What happens when Hilary wants to start a "quick and easy paint project!"

Our bathroom is ugly. The wainscoting is uneven and has screw holes, there are gaps between the floor trim, and there are even parts of the wall where the trim fell off and there is nothing but old paint and drywall. And that is only the start of how bad our bathroom is. We won't even talk about how everything is cramped on one wall, how the bathtub is too small, how the surround is discolored and how the marble doesn't match anything.

Without dropping five grand, we decided to spruce up the bathroom. Well, I decided to spruce up the bathroom, Nick went along with it. We figured a little spackle, paint and elbow grease could go a long way. The bathroom begged to differ.

First, the wainscoting that was crooked and uneven and cut incorrectly came off. The original plan was to take it off and just paint the wall. We then discovered that below the wainscoting was nothing but crumbling plaster. So now the wainscoting, however badly cut, will stay up. Bathroom: 1, Bundt: 0

Second, we decided that paint was still an option. So we removed the big mirror (half of the screws were stripped, FYI) so that if we were to ever get a new mirror we wouldn't have to repaint again or match samples. We wanted to do it RIGHT.

And this is what we found. A hole where the medicine cabin used to be... so much for an "quick, easy, weekend project-" eh? Bathroom: 2, Bundt: 0

SOOOOOO... now Nick has to patch the wall with drywall. AND THEN we can paint.

That's what we get for looking for a cheap and easy project. I guess it is still cheap, but who knows what else we might find. I am afraid to look.