I've replaced a lot of the guts in a toilet and the next time I renovate I'm going to fully rebuild a toilet with stainless steel: the only metal truly suitable for water exposure.* Painting: unless you are so busy you literally don't have time to do this or you hate it with an absolute and irrational passion then you love throwing money away.

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Probably not the cheapest solution and I don't know the tenant base but you could put a 4-5' deep porch across the front with an awning/roof, maybe a metal roof since its Texas I assume.

Or 3) if you just want to extend a raised counter from the back of the base cabinets, I've recently discovered some angled metal extensions at Ikea (in the table-leg pick up area - (I guess because they're very short, 6" or so, little angled table legs LOL).  

Use a metal file. it takes two minutes.D) I've never gotten fisheyes and adhesion hasn't been a problem.

Lots of knock off fake products that look real. 25 cents a foot for platic crown, .99 a sf metallic painted ceiling tile, even the real thing was way cheaper.

Of course I rarely if ever would actually physically do this I would hire a clean out crew. but to save those expense's and dump fee's the garage sale works wonders.I just looked at one today.. it was a 100 by 130 metal building literally stacked to the rafters ( 30 feet tall.) with all manner of care machines metal bikes trikes snow mobiles jet ski's campers.

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We're going for a retro 1950s look, and are planning to install Wilsonart laminate with a cool pattern, with metal edging. 

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