Bathroom Makeover!

One of the first rooms to be completed at our new house!  The bathroom!  I had no idea what direction I wanted to go in for this one until I was at Walmart and found a pretty awesome shower curtain.  Then it all fell in to place after that.

Next I paired up the shower curtain with a rug that had some spunk and decided on a proven paint color, Comfort Gray by Sherwin Williams.  I didn't want to be another person to jump on the "Gray" bandwagon but it went really well with this shower curtain and the more I look at it all together, the more I love it.  It appeared to be more blue then I expected at first, after all,  I was under the impression the color had green undertones.  Once it dried it had a mix of everything depending on what time of day you looked at it...gray, green, blue.  Very soothing color, now I get what all the hype was about.  :)

Here's the BEFORE picture of the bathroom:

And the AFTER:

One room down, 5 more to go! :)

Snakin' Sinks Girly Style

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I couldn't find our snake to clean out the sinks the other day and hubby had no clue as to where it might have been so I fashioned a quick make-do snake to get the job done.




Yup, a bobby pin and dental floss. She worked like a charm.

Here we go bloggers! My bathroom makeover...

Well, after stalking a few of my favorite decorating blogs, I decided to not only redecorate my bathroom but to start a blog to share my decorating trials and errors with random people all over the globe. I can't count how many times I've said, "this time...this time I'm going to do before and after pics." Then I remember (as I'm putting my final coat of paint on) crud, I forgot to take my before picture. Now...I'm forcing myself.

My inspiration came from HERE and HERE. Such subtle, sweet stripes.

So, drum roll please, here is the BEFORE.....


There was so much paint build up outlining where the cabinet and mirror were that I had to patch and sand for two days to try and get it to look smooth...I finally gave up and hoped that the pictures on the walls would cast enough shadows that it wouldn't be too noticeable. ;)


And now for the AFTER...



Shew, I'm glad it's done. I'm glad I did it and I'm glad it was a very small space...it was quite a bit of work.

Paint:
Benjamin Moore (color matched with Velspar)
Glacier White (OC-37, the darker stripe)
Acadia White (OC-38)

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