I am finally ready to reveal our hall bathroom redo! The updates have taken over 6 months since life and work always get in the way, but it is finally done! Well, at least I think so, .... :) One more change may come in the next few months.
Here is the final result!
Hall bathroom reveal |
Part 1: Paint
The bad blogger in me didn't get a before picture. You aren't missing much though. The original bath was a blah builder paint. Then, about 6 months ago, I painted the walls.
The walls are rag rolled with three colors. Since there is no window in the room, I wanted to add a WOW of color and chose yellow and golds. It was a bit of challenge to get up to the 9 foot ceiling in such a small working space, but I think the result was worth it.
Before framed mirror. From the the bathtub angle. |
Before framed mirror. While standing at the door. |
Part 2: Framed Mirror
I completed part 2 over the past weekend. I have been a huge fan of framed mirrors for...well, forever! I have found it rather intimidating though, but I finally took the plunge.
I chose a chunky 4" window trim, measured (a few times), and mitered the corners. (I have a thing goin' on with my miter saw!)

I followed up with a base coat of Behr Off White, then I used Liquid Nails to attach the pieces to the wall. There was no turning back at that point! ...At least not without a lot of work.
I taped the frame to the wall to hold it up while the Liquid Nails dried, but I found that the Liquid Nails dried quickly.
I was planning to wrap the frame in quarter round, but after looking at the initial frame, I didn't think it needed it. From the side view of the mirror (not photographed), you can not see the actual mirror. It looks like a normal gap behind a hanging mirror. I think the quarter round on a mirror this size would have been too chunky and the molding already had awesome detail. So, the quarter round will wait for a future project. :)

It looked great, but.... I felt it was still missing something.

I choose Distress Ink in Vintage Photo color.
I found it in the scrapbooking section of my local craft store.
Later that day, I emailed The House of Smiths. I thought I might have done something incorrectly, but she said she ended up doing the same thing. That made me feel like I didn't cheat. :)
After smugging Distress Ink
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It looked much better after smudging, but I felt the color was still off. It was too flat. I wanted more variety, more age. So, I whipped out the acrylics. Using dark brown and reds, I was able to add a more realistic tone to the mirror.
In some places, I sanded down the paint. The sanding allowed the acrylics to be absorbed differently.
The result was a more "aged" wood!
More details from the bathroom reveal
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Sticker hook used to hang rack in shower |
We used to have a rack hanging from the shower head. It looked and felt cluttered. So, I hung a "sticker" hanger from the opposite side of the bathtub. Hanging the rack from the opposite side really opens the tub area for the bather.
I prefer the metal hangers. I have found that they are more difficult to find, but they feel better and are stronger than the plastic type.
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New shower curtain and towels |
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With the light on |
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And...with the light off |
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Oops...I should have "staged" the trash can out of the last picture! |
Sources
Shower curtain and matching towels ~ Target
Tissue box cover ~ Target
Mirror paint base coat ~ Behr Off White
Photos ~ My own :)
Wall paint .....I'm traveling as I write this, so I need to look this up when I'm home. Let me know if you are interested and I will update this post with those details.
I may add crown molding to the ceiling in the future, but other than that, I think I'm finally done!
It is a huge transformation and has that WOW that I was looking for!
Let me know what you think!
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Another greta makeover! I want to frame in a few of our mirrors. Thanx again fro sharing at THT!
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