Wahooo, it’s time to do some revealing!!! Of my main floor bathroom that is! I started this makeover about 5 weeks ago. It feels like it has been dragging on forever! I find some makeovers and projects come together quickly and others like to unravel painfully slow. This one was the painfully slow kind (which is not so kind).
The primary reason for such a slow pace was that I struggled catching a vision for the room. I knew I was going for an elegant bathroom.
And I knew I wanted to add this kind of tiling.
And to incorporate a DIY version of these paintings
via Ballard Designs
And to get the feel of this bathroom
But as far a putting it all together it took awhile to figure out!
So without further adieu here it is–
BEFORE (minus the chair rail)
AFTERS
What did I add and how much did it cost???
DIY Ballard Design Knockoff Paintings- $5 each (Tutorial to come!)
Target Clearance Side Table-$20.98
DIY painted vase (click Here for tutorial)- $1, Fresh cut branches-free. Decorative balls-already had
Large Mirror-already had left over from Master Bath Makeover, Faux Sconce Light Fixture- $4.50 at local thrift store
New Towel Ring- $16 (used to have a towel bar there), already had little plant and hand towel
New Faucet- $44 at Home Depot
Chair rail and ledge-$30, Tile (and supplies)$28, Paint- White paint I already had and paint above was $6 (Behr Roman Plaster but used Sherwin Williams sample size)
Grand Total-$160.50
I am still strongly considering adding wainscoting under the chair rail and crown molding but I hit my budget so that will have to wait. I also may end up painting above the chair rail some kind of blue-toned color someday. Who knows?? But for now I am content with my powder bath and no longer feel shy about visitors using the bathroom at our house. Wahooo!
In summary, I learned the elements to include when designing/decorating an elegant powder bathroom are: a frameless or ornate mirror, a sconce or two, flowers or botanicals, some sort of decorative molding, a decorative accent on the walls such as tiling, wallpaper, stencil, grasscloth, etc., and paintings or pictures.
If you would like to create a similar chair rail and accent tiling click here to get the step by step tutorials! Anybody else ever have a room makeover that seemed to take forever to figure out???
I love how there is a lot of color in this room without it screaming “colorful” at you. Cool and calm but lots to look at . Love how the tile is set between the two strips of molding. Very elegant!
Thank you! 🙂 I’m looking forward to your visit next month!
It looks fantastic!
Thank you, Jessica!:-)
I love your bathroom, Tamara! I would never have thought of using a large mirror, but it certainly adds to the elegant feel of the room. All your accessories add so much to the room too! I am interested in the faux sconce light. Did you have to clip off any wiring? Is it just screwed into the wall? Congratulations, on a great make-over!
Thanks Amy! Thankfully no electrical tweaking was needed for the faux light. I found the gold candle holder sconce on one aisle and the glass covers on another aisle. I immediately tried putting the glass onto the candle holders and with a little finagling they fit. So I took them home and glued light bulbs and the glass covers onto the sconce. It had a spot for hanging it on a nail on the wall so it was easy to put up. It definitely helped bring an elegant feel to the room!
OMG Tamara! you should be one of those designers at Houzz.com! great great beautiful work! where did you find the sconces? I would love to have one of them! thanks for sharing!
So sweet of you to say, Ann! Houzz is so inspiring to me! I found the sconces at my local Goodwil Thrift Store. The glass covers were found on a separate aisle then the gold base. I put them together and brought them home for less than $4. Definitely checkout your local thrift store. You never know what treasures you could find!:-)
What a beautiful bathroom! I have the same tile in my main bathroom and I love it! My powder room needs an overhaul and you have given me some inspiration to get going on it.
That’s awesome that you have the same tile! Great minds think alike.:-)
I love the DIY knock off Ballard art!! My favorite part! Can’t wait for the tutorial.
Thank you, Lorie! I’m excited to share it with you! Look for it sometime this week!
Love the bathroom make over, we are needing to do ours, and I have been wanting to do a light color, something that wasn’t over powering but also showed some color of style and I love this color you have used. I would love to know the color you used on your bathroom walls.
Hi Kim! The paint color is called ‘Roman Plaster’ and is Behr brand from Home Depot. Thanks for inquiring!
