I have never been a real “black and white” décor person, but
something about our guest bathroom made me want black and white tile. Perhaps
it was the nasty rainbow of colors that previously inhabited the small space
along with gross linoleum, yellowish shell shaped double sinks, and layers of
wall paper (original circa 1982 orange, green and brown flowers - and not in a
good way). YUCK.
The demo felt so good... it was part of the house that I hated
most. I couldn’t wait to be rid of the enormous L-shape vanity – which weighed
a ton and nearly killed me getting it out of the house. Scraping linoleum is
unfortunately not an unfamiliar task for us, but as much as I hated scraping it
up, I love the end result a hundred times more. We also pulled down the off-white track lighting above the sink area and replaced it with several can lights (I'm still trying to figure out what kind of fixture I want in the commode area... more to come!).
These pics are from my phone, and we were both deliriously tired (hence the very odd pose and face of Mr. Husband, but at least you can kind of get an idea of what I'm talking about.
We got rid of the wallpaper when we first moved in and textured and painted the walls "Light Silver Sage" from Restoration Hardware to hold us over until we figured out what we really wanted. The beadboard wainscot went bye-bye, we had the black and white tile from Home Depot installed on the floor, and added large white subway tile from Daltile on the walls where the old beadboard used to be. The blue walls didn't last too long, because I knew how fraken awesome it was going to look with some gorge dark grey (Tricorn Black from Sherwin Williams) walls! - oh, and I also painted those built-ins the same color grey as the walls and they look lovely now.
I found two sink chests at a Seconds and Surplus store
for around $200 each, and they really make the tiny bathroom feel much more
spacious than the ole’ L-shape. Handy Mr. Husband installed them himself – I
assisted of course… and after 3 trips to Lowe’s for various plumbing and
fixture pieces, we were in business!
Drum roll please.......
I had previously purchased the two mirrors from Homegoods
(around $45 each) to coordinate with the nasty L-shape countertop (that was
before I decided that I just couldn’t stand to have that in my space). The
color wasn’t right, but I really didn’t want them to go to waste. I think Mr.
Husband could see my wheels spinning and more money flying out the door, so he
took it upon himself to paint those bad boys black and that did the trick! Of
course, if I had a limitless budget I probably would pick up a couple of these
venetian beauties.
Even without the fancy mirrors, I love our guest bathroom and we did a good job staying in budget! I’m still working on the finishing touches, but don't worry, I'll keep ya'll updated.
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