Downstairs Bathroom

So I left you guys hanging on our guest bathroom downstairs.  I think the last time you saw it, it looked something like this:

Man if that isn’t just the most appealing picture ever!! If you missed how we got to this point check out this post. And that post was a little over a month ago… oops! I promise it didn’t take us that long to get the bathroom put back together, just that long to get it finished, photographed and posted about! My husband was a trooper on this project since so much of it was things I can’t do right now (like prime walls with KILZ… not a good idea for a preggo).

So I left you off with having removed the wallpaper, had a plumber tear out the ridiculous plumbing and deciding to re-texture the walls.  The next step was to procure a vanity.  This was supposed to be a quick and cheap renovation, so we didn’t want to spend a fortune on a vanity.  Plus this is a really really small space, so we needed to pick something small.  I went to Home Depot on my lunch break to just browse what they had in stock.  Well… they were selling one of their less expensive models for even less, and I liked the sink style and the dark brown finish, so I texted the husband and told him I was just going to get it.  It was on sale for $159.00.  So I get a nice man at HD to help me load it up onto my cart, take it up front and the guy checking out scans it and it rings up as $80.00.  And being the responsible person/rule follower that I am… I said… Is that really $80? The guy looks at it, looks at his computer and says yes.  So I quickly paid and rushed right on out of that store with my cheap $80 vanity.  I felt a little like I was stealing!

But we were going to have guests in town the next week and needed them to be able to use this bathroom space.  So even though I was out of town that week, the husband painted the whole room (we still have a tiny bit of touchup to do in a few places) and installed the vanity all while I was gone!

Here’s what she looks like now! (forgive the weird lighting… this is a completely interior bathroom and therefore VERY hard to photograph!)

I’d like to get some shelves to hang where that picture is and move the picture to another wall, and we have a bit of paint touch up to do, but I love how dramatic the blue and gold are! I think it actually makes the shower look intentional instead of dated!

The wallcolor is leftover Benjamin Moore’s Hale Navy from when we painted the office in the last house. I eventually need a different rug in here, but for now, she is a long way from where she started!