Going Backwards: Bedroom and Bath Before and After

I'm taking a shortcut here and reposting something from our family blog in September of 2009 since we don't have any big projects going on right now. It is exactly the same and we still love the changes! On a side note: while reading through it I noticed I had been "waiting on the hubby to paint" and remembered I was preggers with #3 for most of this little update..and now she is almost 15 months old!  Time flies!

Really there is nothing huge about this little project that we

 have had going on for almost 6 months! But....we are so glad 

it's finally done and makes what felt like an apartment feel 

more like a home.

Before.

 

After

We have had the furniture for a long time now but just needed 

a "little" color on the walls, some curtains, and a few things to 

hang. I bought the stuff for the walls here and there months 

ago and a new bedspread about a year ago so this has been 

a slow transformation but it is finally basically complete and 

has a warmer feel(and when you really spread it out  like we 

did it'a almost like it cost nothing;)! I usually go a little more 

bold with colors but we think we may move in the next year or 

so so I had to play it safe. The not so bold color change still 

made a big difference:)

BEFORE

AFTER..


Not a huge change here but the curtains and a slight tint to the walls makes it much warmer!


Now on to the Bathroom Revamp

6 months ago we had ceramic tile laid(we officially retired 

from tiling after laying 1,000 sq. feet in our first house..don't 

know how people do that every day!) in our upstairs baths to 

replace the fancy linoleum that the builders put in (Thanks to 

a nice donation from the in laws!) Then we started 

painting....and Hubby was able to finally finish the painting in 

our bath two weekends ago. He painted our lovely builder 

grade oak cabinets a nice grayish color(this is my new 

favorite color! urbane bronze from sherwin williams) and this 

weekend he framed the mirror. After a few Ikea shelves a 

couple of pictures that I probably bought a year ago(not 

kidding) and replacing the cheapy plastic hand towel rings I 

think it looks and feels a ton better! I don't have any before 

pics of the bath but you can imagine, white linoleum, white 

walls, plastic towel holders, and no frame around the mirror or 

accessories. Blah.

So now pretend the before is here:















And here is the After:

Just a little side note:  I've just recently discovered I don't like 

having those fuzzy toilet lid covers around.  It just started 

looking silly to me and feeling a bit gross even though I wash 

them frequently.  It's so crazy how I just go with things for the 

longest time and then all of a sudden am like "those are 

weird" there outa here! In the past I've thought that 

bathrooms looked stark and sterile without it but do we really 

need rugs on our potties?  What is the purpose?

Anywho, I digress!

Here's another view.  

And a close up of the shelves...

The shelves were by far the best thing we did for this bath revamp. It was an easy way to make a big change with a little budget.

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