bathroom

how to change a towel bar

or how joint compound can be your friend!

I am a homewrecker....

as in I take apart home

...not family!

While we are still working on improving our kitchen and basement,

I decided that I could stand no longer

contractor grade towel bar!

I had been looking at it for a long time,

(since the day we moved in, over 2 years ago!)

wondering how to take it off...

They are everywhere in the house!

Who needs a full towel bar in a powder room?!

And I just prefer brushed nickel.

So I took one of them out...

and here it was happened!

Yep, there are 2 big holes!

The bar was very securely installed in the wall!

My dog,GBD, who is my shadow, had this to say:

What would Daddy say?

 (I am Mom to my dog, I am one of those!!!!)

There could be trouble!

Luckily Mon Cheri is very cool by nature,

and as I am fairly handy

he knew I should be able to fix it!

So here is how it went:

since the holes were about 4.5 x 2.5 inches,

I had to first install a piece of wood behind the hole.

I cut some dry wall, just a little smaller than the hole

and screwed it to the wood.

I put some tape so that the joint compound could fill in the hole.

 I applied the joint compound,

a small layer at a time,

sanding in between coats for a smooth finish.

Then I applied some primer and repainted.

Now time to install a proper towel bar...

and voila

a almost perfect bathroom!!

I started with the kids bathroom,

(also for guests)

so definitily there was a need for more hanging space!

So maybe now it is time to take over that powder room

and install a small and cute towel bar...

OK may be I will wait until I am done with the basement...

or not!

So today, it is not happy sewing

but happy dry walling!