Hi Friends!
How’s your week going so far? If you read my blog post last week about the recap of our year, you’ve already seen a quick glimpse of this makeover, but I wanted to share more details of it with you, too.
When we bought our house, it was divided into a 2 family, but we wanted to convert it back to a one family. The first floor of our house has a half bath that we redid already. It’s part of the living room area which makes for an awkward night with friends. If you have to pee we are all sitting and chatting in the same area so we’re all going to know. Hahha It’s also in the middle of the house so anytime we have friends over and the kids were playing or anytime John came in with dirty boots… you betcha, it would track all through the house. A cleaning nightmare! :)
So we decided to take this small kitchen and turn it into a half bath:
It was a rough space… holes in the ceiling and a floor pealing up. We needed to keep the front half of the room where the fridge and stove are for a closet and mess sink for rinsing paint. So, it made the room even smaller, but it does what we need it to do. It’s right off our back door/mud room and is a cute space for staff and friends to use the bathroom.
One thing I love to do in small bathrooms is add a surprise element. It’s fun because when a room is small we can add something that is a little more expensive and not break the bank. It could be a unique, expensive tile, a one of a kind vanity, or beautiful lights. In this case, I went with a bold, beautiful wallpaper. I couldn’t love it more! The colors were perfect. My favorite colors all in one wallpaper. Teal, coral, mustard, black, and white. On top of that, the large floral design in a small room feels like just the right amount of sophistication.
We painted the walls with Valspar’s Lincoln Cottage Black. One of my favorite black colors for the wall. We also did board and batten on the bottom half of the wall.
To build the vanity, because it’s such a tiny space, we decided to order this sink top and build the vanity. I love when John builds a vanity instead of buying one because it can be just the right size and we can hide the plumbing. So in this case, you can’t tell from photos, but the vanity on the bottom has a fake back that hides the plumbing.
I love the mirror and light above the sink.
I also bought this beautiful door from a barn sale and frosted the glass so some light comes in, but still has privacy. To use normal door on a slider track, it has to be a large door so it’s tall enough to cover the opening. Barn door sliders bring the height of the door up a bit.
So here’s a quick items list just in case you want to order any of it for your own home.
How do you like it?? I don’t think I could love it more!!
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