One of the things I love most about Catherine's cozy condo is her knack for making easy decor changes that have a huge impact. We've already taken a peek at her clever masking tape bed skirt, now let's get inspired by her simple bathroom makeover— no sledge hammer required.
It wasn't that her bathroom was offensive to begin with, in fact, it was completely and utterly inoffensive to the point of feeling a bit bland. Everything was builder's grade white: the tiles, the shower, the sink and toilet, and the walls. With a pedestal sink and flush mirror (not medicine cabinet), it also lacked adequate storage space. To spice it up but to still keep the overall feeling of crispness, Catherine decided to go with Benjamin Moore's Hale Navy (HC-154) on the walls. The almost black navy gave the room an instant touch of sophistication against the white tiles and baseboards, without feeling too nautical. To create more contrast, she swapped the frame-less rectangular mirror for a thick rimmed white oval-shaped mirror, and also added a wall-mounted cabinet above the toilet for storage. For art, she used some of her own photographs, and placed them in inexpensive frames from A. C. Moore that painted white. Voila! Instant bathroom makeover.
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Comments (11)
I'd love to remove my standard apartment bathroom mirror "sheet" but I'm afraid it isn't hung, it's mounted. I thought about "framing" it though. I keep seeing these big frame bars at Michaels and that got me to wondering whether I could temporarily attach a frame to my mirror. the problem is, getting it off when I move!
Re mirror over your existing 'sheet'. Use heavy duty velcro. Get the kind with sticky stuff on both sides of the velcro. Leave the pieces stuck together and take the paper off the loop side of the velcro and stick it to the frame, all the way around. You will have the paper of the other side facing up. Take the paper off and stick the frame on the mirror. Carefully take it off, making sure you leave both pieces of the velcro where it's supposed to be. Then, stick it down really well on the mirror, and use short staples to staple the loop side to the frame. The sticky stuff will stick better to the mirror than it will to the frame. Then, put the frame back up on the mirror. Easy to take down when you need to.
I've done this in a previous rental by making a light-weight "wood" frame out of inexpensive particle-board moulding (which I painted white) and hung it like a picture so that it covered the edges of the big mirror. I left it behind but it was certainly portable.
What an INCREDIBLE improvement..... ! I am definitely inspired to redo my boring, all white powder room now.
wow.
shows what a lick of paint will do!
which i could also just refresh my future all-blue bathroom with paint but the walls are tiles
Tres chic!
Nice refresh! I like the darker switchplate too.
It looks really great, but I wish we could get the same perspective for before and after-- it'd be easier to compare the changes.
Love the dark, rich paint.