I love any book, blog, or other publication, where I can read it and learn something that I can put to use immediately!.

The first time I tried to use caulking, I cut the little tip off and then couldn’t figure out why I couldn’t get it to work.Turns out there’s also a little membrane inside that you need to pierce.

There should be a little piercer sword that swings out of the bottom of your caulking gun for that.Isn’t my new bath mat neat?.So here’s a little look at some of the “before” shots.

I had to remove a whole lot of wallpaper and little bits were left on the edge of the tile there.Also these old walls are in pretty rough shape, but they won’t be replaced until “bathroom reno 2.0” happens, so I thought I’d just try to make the whole thing look more presentable by covering up what I could.. Not nice.

We’ve got to make this better.

This is what I usually do when I do caulking.Originally I had thought about maybe just spraying it with a little Oil Rubbed Bronze, but then I remembered that warm metals are awesome..

Someone had installed a little slide lock on the door at some point and it was made from some kind of cheap brass.I guess because of its cheapness, it had tarnished quicker than the door knob and it was exactly the kind of old-looking finish I was looking for.. OK, maybe pretty isn’t the right word for it.

But it’s more what I’m looking for to add character and stand out against my crisp new paint job.. Here’s how I worked my magic!.The first thing that needed to happen was to remove the clear varnish that was keeping the brass from tarnishing..