When we moved here from Ohio, the first room in our house that I did anything to change was the downstairs bathroom. It had a huge hanging cupboard that was oddly placed, barn wood "shelves" dilapidating along the entire wall behind the toilet, and it just needed something immediately. I painted it off-white with navy blue accents and an Americana theme, including stamping all around the top of the walls.
It has been looking really yucky for the past few years. I often walk into the bathroom and wish I could rip it completely apart--I mean gut it!!--with my own bare hands. We wish we could do a major renovation to the bathroom and kitchen, but that won't be happening for at least a couple years--or decades. :)
I decided a little over a week ago that I would just paint the bathroom to give it a little lift. It's nice to have it looking a little fresher.
I didn't take any 'before' pictures, but these are the old switch plate covers I had decoupaged with fabric. I had made a matching shower curtain, and it's so faded there is barely any color left to it now.
Here are a few 'after' photos of the bathroom after this project. Annah and Sylvia went with me between church and youth group a couple Sundays ago to choose colors and towels and rugs. We had a good time together with that process!
I had a shower curtain picked out online, but when we saw this one, we liked it and decided to go with this color scheme. I love the scripture on it--some of my favorite verses.
Serve - "as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord." - Joshua 24:15
Believe -"If you have faith as a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you." - Matthew 17:20
Praise - "Shout joyfully to the Lord, all the earth;
Break forth in song, rejoice, and sing praises." - Psalm 98:4
Trust - "Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding." - Prov. 3:5
I like that we now have those great reminders in the place where we do much of our preparation for each day and night.
The paint tan/grey color we chose for the walls is called Wild Bramble.
The doors on the built-in cupboard are from an antique Hoosier cupboard, so I'm glad to keep them. I painted the dark brown parts with $.88 craft paint to cover the navy I had painted them before.
I really like this new rug. It, and most of the things I bought, came from WalMart. Basically the only thing I bought anywhere else was the big brown bath rug, and it came from Meijer.
For this curtain, I bought another shower curtain, cut it the length I needed it and hemmed it. (It is basically to cover the fact that the window is unfinished.)
The biggest expense of the project was new towels. Our 13-year-old towels have been raveling and shredding over the past year, so it was a good time to move them to gym towels and get new ones for the bathroom.
I had received a wonderful appreciation gift card from our church in August, and chose to use it to fund part of this project. I wanted to keep the total expenses down below $200, and I was really close. I actually kept track for the first time, and I spent $239.00 total:
Paint - $15.97
Painter’s Tape - $6.27
Outlet covers - $1.88
Rugs - $11.97, $16.99 = $28.96
Shower curtain $16.96
Curtain - $16.96
Curtain rod - $2.97
Bath Towels 8@ $5.88 = $47.04
Hand towels - 6@ $4.88 = $29.28
Washcloths 10@$3.88 = $38.80
stacking organizing baskets inside cabinet - 10 @ $2.99 = $29.90
helper shelf for under sink- $3.99
And actually, the organizing items were kind of free, because of mPerks rewards I used at Meijer. (If you shop and Meijer and aren't using mPerks, I highly recommend starting. I have saved over $110 in the first week of October using mPerks. And I am not a crazy coupon-er! mPerks are just that awesome!)
So anyway, it's not a fancy HGTV bathroom, but it's a nice freshening up for now.
