Main Floor Bathroom Makeover

Well friends, I am finally getting around to sharing my main floor bathroom makeover!  I have no excuse for why it took me so long to post this besides I was too lazy to get my camera out.  Poor excuse huh?!

Anyhow... I didn't realize how much different our bathroom looks until I started putting the pictures together for this post and I keep on saying "wow" to myself!  I cannot even take a guess as to what the previous owners were thinking when they painted the bathroom this color.  What's even more puzzling is why it took me so long to repaint the darn thing!

Isn't this the most awful green you have ever seen?! They even painted it on the ceiling.  Seriously?! Oh hey - can you tell where the toilet, mirror and light fixture used to be?! Yeah, it used to be white in there...they should have left it. 

Did you just say "wow" when you saw the after shot? I just did, again. We replaced the toilet, mirror and light fixture and I gave the vanity cabinet a fresh coat of paint.

Do you see the green on the wall paper outside the bathroom? (Yes, unfortunately that terrible wall paper still exists in our house.) I think they were trying to make the spaces flow together? Maybe?

I found the mirror at Target as well as the toilet paper stand, towel ring and towel. I had the extra un-opened paint on-hand from our previous bathroom project when I wasn't sure I liked the color I chose for that bathroom. Read about that project here.

You would think that I could have put a new roll of toilet paper on the stand, huh?! or removed it completely from the picture.  Whoops - photgrapher error!

This little vanity cabinet was probably the most transformational part of the makeover! I grabbed a quart of Sherwin Williams Thunder Grey paint (SW 7645) and repainted.  I even saved the hardware on the vanity.  Nothing a little silver spray paint couldn't handle!  We also changed the outlets to white.  For some reason the same silly folks that painted the bathroom green thought the light switches should be painted green too.  Weird. 

Our short term (3-4 years) plan is to remodel our kitchen and take out this bathroom which separates the kitchen from the rest of the house so we have a more open floor plan.  Thus the reason this makeover was pretty inexpensive (no flooring or vanity changes). I think we maybe spent $200.

I am always amazed at what a little paint and elbow grease can do! Hope you enjoyed this little before and after to kick off your Monday! :)  Have a great day!