Okay you are about to see a room that has remained virtually untouched since we moved in 4 years ago…the master bathroom. (Prepare yourself for the mid 80’s idea of a luxurious bath.)
The lighting doesn’t help the yellow in the marble. To be honest it doesn’t matter what light you use, it’s still not an attractive look. I kind of lied when I said this room was untouched. We had the popcorn ceilings scraped before we moved in, so technically we have updated the ceilings in here. You’ve already seen the update to the outside space that’s off the bathroom.
The shining feature has to be the saloon doors to the toilet. Who thought this would be a good idea??
We’ve had some serious conversations about this bathroom lately. It’s a very large space. Someone could really make it incredible even using the outside space like this. However we are not those somebodies right now. It’s taken me 4 years to realize just because the whole space needs to be updated doesn’t mean you have to live with it at its most terrible i.e. purple walls and saloon shutter doors.
Nick changed the beige switches and outlets for white which has been done in the rest of the house. You will notice we’ve also lived with that nice white swatch in the toilet area where we had some dry wall patching done. Neglected is really an understatement when we talk about the bathroom.
So this update isn’t life changing, but we brightened up the entire space by painting a very light blue. It was Sherwin Williams Quicksilver colormatched in Behr. The picture is a little dark here, but it’s a very white blue. I didn’t want to go dark or anything with too much yellow because a bright color enhances the sunlight we get from the outside nook area.
Oh yeah Nick replaced the toilet when we moved in too. It was beige and didn’t work all that great. I took the doors off because let’s face it they didn’t provide privacy anyway. We finally added a toilet paper holder.
Did you catch our CB2 vases above the toilet? I had the billy buttons for the man vase and found the berry greens at whole foods. I wanted something I wouldn’t have to change often because I know I neglect this room. If I can have something in those vases that will last for months, then I won’t have to worry about constantly changing the flowers out in there. I know I won’t do it, so I might as well decorate accordingly.
So there you go our vases are up, and our master bathroom is painted. I hate the space significantly less than I did before. It was a $30 update (paint) since we had all the outlets on hand. It makes me wonder why in the world did I live with it like that for so long? Although I will admit painting a bathroom is the absolute worst especially when you have to paint the ceiling too.
I love your saloon doors and am sad to see them go 😉
Yes my heart hurt to let them swing out of my life. I mean where can I go for my wild west reenactments now.
I love the new wall color, it looks great! I’m so guilty of ignoring areas of my house too. Anything that needs major work I tend to ignore, it’s so easy to forget that even minor changes can make a huge difference
Thanks! It is amazing how much minor changes actually improve a space that needs major work. I was just always afraid of wasting money on a temporary solution, but seriously $30 for a can of paint not like there’s a lot of wasting there especially since it could have been done 4 years ago!