Coloring the Bathroom

As we know, once you complete one project, others seem to pop up everywhere. As a result of my boredom, I decided to paint and redecorate our bathroom (I know, I'm lame). Because I'm cheap, I mixed together four different paint colors we had from past projects. I know all real painters would advise against doing this (and I might now, too), but there's a thrill that comes with seeing if you can make it work. For the stripes, I used two different sample colors mixed together from the paint store ( I couldn't find the exact color I wanted). So, with the paint and the materials needed for the wall hangings, this cost about $30. However, I had to have these cabinet knobs at Anthropologie, so those were $40. That being said, and I should have mentioned in the kitchen post, the Natural Light needed to complete these projects is not included in the budgets. If drinks were included, we would exceed all budgets by a long shot. This may not have been ideal for the measuring and execution of stripes on the wall, but I think it turned out ok.

Before.

After. Wall sconce from Goodwill I spray painted.

Before: Sterile white.

After: fabric over canvases; scrapbook paper over switchplate.

Before. I had already taken off some of the drawers before I remembered to take the picture, but you get the idea. Our cat had to be part of the action.

After: I painted the doors an off white color, added some brown in spots, and sanded to give it an antique look.