Yessss. Let that wash over you for a moment.
I knew that I wanted to paint something red because it's my favorite color. Also, when we lived in Arkansas years ago was the first time I ever saw red walls in the home of Kirk & Debby Thompson. The effect was stunning. I loved it. Since this bathroom was a small space, I decided to go for it there. I realize it's not on trend at the moment. I. don't. care.
Hello, lover.
First stages of remodeling. We put real tile down (in place of linoleum that looks like tile) & painted the walls red and the ceiling Old Gold 3. We could not get the old border off the wall, so we just textured and painted over it.
I fell in love with this Melody Ross print. I loved the colors (red, bluesy turquoise, several shades of green) and the words were perfect. There was much to grumble & grieve over for different family members at that time. It was a great reminder every day. This was my inspiration piece.
I found these metal roses at a flea market and decided to make my own frame. I painted an unfinished Hobby Lobby frame with several colors of Annie Sloan. Then I took the painted frame to Hobby Lobby and had them frame the print between two pieces of glass so the red wall color could act as the mat. Once I got that back home, I glued the metal roses onto the frame.
Burlap lamp shades from Ballard Designs mimic the burlap in the Melody Ross print design. (I think the actual lampshades I got are discontinued, but you get the idea. They are readily available.)
I painted the existing oak vanity in Annie Sloan Coco with dark stain.
This Pottery Barn shower curtain fit the bill...I just added brown pom pom fringe at the bottom to personalize it & tie it to the room's dark stained wood trim.
Log cabins are indicative of the early Ozarks and early Texas, so I decided to do a faux log cabin wall above the vanity as a nod to that. We just used reclaimed boards to look like square logs and in between the boards is drywall compound (to mimic early chinking).
Why, yes, I use King's Crown to hold my Q-tips, soap & candles.
These are my $10 curtains. I got two vintage panels from Round Top, $5 each. I got them at the end of the week from ladies who were making purses out of vintage fabrics and selling them for over $200. (Yay them and yay me.) I found the vintage Parisian trim in a bin in an alley in Round Top. The owner of the store had so much that she hadn't gone through the tangles of trim yet and didn't really want to. I think she only charged me 15 cents a yard, maybe. The peely medicine cabinet was a find with my bff (who has since passed) 13 years ago at my favorite antique store in Gruene, TX. It hung in my baby girl's nursery once upon a time.
This bathroom required new flooring & drywall around the tub. Excluding those structural things, I would estimate that the decorating part of transforming this bathroom (including new plumbing & light fixtures & tile on the floor/around the tub) cost about $300 & elbow grease.
To be continued...
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