Oh yeah I'm revamping our bathroom on the cheap, you know like new paint, new light etc. And I say master bathroom but really our ONLY full bathroom. Oh the joys of living in a 2 bedroom town home with 2 kids and 2 dogs. Cosy is not the word I would use to describe it ;) But it's home none the less. What was I talking about?...oh yeah our bathroom.
So since you are just finding out about this let me give you a little bit of back story. And I do mean little. Picture your basic builder type bathroom with crappy medicine cabinet, ugly hollywoodesque lights that do nothing for my complexion, a mirror the size of the grand canyon, and blah beige walls. It stayed this way for about um...2 years and when I was pregnant with Natalie and obviously nesting I thought it was time to paint it. So I picked this color called Sprinkle...
(until recently I did not notice the potty humor in my color choice. he he.) I also got rid of the crappy medicine cabinet, added some storage above the toilet, bought a new towel bar, and a new shower curtain.
This bathroom has NO windows so please excuse my crappy pics.
Because I am lame I forgot to take a before pic. You can kinda see it in these pics...
The color on the left in the pic below is the truest to real life.
I loved the color but it was BRA-ight and starting to wear on me. I was longing for something more calming, tranquil even. Enter my new paint color, tranquility by valspar.
It's a beautiful grayish, greenish aqua and I LOVE it! I feel more tranquil just thinking about it ;)
So you want to see? Now believe me when I tell you it was BRIGHT before and now it looks like this...
Okay so dangit!...the before color and the after look kinda the same in the pics but I promise they are not. I tried with and without flash and opened all the curtains and blinds in our bedroom but this was the best I could get :( Please Santa bring me a better camera!! I've been good :D
After I repaint the ceiling, the trim AND the doors (BLURGH...) I plan on attacking this...
I am leaning towards a gray called sharkey grey by Martha Stewart.
I could do a white but I worry that it would look weird with our off white vanity. Thoughts??
I am also thinking of trimming out the mirror to save money. Or maybe I will score an awesome mirror at a thrift store that I can paint.
I picked up the white shower curtain on clearance at target with the intention of upcyling it somehow. I've decided that I am going to paint it. Either a pattern, large horizontal stripes or gradual stripes. Not sure yet. And I am thinking it will be in this awesome color...
Here's my inspiration pic that gave me the color ideas. Mine will be more aqua, less gray, same amount of coral. :)
So whatcha think? hate it? love it? Have you painted cabinets before? I figure I've painted furniture it should be about the same, right?...right?!
oh and I promised a post about a chair...
I'll tell you all about it tomorrow ;)