Beautiful powder room! Will you please tell me where you purchased the tiles and their name/number/color? Thanks. And thanks for the inspiration!
Of course! I found the tiles a few months ago on clearance at Lowes. The item #269548. It is Seabreeze Glass/Stone Mosaics. I hope you can find it or at least something very similar!:-)
Thank you! I’ll sure try. Love the combination of colors.
WOW!!! Looks great, 🙂
Thanks, Donna!:-)
Great job! I love the reflection in the mirror of the knock-off prints and out into your hallway gallery wall. We’ve been working on our bathroom too, so I’m loving bathroom renos right now!
Thanks, Lora! I appreciate you stopping by!!
I have the inspiration bathroom picture the one with the tiles pinned. We also have the same pedestal sink. How did you ever change out the faucet. I have been thinking about doing over our powder room also. I’m not loving our faucets and have been stumped as to how to change out the faucets
Hi Julie, that is a great question! This was the 4th faucet I’ve changed out and it can be tricky. I learned how to do it by putting “how to replace a faucet” into google search and reading and watching any tutorials I could get my hands on. I did take pictures of the process. I will see if I can get a tutorial post out on it in the next couple weeks. Faucets sure can make an aesthetic difference!
Love the Ballard copycat tutorial and paintings! I love their paintings and did purchase a reasonably priced Storm giclee…but the other ones are so pretty, too.
Could I ask the reasoning behind extending the mirror? The After photo shows a mirror above the toilet. We have this in our new apartment. The guys think it… well… weird since they go to the bathroom standing up and see… well… you know.
Haha, loved your question! :-). Originally, I chose to do a large wall length mirror because I love how it looked in some inspiration photos I found on Houzz.com. I felt like it would make the half bath appear more spacious too. And I do think it did! However, once in use I did realize (don’t know why I hadn’t thought of it before) I was seeing way more of myself in the bathroom than I was use to…it was a bit awkward I must admit!:-). Anyways, sadly the big mirror came crashing down in the middle of the night and is no longer. There will be a powder bathroom reveal take 2 at some point in the future. Will it contain a extra large mirror? Probably not. Thanks for your question!:-)
Looks so beautiful! What is the molding called at the top? I know the bottom portion is chair rail but the top doesn’t look like chair rail.
Shoot I wish I knew what it was called. I got in Lowes’ main trim aisle. It came pre-primed and is just under 2 inches wide. I liked how it had bit (3/4ths inch deep) ledge to it. I hope you can find it or something similar!
I’ve been looking at trough sinks as a new idea for my 48″cabinet space. May I ask where you found this one?
Hi, Pat, I’m sorry I confused you my sink is a pedestal sink that came with the home. You may be looking at one of the inspiration photos…below the inspiration photos there is a link that if you click on might help you find the sources for items in the room. Best wishes!!
I’m working from the same inspiration photo (with the narrow sink from Houzz)! I’m basically going to copy that whole look (haha I’m not all that original)! Did you put the tile directly on the drywall or did you put cement block behind the tiles?
Thanks!
Directly on the walls, Allison! Happy tiling!:-)
Hi. I found this reveal while looking at your abstract painting tutorial. I love it! What is the name of the plant on the sink? Does it grow well without a lot of light? It is very pretty and I’m hoping easy to take care of 🙂 Thanks.
Hi Skye! Both of the plants in this powder bath are fake plants. I almost always buy fake plants because I have a hard time keeping live ones alive. Do you have a Homegoods by you? I’ve had good luck finding attractive faux plants for good prices at Homegoods. Happy New Year!:-)
Hi, this is so pretty I love it! Where did u get the sink?
Hi Ilana! Thanks for your sweet comment! I unfortunately don’t have a source for my sink because it was original to the house. I would think that Lowes or Home Depot would have something similar. Best wishes!!
I love seeing all of the Goodwill/thrift finds! Amazing how you could update this bathroom for such a low cost. Is your wall paint color (white) the same shade as your trim? What color is this? Im always having difficulties picking the best whites to go with other paint shades. The white on your walls look great with the Behr Roman Plaster.