The Powder (Blue) Room Con't

I never realized until this post how hard it is to get a picture of the entire bathroom!

Yesterday, I discussed our bathroom updates including the removal of tile and wallpaper, updating paint,and installing some sinks.

Today, I am going to show you the finishing touches- the curtains, the homemade seat cover, and some art work. The curtains were purchased from a yard sale for $4, I think. I liked the gray, blue, and brown stripes. When I saw these, I immediately thought of our bathroom because we had been discussing dark gray as a color in the bathroom and these curtains included the blue tile color. (The shower and the floor are blue tile.) The curtains used be much, much longer but that was a little unnecessary for the bathroom so I cut them off and hemmed them. Then, I had leftover fabric left to make that toilet seat cover mentioned here.



We decided on chrome accents such as the chrome wall switch plate (Lowe's, $6) and chrome electrical cover (Lowe's, $6). The picture frames (BOGO Joann Fabrics $12) were also a chrome finish. Since the bathroom was beginning to look a little sci-fi, we decided to frame some movie posters that we cut out of a movie poster book of Mothra and The Day the Earth Stood Still. The poster book was purchased on ebay for $10.

The Powder (Blue) Room

Our bathroom has been "remodeled" for awhile now. However, I wanted to share it with you. It is hard to look at this picture and not laugh! The lacy curtains, blue and white wallpaper, blue and white tiles, and the white cabinets. Plus, the person to got this room ready "to show" for selling added a touch a orange! It is all a bit scary!

This room is definitely not our style! We would like to gut the whole room but we didn't want to spend thousands of dollars on that yet for a couple of reasons:
1- we don't have that kind of money right now
2- this bathroom has the only shower in the house
3- also at the time we were having plumbing problems and ever so often it was a question which bathroom "worked" the best. (no longer a prob though)

We figured that we could live with this room for awhile if we gave it some "updates". New to us, but mid-century style.

We started by taking down the blue wall tile and back splash and painting the wall white. Then, we painted the cabinet underneath the sink a dark gray color.
Both white and gray paint was scored at the ReStore. A gallon of white paint is $5 and color paint gallons are $3!! We threw out the little brass vanity chair and stored our wastebasket and 50's step stool underneath the counter.

Here is an after picture:



We also got an awesome pair of Crane sinks (model Diana) from the ReStore. My husband absolutely fell in love with the fixtures that are built-in the sink. We got a pair of them set in a small amount of countertop for $50 at the ReStore! That was a good day!

Next came installing those sinks and well, Jeff can tell you that it was no picnic. The sinks are attached to the counter top by that chrome band going around the sink. It was not very easy to set them in there and get them level because they are awkward and very heavy! However, considering the sinks that came out of there were just a bit smaller and fit basically the same way, maybe it turned out to be a little easier.




More pics later!