Bathroom Makeover Plans!

I always get so excited to share a new room project with you guys!!!! This time we are tackling our girls shared bathroom that is wildly outdated and has never seen the light of day on this blog. It seems so strange that there are still parts of our house that we have yet to fluff or share with you guys?! I’ve known for a long time that this bathroom needed updating, but with this new baby on the way, we decided to tackle it this month and create a space that both baby girls can love and share. I’m not sure why (probably because her bathroom was ugly, lol), but we have always bathed Landry in our tub, so we rarely use this bathroom. On top of that, there was a really annoying shower door across the tub, making it nearly impossible to bathe a baby in. The door broke recently (blessing in disguise) and it sparked the whole makeover. I’m sharing our bathroom makeover plans, the inspiration, timeline, and budget for this project in today’s post!

Okay, let’s knock out the ugly first y’all! Here’s the bathroom BEFORE. Straight outta 1996. Poop green + cream stripe wallpaper, builder mirror, MDF vanity, and a light fixture that’s wayyyy past it’s prime.

Wow, that’s embarassing. It’s bad, right?! Below is a view of the shower. You can still see the screws from where the shower door was, so imagine that there, too. It totally blocked off the bathroom and made it feel even smaller than it is.

This light fixture belongs in only one place…my local Habitat for Humanity store…

So glam…you could have at least cleaned up the toothpaste before taking a photo, Mallory!

So here’s how I plan to update this little ugly duckling on a budget and a timeline. I wanted to keep the space super bright and airy, with slight pops of lavender, gold and grey. Overall, the changes will be mainly easy and aesthetic, but I so have some tricks up my sleeve to make it stand out.

Here’s the mood board to give you a fee for where I’m headed. The walls will be Sherwin Williams: Alabaster.

Sources: Light Fixture | Mirror | Vanity | Orchid | Neon Sign Print | Gold Train Rack | Hand Towels | Towel Hooks | Apothecary Jars | Bathmat 

To ground the room, I chose this light grey shade for the vanity, but stuck with a white marble top. It will give the room some weight, but not make it too dark. The vanity is from Home Decorators Collection and SUCH an awesome value. I cannot wait to get it in. Once we measured things out, we discovered that we are able to go 3” wider on the vanity and still keep wiring and plumbing in place, which is a huge win. The one that we have now is 41” wide and this new one will be 44” wide, closing in that gap on the right side.

The ugly 1990’s-esque wallpaper was taken down last weekend and the walls have now been prepped for paint. We are going with Sherwin Williams Alabaster White, since it’s what we have in quite a few other rooms and I always love how it turns out.

I’m opting for a simple round mirror with brass trim and an understated glam light fixture. Both are great values as well! I’ll replace the plain towel bar over the toilet with a gold train rack to allow for hand towels to hang and rolled bath towels to sit on top for extra storage. I’ve also fallen in love with this print by Leslee Michell and cannot wait to have it framed for this space! Aside from a few new bathmats, towel hooks, and countertop essentials, those are the “BIG” upgrades.

For my trick pony, I’m working with our handyman to try and figure out a statement treatment to frame the tub in. If looking to you left coming up our stairs it’s the first thing that you see, and with the rest of the bathroom being neutral, I figured that I could have a little fun here! I really want some sort of cornice board built in over the shower that hangs from ceiling about 14” down. I would then have two (essentially curtain) panels draped from a tension rod within the box and then a hidden functional shower curtain behind them. We are still talking through logistics of it all…the carpenter is really hesitant to use the traditional wood + batting + fabric combo for the box, due to the moisture around the shower so we are working through it as we speak. Here are some inspiration photos so that you get a better idea of where I’m going with this…

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Here’s more of the color scheme, expect ours will be quite a bit more “neutralized.” If I weren’t so currently concerned with resale value and appeal, I would have definitely gone for the lavender vanity + gold hardware…I’m smitten!

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Budget < $2,500

We really wanted to keep this project under $2,500 since the changes are largely aesthetic and we feel that we could still get a really good return on this investment within the updated value of our home.

Vanity: $900 (obviously the largest investment, but with the biggest impact, too!)

Mirror (Using one that I already had)

Light Fixture $200

Train Wrack $100 (I think an Amazon gift card I have will cover this)

Bathmat + New Towels $150

Countertop Accessories $75

Art $50

Fabric for Curtain Panels $150

Supplies for Cornice Board $100

That leaves right at around $875 for labor to take down wallpaper, paint walls, hang light, and install the vanity and cornice, which is in the ballpark of what we were quoted. There are a few factors that might throw us off…which include the flooring under neath the vanity. If we need new floor under there that could be an extra $200. Also, the unknown with how we will build the cornice board. I think that’s give or take $100.

The timeline is 2-3 weeks for this badboy and I would LOVE to have it finished before Landry’s birthday on 2/6! Stay tuned and thank you for following along on yet another home project…this will be fun! Next up, NURSERY!