stores.

The cabinet and trim in this bathroom is vanilla-color. I'll also be floor tiling and want an aqua glass block, but couldn't find exactly what I wanted at Expo so will have to troll for tiles maybe all day Thursday. The good news is, there are ~30 tile stores within 10 miles of here. The bad news is, there are ~30 tile stores within 10 miles of here. As soon as I find the tile, I'll choose my wall paint color, probably a mid-light turquoise, teal or pistachio.

I painted the back bathroom and cabinets last winter. I also need to tile that floor as well, but won't get to it soon.

Aqua glass block? Do you mean those blocks where you can see through, like 3-D? I've seen those in the Canadian Pavilian at a Expo in Germany. They are ausome!
So you must have a streamlined modern bathroom. Can you post a picture?

Hey Meredith,
We're going to be renovating our bathroom soon too.
We can complain to each other!
I'm looking at bisquit colored fixtures, so I'm thinking we're even in the same color range.
The one we want to do is a half bath.

OMGosh...I wish we all lived closer so we could schedule a "help-a-sistah" day. We could go from home to home and help each other with projects. Can you imagine how quickly things could get done?

I have floor tiles I bought for a small bathroom off the Master bedroom. I want to first hang some tongue-n-groove 3/4 way up, paint the cabinet thats in there, paint from the TNG up, new light fixture, then lay the floor. Whew....

I also want to paint my kitchen cabinets, get a new floor in there (it's WHITE now, ick!) and get a new diswasher.

I need to just move.

Meredith, I LOVE the blocked glass look. So 30's/40's....love it!

I love vanilla everything (eating it, looking at it)! It sounds beautiful and you're managing to do tons of work. I painted my apartment when I moved in and love the colors but only went so far since I don't own and didn't want to spend more than necessary. Always wanted my own house so I could paint and decorate for real. Still have the dream and I can live vicariously through y'all!

Oh JJ, I love that idea. Help a Sistah!
If only . . .