Showing posts with label bathroom. Show all posts
Showing posts with label bathroom. Show all posts

Monday, November 1, 2010

Powder Room makeover

Last week I promised I would share with you
 the bathroom makeover. 

We recently had  to have the wood floors refinished.  When we returned from a family vacation, we were greeted by water on the wood floor.  The  refrigerator had stopped working and everything had defrosted inside the fridge, including all the ice inside the freezer.  Never, did I think this would cause a bathroom re-do. 

 Well...  the toilet and pedestal sink in the bathroom sat on part of the wood floor, so they both had to be removed
 before the floors could be sanded.
When the contractor removed the pedestal sink it tore the wallpaper, so the makeover began....

Come on in and see the finished room...


My sweet friend Shelly made me this beautiful frame. 
 I loved it, but didn't have a spot on the wall to hang it.
I decided to hang the frame on the bathroom door. 
 I attached a decorative ribbon to the back of the frame.
 I then stapled the ribbon to the top edge of the door .


It's the perfect spot!



Love the bible verse....



Here's the new wallpaper.




I wish I had a photo of what this cabinet looked like in
 it's "Previous Life".
It was a bargain in the clearance section at TJ Max.  It had a monkey with a palm tree  painted on it.  When I brought it home my family thought I had  lost my mind, but I had a plan!


I left the top alone. 
 As for everything else, it got a coat of green paint,
some glaze and then a coat of sheer metallic paint.
I love adding tassels to drawer pulls!


I added some wood decals
 that I picked up at the local hardware store. 
 I just used some wood glue to attach them
and then painted over the entire cabinet.


Why not think about adding a tassel, decorative trim 
and some beaded trim to embellish a lamp?


 A few photos of my boys sit on top of the cabinet.


An old book that I just wrapped in some black paper and then added a strip of printed scrapbooking paper.  I just embellished the book by brushing it with some gold paint. 
 Two little bunnies sit on top of the book.


We decided to replace the pedestal sink.  There was no storage in the bathroom and I found this cabinet that remined me of a piece of furniture.  When I spotted it I knew it would be perfect!




I love adding candles in the bathroom.  I'm not a fan of seeing the label on the candle.  Check out my post HERE about giving candles a quick "one of a kind" look.


The hardware, lighting and mirror
were all part of the previous bathroom.
Can you see the hooks on the back of the door?



I really did not want to put up a towel bar
 in the small powder room.
 I decided to hang the hook for the hand towel.

 

I found it at Marshals Home Goods. 
One of my favorite stores for home accessories.



I didn't want a blind in the bathroom, but need privacy.
 Whoever designed the house, was definitely not thinking.  They place the toilet right in front of the window.  I decided to use two tension rods and gather on sheer fabric for privacy. 
I made a soft shade for the valance.



Some beaded trim was added to the edge of the valance.



This framed picture worked out perfect for this room. 
It did not start out looking like this.  Stop back later this week and I'll show you how I transformed a clearance item
 into this custom look.


Hope you enjoyed seeing the makeover.
  Thanks for stopping by. 
 I'll be linking up to the following sites....

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Thursday, October 28, 2010

Beefing Up the Molding....

I've been SLOWLY working on the master bedroom transformation.

  So...... in the mean time I'm would love to share with you another project that I  mainly my hubby completed.

Here's what the project looked like when we began.
The bathroom had nice dental molding,
 just not BEEFY enough for my liking.





Once my husband agreed to do the project for me, I quickly ran up to the wood working store to get the supplies.  I figured while he was in the mood to do the work I better get the wood, just in case he had second thoughts about doing the project.


I purchase a panel molding that was about 1" wide. He cut and mitered the corners and placed the piece of trim about 2.5" below the dental molding.  He used my handy dandy air compressor and staple gun to attach the molding to the drywall.


I then primed, painted and glazed the all the wood trim and the piece of drywall that was between the dental molding
 and the panel molding.

I love adding a glaze to dental molding. 
 The stain sticks to all the indentations of the wood
 and really adds a nice detail.

Now that's the look I wanted.
some nice BEEFY molding that didn't cost a fortune!


This was a very inexpensive project with a big transformation. The panel molding was much easier to do than the crown molding.  At  least that's what it seemed like to me.
  You'll have to ask my husband about that!
Maybe you also noticed the walls are different.  When we had the hardwood floors refinished, the old wall paper was damaged so I had to find a replacement paper.  Well, you know how that goes....
One thing lead into another and the powder room got an entire face lift.  I'll share that with you next week.

  As for now I better get working on the master bedroom transformation!

I'll be linking up to the following sites....

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