Guest Bath Reveal

Finally, It's DONE!

We've actually had it done for months.

When I went to take the final pictures

for the reveal I noticed that our mirror

was a different color.

Noooooooo!

So I had to wait until it was warmer

weather to repaint the mirror.

Which I happened to get done yesterday!

Let's take a look at the beginning.

When Hubby decided to start

re-doing the guest bath he started

to rip things apart before I could

take pictures. I'm not one to tell

him to stop what he is doing just

so I can get some before pictures.

Heck no, let him rip!

We needed to get this bathroom done.

This is what we started with, minus the mirror.

It was a simple builder grade mirror.

Moving around the room to the left.

The upper half of the walls were

painted mint and the bottom half was

painted lavender. Little dragonflies were

stenciled on the walls in various places and

a wallpaper border was added.

This was the wallpaper border.

We went from this....

Drum roll please....

To this.

What a difference!

Things that we did to the guest bathroom.

1. Removed wallpaper border and repainted the room gray.

2. Replaced the light fixture above the mirror.

 3. Removed the builder grade mirror and replaced it with a framed mirror.

I bought this mirror from Walmart because it was the perfect size

for this bathroom. Wrong color, right size = no worries.

I painted it white and added

a coat of polyurethane to it which turned it yellow!

So off the wall it came yesterday and got a new coat

of paint which matched perfectly.

Instead of using polyurethane to protect the

paint I used Annie Sloan Clear Wax.

4. We added a solid oak cupboard above the commode

to store bathroom essentials.

5. I kept the same trash can but gave it a new look

by decoupaging scrapbook paper to it.

6. Removed the old shower curtain and rod and

replaced it with new drapes and rods.

Here is a close up of the design on the curtains.

7. I needed a piece of framed art for the wall

above the towel rack. I took an old frame

that I had and gave it a weathered look

with white and gray paint. I added a piece

of the same scrapbook paper to match

the trash can.

A simple inexpensive piece of art.

8. This bathroom has a tiled floor.

The tile was in great shape but

the grout was nasty looking and needed

to have something done to it.

Paint to the rescue!

So I got down on my butt and painted it.

This took me roughly 8 hours to do.

The top half of the picture shows the

painted grout. Check out the lower half

and see how nasty this grout looked.

9. Now it looks beautiful with a new rug.

Another room completed and checked off the To Do List.

With a little money and a lot of sweat equity

we were able to transform this bathroom to

a more neutral updated look.

That's it for this week.

Until Next Time,

Veronica