Makeover Monday: Our Guest Bathroom

$8.00 Guest Bathroom Makeover!

Hello friends - it's time for another installment of Makeover Monday where I choose a makeover project, large or small, home or art-related, and share with you the before and after photos with commentary.

This week I will feature the makeover of our guest bathroom. It already had good bones and some basics in place (like a good shower curtain), but just needed some accessorizing in the worst way. The BEST part about this makeover was the price tag - approximately $8.00!!! Practically free!! (I LOVE decorating on the cheap!!) I gathered up stuff from here and there around the house and from my craft supplies (see below) and went from there...

Before...

I should mention here that my sweet-handy-hubby saw this cabinet in the trash and rescued/re-purposed it for the bathroom1! It had 3 cabinet doors and a blond/light oak finish - he cut it down to 2 cabinets, painted it glossy white, and hung it there as you see it. A nice blank canvas ready for me to embellish...

After...

Using regular craft paints (Ceramcoat), I applied a green wash to the panel insets in the cabinet doors, then I painted the flowers in coordinating colors with the shower curtain, and topped it off with a brown antiquing glaze (brown paint and water) which I ragged off. This helped tone down the colors to better blend with the color scheme and give it that older,more shabby look. Hubby then added 2 little knobs ($1.50 each at WalMart) to the cabinet doors to finish it off. Finally I topped the cabinet with some greenery and a couple of hand painted birdhouses for vertical interest.

I had this tin hydrangea sign for forever (it was a cheapy from Marshall's) - I just added a sage grosgrain bow above (attached with thumbtacks) for a little interest. The little framed mirror (below) was a mini-makeover in itself. (This piece was a garage sale find from years ago - probably a dollar) The mirror had fallen out and the top panel was a piece of Masonite with not-so-pretty hand painted pansies in harsh colors. I re-glued the mirror and covered the top Masonite inset with fabric, buttons and a tiny quilt-scrap heart to coordinate with another wall-art project I did for the room(coming up later in the post). It really fit the bill for that little space - and once again, zero dollars...

More Before...

These were a pair of framed prints that I had bought about a year ago or so - they had been hanging, rather blandly, here for a while above the towel rack. I liked their size, but decided to completely re-do them, just keeping the frames and glass...

And More After...

So, I pulled them all apart, flipped the prints over (which were glued to cardboard) and attached fabrics in coordinating colors with fusible webbing to the cardboard. Then I glued on coordinating vintage quilted heart shapes, trims, lace, floral wire, and buttons for bit of a shabby look. Finally, I placed them back in the frames, re-stapled them in and re-hung them.

I bought 2 sage green hand towels ($2.44 each at WalMart) to use in the space - one of which I draped over my existing pink towel on the towel rack - I tied it off with a 6 inch scrap of ribbon (it's just pinned in the back) to tie it all together. I put the other hand towel through the little towel ring by the sink and embellished it with a stuffed quilt heart I already had...


Hubby and I finished off the rest of the room by hanging this china ivy platter above the door (china - its not just for the dining room anymore).





And one last little touch hung on the doorknob - a velvet pillow with ribbon embroidery given to me by a dear friend - with a nice thought that's a good promise to remember...