Yellow tub and shower
This yellow tub is totally ’70s, and it just doesn’t provide the farmhouse feel that homeowner Cindy wants.

Cover Up the Tub

Refreshing the dated tub is much easier with help from James Cole at Bath Fitter. That’s because instead of destroying the vintage cast-iron tub, they’re basically placing a tub over a tub.

The Bath Fitter team measures the current tub and matches its size with one of their molds. The team drops in a template skin based on the measurements to make sure they’ve got the right mold, and it fits like a glove, so they’re ready to get to work.

They apply primer and adhesive, and then cover this bath in just six hours. This whole process is eco-friendly because all the original tiles and the tub remain — nothing’s going in a landfill!

While we’re working on this bathroom’s revival, we share a little cleaning secret with Cindy: a great way to make sure your bath and shower stay clean is by using Wet & Forget Shower spray. You can spray it all around your bathtub and shower, let it sit overnight then rinse it clean. The spray not only cleans, but it helps prevent buildup of dirt and soap scum.

Tub and shower after remodel
Didn’t Bath Fitter’s team do a great job of reviving this formerly ‘Mellow Yellow” bathtub and surround?

Yellow bathroom with dated vanity and cabinets
So…much…yellow!

Refresh the Vanity

Cindy wants her vanity to be 35 ½ inches high, so we’re attaching 2-by-4’s to the walls around the vanity and we cut its face from a 1-by-6.

The vanity’s new countertop looks so much like natural stone, you have to touch it know it’s not! We glue it, along with the back and side splashes into place.

Then we remove the faucet from the old sink and install it in a nice, new, white sink.

We cut around the old drawer fronts so they’re flush with the sides and bottom; we then paint some new drawer fronts and screw them on top.

New bathroom vanity after remodel
You have to touch this countertop to know it’s not really natural stone!

Post-Production Thoughts

Danny Lipford, Chelsea Lipford Wolf and Ronnie and Cindy McCarson
“Today’s Homeowner” hosts Danny Lipford and Chelsea Lipford Wolf, with homeowners Ronnie and Cindy McCarson.

Cindy’s bathroom was stuck in the 1970s — the floor and vanity were dated, and the tub was yellow.

Now their bathroom looks like the modern farmhouse style that Cindy’s always wanted.

The gray, wood-look ceramic tile adds a touch of rustic to the otherwise clean, contemporary look.

Raising the vanity has made it more convenient, but the new doors, countertop and sink have made it fabulous.

The ugly yellow tub is hidden by the clean white lines of its 21st-century successor, giving this old bathroom new life.

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Danny Lipford is a home improvement expert and television personality who started his remodeling business, Lipford Construction, at the age of 21 in Mobile, Alabama. He gained national recognition as the host of the nationally syndicated television show, Today's Homeowner with Danny Lipford, which started as a small cable show in Mobile. Danny's expertise in home improvement has also led him to be a contributor to popular magazines and websites and the go-to source for advice on everything related to the home. He has made over 200 national television appearances and served as the home improvement expert for CBS's The Early Show and The Weather Channel for over a decade. Danny is also the founder of 3 Echoes Content Studio, TodaysHomeowner.com, and Checking In With Chelsea, a décor and lifestyle blog.

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