About seven years ago, I bit my tongue as my husband did the dumbest thing ever and told his teenage daughter that she could paint their bathroom any color she wanted. And every day since, this bathroom (a bathroom that only a 17-year-old girl could love) has plagued me. This piercing turquoise just leering at me from down the hallway. Awful. I told my husband that the second the boys are gone to college I was painting it. Mostly because, we only have two full bathrooms in this house. Taking one out of commission to paint is a PITA. So I have just been patiently waiting for Fall 2026. God offered me way out! It really is true…Opportunities are everywhere. You just have to keep your heart open. With half of the house already out of commission due to the epic-turd pipe explosion of 2026, I had a brilliant idea. While the men were tearing up the kitchen to repair the plumbing, I would take the opportunity to de-turquoise the kids’ bathroom! Shit sandwich from shit, as they say! Here is a photo of the before. Please, be a good friend and never let your dad friends allow their teenage daughters to pick paint colors. Just the worst…

@drsarah Allowing a teenage girl to make many of life's decisions is a recipe for disaster.🤣

@drsarah I could top that but I'd have to show you a picture of my daughter's bedroom and there are levels of cringe I will not plumb.

@drsarah ティファニーブルー🤣

@drsarah My Dad did the same thing with me so many years ago and, true story, I picked the same color. 🤷‍♀️

@drsarah I asked Grok for a better color scheme than "Teal" and apparently even "Axe Murderer" is better than teal.

@drsarah Do a modest 1970s treatment.

@drsarah You can do great selfy songs in that 3 panel mirrored cabinet, tho!

@drsarah The 1980s almond colored tub with tarnished brash is more hideous than the paint.

@drsarah I’m sorry, this isn’t a deal breaker.

@drsarah I painted the basement an awful pink Color once. 🤣

@drsarah We have a single bathroom and we need to totally redo all of it. Wanna talk about a PITA? It will be a total revamp though. With some space in the hallway, we're creating two full baths!

@drsarah My husband let my daughter and sons paint their bedrooms any color they wanted. We had so many colors but my daughter was the most dramatic, she painted her room lime green and light orange 🤦🏻‍♀️ it was changed to white and one light pink wall when she became a teenager 😂

@drsarah I love the color! The rest of the bathroom not so much.

@drsarah I kinda like the color ☹️

@drsarah Looks like the bathroom from the Shining

@drsarah Looks like hospital green

@drsarah I let my son have black and red bedroom. Crazy amount of primer and paint to cover it.

@drsarah Everybody hating on my favorite color. I think it looks nice. You probably painted it beige or white or some boring ass non-color.