Last week we started the paint and cleanup project for the cabana bathroom. The bathroom was in need of a refresh in a major way. The shower stall was flaking away down to the concrete and there were spider webs in the corners. Plus the pink walls were weird and made it feel like we were in a grimy locker room.

It took us about 2 days to paint it since we wanted it to be fully dry and we had to use two to three coats of paint (as a random aside I learned in Home Depot that a coat of paint is a “mano” which more commonly means hand in Spanish).

So in the mean time, we had to take a shower outside!

Each of us held the garden hose for the other one as we lathered up in the cool water under the palm trees and sunshine. It made me think that an outdoor shower might be kind of nice to have sometime down the line.

Outdoor Shower View

After the paint dried, we also hung up a mirror and towel racks. Britton had to use a masonry bit in order to hang these and was careful to try not to hit the water or electric lines.

We would still like to tile the bathroom shower stall (tile here is “loza” which was also new to me, as I would have said baldosa or azulejo) and we have a small shelf to install as well.

The bathroom feels so much cleaner and brighter with a fresh coat of paint and new accessories. Plus Britton and our friend Matt had already installed a new toilet when they were here in January, so it really feels much better now that it flushes without leaking as well.

Before and After

The cabana is getting more and more comfortable every day and we have started to move onto fixing the wood house which is just absolutely disgusting right now. So it is good to see the results of this bathroom cleanup to keep us energized in that much larger project.