They say, "Be careful what you wish for!" and they might have been thinking about this project.
The concrete skim coat somebody had put down on the floor was peeling up in places and was going to have to be completely removed. A raccoon had become trapped inside the cottage at some point and as he explored ways to get out, had dragged black ashes from the fireplace all over the entire interior. It was spider heaven! And it had become a storage unit for all the neighboring tenants and the owner too. There was no toilet and the electricity was scary. Outside, the ivy had taken over and was growing inside the roof .
The 'To-Do' List just kept growing and growing...
So, what's the fastest, cheapest way to make a place look better? Paint, that's right!
I had found inspiration when surfing the web for ideas for a little playhouse for my daughter, Nikita. I loved the color combinations and decided to use it in the shop. 
With the help of my amazing friend Erin, we painted the place, inside and out. Then we started on removing the old floor. I already knew the floor that I wanted to install - a tile floor with 2 1/2" grout that I embedd with stain glass remnants and glass bubbles. I would also create sea inspired motifs as tile insets.
In the bathroom, I was given some old turquiose broken tiles and made a mosaic floor with a turtle inset and bubbles in the grout.
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