I didn't spend a lot of time in our upstairs bathroom that we called the "kids" bathroom, since both of my children had grown up and moved out. It was time for the bathroom to grow up too. I tend to have bursts of decorating frenzy. I had gone into the bathroom to put away some towels and thought "this place needs a makeover. Plus I had probably been watching too much HGTV!
I made the rookie mistake of not taking "before" photos, instead I just got started stripping wallpaper. It was little pink hearts with blue and green swirls and the decor was country, my "go to" at the time we moved in to the house. Let me just say that stripping wallpaper is #worstjobever and took well into the wee hours of the morning. Saturday I shopped for shower curtain, etc. so I could select wall color. I found a great rug and wall art at HomeGoods (LOVE that store)
I based my wall colors on the painting and rug and then found shower curtain and valance. Thanks Target and HomeGoods. They are my favorite places to shop.
While at HomeGoods I also found a mirror to replace the old fashioned wall mirror
that is typical in most bathrooms.
Found light fixture at HomeGoods and installed it myself. SUPER easy DIY!
Added some accents from HomeGoods and Marshalls and I am
very happy with an easy, inexpensive update. I will have to look through old photos
to see if I have any shots of the old bathroom decor that I can scan in.
For now you will just have to believe me that it was terribly in need of an update.
You did a great job, Denise! That wall art really complements the color of the walls. Hm, yeah, it’s sad that there are no “before” photos of your DIY project. It’s always satisfying to compare “before” and “after” photos and see the improvements you’ve made. :)
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Your kids' bathroom looks so lovely, Denise! Was this all your own idea? Though I haven't seen how it looked before, I can tell and feel by how satisfied you were that it was really a big change. Congrats!
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