My
bathroom was recently featured in an article on the HardcoreGamer.com
website! See the article here!
In 2012 I gave up Facebook for
Lent. We also cancelled our cable TV. What did I do with
this new found time? Well, I built an entire bathroom (thanks to
help from my Dad as always) and I nerded it out pretty
hardcore. Sometimes I feel bad for my wife that she seemingly
married a 12 year old boy. Then I think about how awesome this
bathroom is, and I'm over it. So without further ado, here are
some pictures of my new bathroom!
My old school Super Mario toys from Mc
Donalds in 1990:
My super mario clock. Not to
worry, this wasn't really a SMB3 cartridge. It was some lesser game
which has had the label replaced.
I couldn't find any towels to save my
life, so I ended up buying some patches and making my own!
My custom mushroom rug from Etsy:
These were a present from my brother in
law Jon. They're actually real soap!
Light Switch:
I did end up replacing some of the old
McDonald's toys with other ones for Mario and Luigi. They are
just the right size, and have movable arms so they look like they are
going to bonk the guys over their heads:
And Luigi:
However, if, for example, you have
friends come over for a few beers, it allows them to rearrange the figures
to look something like this. Thanks Dan...
And lastly, the pièce de résistance... I've
added sound effects to everything!! Check out the below video and
marvel at it's awesomeness!
UPDATE 7/16/2013:
I think it's safe to say that this will be my last
update on the bathroom. There's very little else I can think to add,
and I really like the way it all looks now. But I did
add these last few things!
I won a lamp from 8 Bit Lit in a contest that they
had. They have this amazing little product, a coin block lamp
that you can trigger the coin noise by tapping the bottom of the
block. Every so often it makes a 1-Up noise as well.
Here you can see my lamp above my toilet
now:
And here's a shot of it in the dark. Not the
best quality picture, but you get the idea:
The next thing I added was a night light. I
couldn't find a Mario themed night light to save my soul, so I decided to
just make my own:
And here's a shot of it in the dark:
Next I decided to replace some of the normal
looking things in the bathroom with green pipes instead. First, I
replaced the toilet brush holder which you can see here:
Next I decided to make my own piranha plant
garbage can. Here is all the stuff that I started out with:
And I'm very pleased with how it turned out.
Here's a few shots of the final product!
And here's a shot of it in place. It
took a little getting used to at first, he sort of stares at me when I'm
in the bathroom doing my business. And he looks hungry!
:)
Well, I think I've covered just about every inch
of the bathroom now, so I'm going to call it done!