We love sites like Angie’s List or Service Magic to find a well reputed, highly rated pro. And of course we love to get three or more estimates to meet with people and see how comfortable they make us feel. Hope it helps!

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We like soft buttery yellows with pink for sort of a retro feeling. You can also temper the color with a nice sandy tan neutral tone (try Glidden’s Water Chestnut) to cut all that pink and make things feel a bit less girly and bright. Good luck!

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No way! There’s a “back entrance” to the fixtures in most homes, so they don’t have to cut the tile at all but can just remove this back panel (ours is in the nearby linen closet) to get to them from behind and switch them out. It should be relatively straightforward, just remember to hunt down a fixture with the same configuration (you can’t go from a three faucet set-up to a one lever fixture since there will be gaping holes left in the tile). Hope it helps!

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I know you paid to have your tub facuet replaced. Did they have to cut into the tile, then retile after replacing? I’m dying to replace the faucet in my garden tub, but it’s mounted through the tub with tile wall on the outside…so there is no entrance for us.

Also, is switching out bathroom sink faucets fairly cut-and-dry if you match your new faucet to the existing holes?

Thanks so much for your help, inspiration and cheerful attitudes!

Yup it’s really that easy! Just google around for “replacing a tile” and find a simple online tutorial or two for reference. It’s basically exactly as you described it, so you should have no problem taking it on. Hope it helps!

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s

With all of your know-how on tiling bathrooms, I was wondering if you had any tips on simply replacing old tile (since it looks like you replaced a tile in this post)? There are about 6-8 tiles in my shower area that are cracked and damaged. Is it possible to remove the old tiles, scrape out the dry mortar, apply thinset mortar, and install and grout the new tile while keeping the rest of the area in tact? Or is it more difficult than that?

Thank you, and best wishes to you in the new year!

It’s true! There was even a missing tile there but we never thought the subfloor would be so rotten!

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