The (not quite) $0 bathroom makeover - Day 9 - 11

FLOORING AND HARDWARE

Problems and more problems. 

The Floor.
These are "looks like wood" vinyl tiles. The floor has to be SQUEAKY clean to get these suckers to stick, so I've spent a couple of days scraping, cleaning, sweeping, wiping, scrubbing to get it REALLY clean. Then I grabbed the isoprophyl alcohol and wiped each area down before laying the tile. Just to make sure. I have all the tiles down - the bad news? I'm short a few tiles. Somehow my math didn't calculate the area correctly. A quick trip to a flooring store, and (of course) my freebie tiles are so old and discontinued that they're unheard of.
Plan B
Buy some tiles that don't match at all, but will go nicely, and put in a pattern. I've done a little stripe that comes off the commode. I also did a diamond pattern to make it look purposeful - after all - it's a super low cost makeover. It's all done with purpose.
The good news is that these tiles were just over a dollar a piece, so at $13.50, not a bad deal.

Here is the finished floor.

The Hardware.

My spray painting idea is a flop. They painted nicely, but it just doesn't look good with the cabinet. I like the idea of staying with the porcelain since the other fixtures are porcelain, chrome and brushed nickle, so, I took a trip to one of my favorite inspiration stores - Hobby Lobby. 

They have a nice area devoted to knobs. I found some porcelain ones with letters and a circle around the letter. Very simple, and it gave it just that little extra that I think will work nicely on the doors. So now I get to figure out how to get the letters on the knobs. I tried the rub on route, and the sticker route, but they don't have what I'm looking for.
A quick search of the web turns up this font, which I will try to put on the knobs with glue, then dip in epoxy to set and seal them. The down side is I don't think I have epoxy.
My solution was to drown them in wood glue.  I got a little shine on them.  Not sure how well they'll hold up, but we'll find out.

Tune in next time when we finish the base of the cabinet and put our doors back on!!