Project House: BLUE Bathroom

Once upon a time the Wente family moved into their very first home. It was a definite fixer upper and they started on that right away. Recently they decided to "fix" the guest bathroom. And it was in great need... for the house was built in the 70's and this bathroom proved it. (plus I think the designer must have been on acid or something. Maybe some type of mushroom psychedelic?) Think BRIGHT BLUE. There was blue everywhere, with a little bit of green thrown into the groovy linoleum flooring. Long story short... it was horrendous. But... it was functional, so we lived with it. Until now....We have spent the last week and a half on the guest bathroom renovation.

Ok, so here she is in all her glory... this picture was taken the 2nd time we looked through the house. The are a little blurry but you get the ugliness.





Ok.... and after all of our hard work, neglecting our children, and eating pizza and rotisserie chicken from Costco for the week...


Here it is!







Isnt it amazing! It turned out just how we wanted it to. Here is the run down of what we did.
- Tiled right over that ugly linoleum. (Nathan did this... and I made a lot more work for him by choosing small tiles and wanting them set on the diagonal)
- Used Ana White's tutorial for putting up the board and batten treatment on the walls. Love it.
- Replaced the countertop
-repainted the vanity in Black, spray painted the hardware and  replaced all the knobs
-repainted all the walls in a leftover color that I found in the garage. :) I like it.
- replaced the sink and  faucet
-framed in the mirror
-painted the ceiling and all the trim white and all of the metal light fixtures and the air vents I spray painted in an oiled bronze (same as the hardware)

Some "in process " shots
 

 

I LOVE IT! I think it looks classy and classic. Yesterday I made a little red step stool (from here) to go in there as well. Not sure if it will stay there though. It would look cute in the kitchen as well. What do you think? Too much?



Ok... so... one more?  maybe a side to side view...

 

Wow, so much better.  Hmm... what are we going to tackle next. :)