Sometimes I see pre-renovation photos and I ask why the hell people would get rid of anything as awesome as a pink bathroom to put in new dreck. Well, now I know first hand.

It’s been a difficult few weeks trying to save my pink bathroom. At first, I was going to keep it fully intact. I just wanted to take down the ugly fiberglass shower enclosure and wall behind the tub and get rid of some weird floor “junk” behind the toilet. Once I ripped that down I saw that it was hiding rotted wood.

The tub is sitting on damaged joists. There is a massive hole in the floor under the toilet. When I took down the wall that was used to enclose the shower plumbing, the room looked so much bigger and brighter.

I thought I’d salvage any pink wall and floor tile that I could. Now it’s clear that it all needs to go so I can do it properly. The good news is that I can extend the room into an adjoining closet and have a larger bathroom.

Right now I intend to do everything possible to keep my pink tub and toilet, but if I don’t find proper matching tiles, then someone else can benefit from these fabulous items. Fingers crossed it’s me though.