Maxwell has already challenged you with a medicine cabinet clean out so once it's all spic and span we say why not paint the back wall of it for an unexpected pop of color in the bathroom:
Paint the Medicine Cabinet
The image up top is of Martha Stewart Faux Bois Wallpaper lining the back of a cabinet, but in the bathroom you'll be better off with paint so that it won't start to peel and can be painted over when it's time to move.
We were originally inspired by the top photo to paint our kitchen cabinets a light shade of pink. We just taped off the back and the whole thing took less than 2 hours to tape, paint 2 coats, remove paint and put dishes back. We were so happy every time we opened up the cupboard, the color helped us keep the cabinet clean and orderly because we didn't want to spoil the display effect. Now that it's bathroom month, we realize that a bright orange or pink would be so unexpected as you open the medicine cabinet that it might be the added motivation for keeping things tidy.
After we had lived with the pink for a while we had considered switching to a nice soothing blue (as featured in Martha's Collection for Macy's:
Has anyone already done this and want to share a photo?
Related Links:
• Streamlining the Medicine Cabinet
• Making Up With Your Medicine Cabinet
• Amy Sedaris' Tips for the Medicine Cabinet
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I love that shade of powder pink. But, really, only 2 hours?? I painted the back of my wooden bookshelf and waited 3 hours between each coat. But I could still tell the paint wasn't dry by the way it wanted to peel off with the masking tape.
view spaceagemouse's profile
I painted the back of my medicine cabinet! I'll take a picture if I remember. Our bathroom is black and white tiles, fairly bright blue walls on the upper non-tiled half of the walls, and the back of the medicine cabinet is bright orangeish. It turned out looking pinker (against the blue) than I intended, but I still like it.
view Jenny in DC's profile
The top one reminds me of my china hutch ... I did stripes inside. But I LOVE the idea of doing inside the medicine cabinet ... especially because my bathroom is all white and gray. A pop of color would be nice, but what can you do if it's a metal cabinet, though??
view ridge_van_winkle's profile
Hey! I had that secretary in my bedroom when I was little. Looks much cuter yellow and pink. I LOVED all the cubby holes, though.
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ridge:
I bet that wallpaper or think plastic-y wrapping paper with double-sided tape would work for the back of your medicine cabinet.
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