Darby from Fly Through Our Window has really impressed me with this one. As she describes, I knew I had to be creative with this one. This is a full bathroom that our children share. There was no granite/marble allowance. There was no floor allowance. No sink allowance. Being on a really tight budget forced me to be creative with how this one was done.
For only $500 this bathroom looks dramatically different. By allowing the orange to be the star they were able to make this space look larger and fresher for almost no money. By reusing what they already had they not only reduced the amount they put into the landfill they were able to embrace the beauty in what would normally be considered unusable.
Check it out over at Fly Through Our Window.
(Images: Fly Through Our Window)
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Wow, that looks great! It gave me inspiration for dealing with an awkward bathroom we have! :)
I love that you kept that orange counter top and made the room around it work.
Yeah I think it was on AT. But I am still wowed by it! Love the creativity!!!!
I liked it better before.
GOD FORBID anyone force you look at a picture twice..shock-n-awe!
Do you realize how many new readers have been added since you saw this last year??? I've been seeing comments like this a lot and it URKS me!
You try making a blog that even comes CLOSE to RE-NEST...
So it irks you to read similar comments again and again?
Well it irks me to see the exact same post again and again.
We'll agree to disagree.
Aside from whatever that thing is covering the window, I think the before was epic and awesome. As for after... yawn
Wow! The fangs really come out don't they! I think re-nest and AT do a great job and showing the different aspects of one project ( green vs just great looking) is a very valid reason for an infrequent repost. Geez people!
Just so you know, we're all different writers and we rarely have the time to scour each of the separate sites under the AT umbrella to make sure we're not posting something that has been seen before. Rarely is it on purpose unless is expressly says so.
We do our best, but in the end, we're all human.
Like mchin said, the re-post was unintentional but I hope you were all able to find inspiration in this dramatic room makeover that has some great re-use elements!
The before version is more to my style :)
Great job! Shower curtain is a bit "frilly" for my taste.
@trish1980 are you paying for this website???
Well I never saw it before and I think it is lovely and fresh! I am inspired to use your ideas to work around our 1920s very PINK bathroom (sink, toilet and shower).
Kudos! This gives me hope for the distressingly 70s-themed bathroom in our new house - it was all dizzying orange linoleum, orange cabinets, and mirrors on every possible surface before we made so emergency changes, but it still has a way to go!
Thanks for posting this! [I actually really appreciate the fact that AT re-posts useful stuff occasionally, because there are just so many great ideas/tips/inspiration that are buried from way before I was introduced to the amazingness that is this site.]
=D
love the after.
but i have to agree that the before is epic indeed, like something i'd expect to see on the set of the rocky horror picture show! wild.
Love it!
Wow--the before was awesome! I see how it wouldn't be most people's taste but wow. If anything, I would have gone with it and replaced the floor eventually to make it match to the period.