DIY Life

The circle of life is evident when a young couple moves in to a home previously occupied by an older couple. Then it is literally out with the old (crocheted owl wall hangings and ornate door knockers) and in with the new (glossy black and white photos and doorbells). In our case, our main bathroom had tiles with yellow flowers on them. One big long line of tiles that wouldn't fit our beach theme-- so we painted them.

There are two things to learn from our experience. First, get yourself some good enamel paint, but don't expect to coat all your tiles this way (at that point it is easier to just rip them up and start over). Second, the easiest path is take one design element (our flowers) and turn it into something else (our fish). As you can see in the gallery, once we painted the flowers purple and added an eye we "remodeled" with a simple bottle of paint.