Master Bathroom Reveal

Remember back to what the master "pinkalicious" bathroom looked like before by visiting my house tour.  

The scenario: it's the second week of October.  We had just found out that we are expecting Mini M. in June.  So we decided immediately that we wanted to go ahead and redo this bathroom to avoid any dust or bathroom sharing with Mini M.

What ensued was the fastest bathroom project in the history of our time together (we've done 3 bathrooms total-2 here and 1 at our other house.)  It literally only took a month.  I've never made decisions so fast!

To keep the "flow" of our house, I made it easy on myself and chose the same floor and wall tiles, grout, tub stain, toilet, and shower curtain.  All accessories (rug, soap dispenser, tooth brush holder, and baskets) are from Target.

The wall color is what I love the most in here.  It's Antique Glass by Benjamin Moore.  I never even got the sample-I just found a picture of it on Pinterest! 

Eric frosted the window because we thought it looked so nice with it's fresh white paint that we didn't want to cover it.  We also got a fan and electrical outlets since there weren't any before.  Now I can finally do my hair in the bathroom!  

What's the fastest construction project you've ever had?

Guest Bathroom Reveal

We sneakily gutted and redid our bathrooms.  Both of them.  Surprise!

Time travel yourself back to early August.  Eric and I had been talking all summer about redoing the guest bathroom but didn't really feel like we had the time to do it.  We bumped into the contractor who did the majority of our kitchen and he said he was free at the end of the month-score!  Bathroom here we come!

Click on over to my house tour to see the before pics of the "blue bathroom."  

Bye bye blue tile!  This bathroom was a total gut job with new dry wall, tile (floor and shower,) fixtures, toilet, and vanity.  A fan was also installed along with electrical outlets, neither of which we had in here before.  We wanted to do something fairly neutral, so the walls are a soft grayish white (which is kind of hard to see here-paint color is Simply White by Benjamin Moore) and all of the subway tile is bright white with soft gray grout.

We chose subway tile that goes all the way up the wall mainly just on a whim, but we're thrilled with how it turned out! Despite my previous dislike of the finish, we went with all chrome fixtures.  I think they look very clean and modern against the white finishes.  The tub was also re-glazed and man did that make a huge difference!

Accessory rundown: Target (soap dispenser,) Johnathan Adler for JC Pennies (candles and rug,) Etsy (airplane art)

The light over the mirror was probably the decision I hem'ed and haw'ed over the most, mostly because it's actually an outdoor light.  I liked the industrial feel it added to the space, but wasn't sure if it really provided enough light.  I was also thinking of resale, but ultimately that's an easy fix and if I need to change out my $39 Home Depot light when we move in five years, that's okay by me!

The floor tile was one of the things we decided to spend a little more money on since this is such a small bathroom.  It reads gray/white/slightly griege and is made of porcline.  (It's hard to see, but I'm still IN LOVE with the pattern in the rug, swoon!)

Next up: the master bathroom, aka the "pink bathroom"

Bathroom Update

*Apparently my last post is an indication of how scatterbrained I'm feeling because I just noticed that I had already posted my wreath in early September! (Sigh.)*

This is going to be a photo dump of all the recent bathroom pictures.  It's *mostly* finished except that I need to hang a shelf to get the knick knacks off of the toilet.  Oh and we need a new trashcan.

Still in love with this subway tile.  Swoon!

Also, yes that is an outdoor light above the mirror and we love it! We've gotten a ton of compliments on it.

Can't decide if I'm going to paint that "M" or not.  Any thoughts?  That airplane picture is a transplant from the living room.  It was a housewarming gift from my college roomie.  It also got a face lift when I spray painted its mat bumblebee yellow.  

Two things about this picture.

  

One: I love my Happy Chic Jonathan Adler rug from his JC Penney's collection link to it here.  

Two: Check out our newly painted/glazed/I'm-not-sure-what-the-proper-terminology-is tub! It was blue before, people! Now it's bright, shiny white and we love it.

Bathroom Inspiration

As you can see from a previous post, we're already knee-deep in our guest bathroom renovation.  Truth be told, I'll actually miss the blue tile.  Had it not been cracked in several locations, we probably would have kept it. Too bad so sad.

Anyways, I've been saving bathroom inspiration pictures on Pinterest for quite awhile hoping that they would come in handy.  Take a look.

From Pinterest via My Old Country House

What I like: galvanized sconces lights (we purchased the same one from Lowes,) white subway tile, and a pop of color on the mirror.  Not sure that we'd do pink but maybe some else bold like red or chartreuse.

From Pinterest via West Elm

What I like: predominantly bright white space with pops of color, the subway tile with gray grout, and the shower curtain (bummer that it's no longer available.)

Here's muh boyfriend with the power tools he got last Christmas.  Lookin' good boyfriend!

Via Pinterest

What I like: light paint with dark vanity and floating shelves above the toilet.

We've already made quite a few choices and are hoping everything turns out.  

Just Hanging Around

Look what my husband did for me while I was at work!

I'll admit, I had already purchased the baskets and towel bars, but he put them up without me even asking! 

Thank you Pinterest for yet another great idea.

Everything looks much more in place now.  The texture the baskets add to the bathroom makes me super happy too!

White Shelves

I'm very pleased to announce that we FINALLY got around to hanging these fresh and fun shelves I received as a Christmas gift.  They hanging out in the pink master bathroom and are replacing the flimsy, stand alone shelving unit we had before.  The styling of the shelves may change here and there, plus we're also considering some hooks underneath for additional storage.

Aren't the peonies pretty too?!?