I redid my bathroom. Now, only in my dreams can I do the kind of damage I’m watching on Bath Crashers as I type. This was a more cosmetic redo with a budget of about $200 and the help of my fearless travel buddies, Vikki & Rosemary. Here’s a before shot:
Before. Note the annoying counter clutter.
The hall tree used to live in the closet but it fit so nicely there....
First, there’s that counter clutter to deal with. I’ve said for years that what bathrooms need are appliance garages, someplace you can stuff everything without having to unplug it. So I decided to build one. Marc, the nice man at my local Lowe’s, spent hours (literally!) showing me how to build the thing and cutting the boards I needed. (Sadly, Lowe’s did not sponsor this post.) Then Vikki screwed the cabinet together….
and I built the door
A work in progress
Voila!
Here’s a peek at the inside.
If you look hard you can see that the cabinet has no back and it’s built around the plug. Add that to the nifty holder that corrals 2 curling irons and my hairdryer, and everything is beautifully contained. I plan to add frames around the mirror on both sides of the cabinet later. Hopefully I’ll be able to change that ugly light fixture, too. Meanwhile, the nasty orange original cabinets are now a lovely chocolate brown that matches the newly painted water closet.
It used to be (yawn) white.
Meanwhile, Rosemary worked very hard on the hall tree…
Artist at work.
See the silver?
Someday I’ll figure out what to do with the corner windows, which offer a fabulous view of the backyard and the street. And, of course, offers my neighbors and anyone else going down the street a fabulous view of me in the shower. (Or it would, if I ever opened the blinds.) Here they are now.
It's just left of the hall tree, just right of the counter.
Nice! Very nice. I have to re-do ours, too. But not until spring. Til then…big sigh.
Wonderful transformation! I don’t know, after all of their hard work, you may need to build onto the house and let Vikki and Rosemary move in! LOL
We’re eyeing Rosemary’s kitchen cabinets as the next project, so there will be payback in the future.
Talk to your friends at Lowe’s and they can show you several different possible “fixes” for your windows. You can put a product on them that makes the glass look glazed/hazy like sandblasting. Or you can put “stained glass” coating on the glass in any pattern. Or you can buy sticky plastic stuff that is translucent so the change won’t be permanent. It comes in a variety of patterns (like stained glass or sand blasted pattern or just a mottled look). That way you don’t block out the light and the neighbors can’t see in.
No, I didn’t do my bathroom, but I DO like what you did with yours.
We kept busy with work and come holiday time, it was all about family. Had a great time. This year should prove to be the best in a long time for all!
You know, Dee, I looked at those, but I do occasionally look out my windows and it’s the cats’ command center for keeping watch over the back yard. I was thinking about possibly putting a frosted square in the middle of each window, leaving the edges clear. But I’m still pondering.