Blue and White Bathroom Makeover – One Room Challenge Week

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Finally – visible progress has been made on the blue and white bathroom makeover. This is week 5 of the One Room Challenge.

Each week we have been challenged by so many setbacks with our blue and white bathroom makeover. You can catch up with our past posts here WEEK 1     WEEK 2     WEEK 3     WEEK 4 . It feels so good to be able to accomplish a lot of big projects this week. The guest bathroom is actually starting to look like our vision board.

If you are not familiar with the One Room Challenge™ this is how it works. It was created by Linda of Calling it Home several years ago and it has mushroomed into the fabulous bi-annual challenge that it currently is.

Within the next few weeks we will completely makeover one room from top to bottom. Every Thursday we will give you a progress report and let you know how we are doing. You will not only get to see our progress updates, but of lots of other designers as well! On May 10th we will all have the big reveal of our magnificently completed spaces. The featured designers post on Wednesdays and design bloggers like us will post on Thursdays.

Also we are thrilled and fortunate that Media Partner House Beautiful  is a sponsor of this challenge.

I will be sharing tutorials with you very soon for all of these projects. Today I am just showcasing the new additions – like this mirror.

Mirror Mirror on the Wall

Previously, this mirror was brown and hung in my foyer.

I painted it white and it fits perfectly in the bathroom.

Bright White Countertop

Remember when I shared with you that my 64″ countertop was not a standard size? When I started searching for a new one, the price tags were outrageously high. I didn’t want to make a rash decision. Some of you had great suggestions with alternative ideas. As you can see, I “painted” my countertop. It turned out great and I will be sharing all of the details soon!

I’m just thrilled that it is now bright white!

Tiled Wall

You might also notice the new tiled wall! The Aspect Peel and Stick Tiles look fabulous. They were easy to add and they look great in glass Frost. That hole in the wall above the mirror is there because I took down the old light fixture and installed the new one.

New Light Fixture

It’s now about 12 inches higher on the wall.

It has three bright white globes that hang down, hence the reason to move the fixture higher.

Now if I just had a pretty brass faucet LOL.

As you can see below, I need to cut a few of the glass tiles to fit in special places.

 

Another accomplishment this week was the painting of this cabinet. Again, I will be doing a full post about this…but this is a kitchen cabinet that I purchased on clearance at Lowe’s. It has a shelf too so it will be perfect for towels or displays. Right now it just needs another coat of paint.

AND…these are bad cellphone pics, but I finally started painting the tile floors and shower yesterday! This is just after one coat of paint.

 

Whew…I’m sore and exhausted but it is worth it! This has been a big week! It feels so good to cross so many things off of the to-do list. Next week is the final reveal EEK! Can’t wait to see it all come to light 🙂

TO DO LIST

1. take down wall mirror
2. remove existing toilet paper holder
3. take down existing towel bar
4. remove existing towel ring
5. tape off walls, baseboards and doorway for wall painting
6. repair and patch drywall holes before painting
7. paint walls
8. tape off walls in preparation for ceiling paint
9. paint ceiling 
10. tape off flooring and walls in preparation of painting vanity
11. remove vanity hardware
12. remove vanity drawers and doors
13. prime vanity
14. paint vanity
15. seal vanity
16. add new vanity hardware
17. change out vanity faucet
18. prime and paint new wall cabinet
19. hang new wall cabinet
20. clean and degrease tile floors and shower tiles
21. sand tile floors and shower wall tiles
22. thoroughly clean tile floors and shower wall tiles
23. prime floor tiles
24. prime shower wall tiles
25. paint floor tiles
26. paint shower wall tiles
27. faux paint floor tiles
28. faux paint shower wall tiles
29. seal floor tiles – 3 coats
30. seal shower wall tiles – 3 to 4 coats
31. add glass subway tile feature wall above vanity
32. install wallpaper mural feature wall
33. prime and paint mirror
34. hang new mirror
35. remove existing light fixture
36. install new light fixture
37. hang new shower curtain rod
38. hang new shower curtain
39. install new toilet paper holder
40. add  two (2) new towel hooks
41. install new towel ring
42. find countertop solution
43. paint vanity countertop white

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