Bathroom Before and Afters

Yay for one more COMPLETED room!! WooHoo!

It would only be fair to warn you about the ridiculous amount of photos you're about to see...

Here, we see the before photo. Not bad, just not me.

And then here's the after...

(only it's not actually so dark looking - I hate camera flash. But I was forced to use it.)

I think I've told you before that oak is just not my thing. So the first thing I did was darken up the wood cabinet, and then we added some trim to the plain mirror, and replaced the vanity bar lights with a more traditional fixture. Those few little changes made a HUGE difference!

This photo shows the real color...

Did you know that you could brush stain right on top of an oak cabinet? Me neither. But it worked! I just buffed it a bit, put a few coats of cherry colored stain right onto the oak color. It took a while to dry (a while meaning several DAYS...) but it turned out beautiful!

Here's the before shot of the other side of the room...

Be a sweetie and pretend I moved the plunger before taking the photo. Thanks.

And after a few minor changes.

I'm loving the shabby chic ruffles, especially paired with old chippy pieces :)

A few close ups...

Does anybody else love Isabel Bloom? I only have these 3 pieces, but I love them! They were each gifts from special people, and they each have special meaning.

And how could I leave out the most valuable part of a bathroom...

the T.P. (this was often referred to as "white gold" back in the college days...)

Actually, I just thought the vintage wire basket was too cute.

There was a weird little niche just to the right of the door, that was a huge waste of space. This bathroom has precious little storage, so...

The hubs built me some awesome shelves, and then I painted them all to match the mirror trim. We're making every precious inch count!

I can't even begin to tell what an improvement that was.

Here's a close up of the shelves. Don't they look all fancy like? Just one more spray paint success story :)

Great place to store towels...

and pretties.

The pitcher is actually ceramic and was a strange mauve color, until I painted with my favorite oil rubbed bronze spray paint. I think it's funny how it looks like a metal can now. I'm convinced you can paint ANYTHING.

That concludes our little tour, thanks for joining me!

(And do excuse the poor photo quality, that is one small bathroom, and there's ZERO natural light, which all makes for a very frustrating photo session on my part.)