Monday, May 01, 2006

Word-Of-Mouth is Stil the BEST Advertising

We do believe the Fix-it-Guys are done with our bathroom. There are still a few things they did not do, but we believe it's best just to get them out of our house and for us to move on with our life. The Fix-it-Guys finished before noon today and while home on my lunch hour I realized the tub was still not working correctly. It was not holding water and they had not put up the mirrow above the vanity. I called and they were back here at 6:30pm tonight to fix what they had not fixed in the first place. We find it odd that their slogan is "fix it right the first time". I don't think so. It took at least 3-4 times for them to get it correct. And this was coming from their plumber who said he had 20 years experience. Huh..I wonder about that. This weekend we are going to prime and paint the walls and then in the next few weeks put up Wayne's Coding around the bottom part of the wall. We have called it beadboard all along, but were told it was called Wayne's Coding. Ok, whatever. So, here are som pictures of the finished product, as well as a picture of what we have done with their sign they left in our yard.
We LOVE, LOVE the tile. Doesn't it look sharp? Plus the vanity and sink are pretty classy looking. We now have a matching mirror that goes above the vanity.
Here is our new shower/tub. Like I mentioned, it's so white and clean. Taking down the shower doors really opened up the room. Plus, getting rid of the pink tub and tile makes it look so much modern. I do believe we have finally arrived into the 21st Century.
The first day they were here, The Fix-it-Guys put this sign in our yard. We kept it up throughout the whole process. Even though I hated looking at it as I drove into the drive-way. I decided this was the best way to let everyone that drives past our house that they should not hire The Fix-it-Guys. We will leave this sign up as long as possible. It's a little jab to them for the way they neglected our pets while here as well as caused us to have many sleepless nights. This sign was put up in respect for Ben. Plus, they will have a nice complaint coming via the Better Business Bureau.

7 comments:

Isabel said...

I love the vanity. I'm jealous. The tile looks nice too. And ha ha at the sign. Serves them right.

Mrs. Dr. S. said...

I LOVE the sink and vanity. That looks so, so nice. Everything is so shiny and sparkly! Enjoy!

Minnesota Nice said...

I love the floor tile too, what color are you going to paint? I always choose paint colors by taking the Pottery Barn catalog to Home Depot, showing the guy a room in the catalog I like and saying, "Mix me up THAT color". Works every time.

Monogram Queen said...

LOVE the sign! Way to go girlies!

Caroline said...

isabel--would you believe that vanity/sink was normally $300, but we got it on sale for $99. We love it. With the mirror up it looks awesome.

courtney--so glad you're back. boy did i miss you guys. we love how everything is still shiny and sparkly as well. our goal is to keep it that way..

sandra--we are going to paint the walls a medium to light tan and then the beadboard will be white.

Caroline said...

patticake--didn't mean to leave you out...i love the sign too. it's staying up as long as possible. hopefully the rain tonight won't ruin it.

Mrs. Dr. S. said...

Thanks Caroline!

Good goal - good luck! :)