Don't Live With Ugly Tile

Posted by Trevy Thomas Mar 16, 2008

The very first home I owned had the strangest bathroom ever. For one, the washer and dryer were installed there, shoved in randomly separate spots. But the worst part of this bathroom was the shower. Someone had tiled the surround area, which should have been much nicer to live with than a plastic surround, but they had just used every random tile they could find, and put it up with no rhyme or reason. So I had patterns and solids in every color imaginable all over the shower. They were all the same size, a four-inch square, but other than that, there was absolutely no consistency. It was not the sort of place you'd want to shower after experiencing seasickness or a hangover. I guess the former owner had access to tile scraps and had made a thrifty renovation. I lived with it for years, hating it in every shower or, heaven forbid, bath. I was young, broke and not very experienced in renovations. If only I had known there was a way to safely paint over tiles, my seasick bathtub would have been a thing of the past. Find your own decorating solutions in this handy guide.