6/15/16

Guest Bathroom Makeover

So we're back and surprise surprise it is with yet another house project update, this time it is our hall guest bathroom. A little background, in the area of town we live in and where we were basing our house search when we were looking to buy is made up of older homes, most built in the 1950s. With that in mind we were thrilled when we found our house and both bathrooms had been "updated" meaning neither was the original bright colored cement tile that are in so many of the homes in the area. This is a relief because it is very hard to remove that tile, making it a large undertaking to change.

Although both of the bathrooms had been updated (the master was actually updated just for the sale of the house and it was exactly what I would've chosen myself, white grey and modern)  the guest bathroom only had a pedestal sink, which we knew would need to be switched out for a regular vanity at some point for storage and functional purposes, in addition the bathroom needed to be painted. Like the rest of our house when we moved in the bathroom was brown which made it feel very dark all the time. Therefore Step 1 of the makeover was a fresh coat of lighter paint. Initially I planned to paint the walls off white, however I knew we were looking for a white vanity so I thought that might be to washed out, so I went ahead and just painted it the same shade as the rest of our house, light grey.

After the bathroom was painted it was time to look for vanities and mirrors. We did our due diligence and went to Lowes first to look and price although I knew Seconds & Surplus had better deals, which is exactly where we ended up purchasing the vanity and top. Initially we thought it would be a lot simpler to switch the sink and the vanity. However it ended up being a lot more of a process then we anticipated. It took basically an entire day to do it all but we are so thrilled with the end result. The only thing we have left to do is update the linen cabinet a bit to match. Before and after pictures and sources below:

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AFTER:

Sources:

Paint- Repose Grey, Sherwin Williams

Mirror- At Home

Vanity- Seconds & Surplus

Vanity Top- Seconds & Surplus