House Improvements - Bathroom Edition!

Luke and I are taking on a few projects while I'm here in Colorado, to get our house ready to be sold in the near future.  We have some things that could really improve the look, and hopefully the value of the house, one of which is a bit of a remodel of the bathroom.  Well, maybe not quite a remodel, as we're not reorganizing the layout or anything....just taking out the old gross linoleum, fixing the walls, adding wainscoting, painting, etc.  Here's some before pics:

I did some sanding in the bathroom yesterday (until I realized I really need a dust mask...don't worry Dad, I am getting one tomorrow night!!!), and then this afternoon I decided I should try to see how easily the old linoleum would come up.

This took me about an hour and a bit....I was interrupted a few times.  I tried a few different things, but in the end found that the best tools were a chiseled ended plaster scraper thingy (yes, that is the technical name for it), a hammer and a utility knife.  I scored the lino and then hammered the scraper underneath, taking up as much of the adhesive underneath as possible.  Not the most glamorous work, but it got the job done!!

This is all I have left to do!!!! :)

Almost done!!!  I just have a little bit around the side of the toilet and right in front of the door.  I was running out of time tonight, as sunset was quickly approaching, so I didn't have time to take off the metal strip in the doorway and get rid of the rest of the old lino.  But either tomorrow night or Sunday morning I will get on it! :)  We're hopefully heading out to Lowes tomorrow night, or Sunday sometime, to pick up some more supplies...at least paint, so I can get on with it this week.  I'll keep you all updated on how things are going!!