Main Bathroom Room Makeover!

We've got a big goal to try and get a room done each week at this new house. Problem is, we have four little humans who inhibit ... well... getting ANYTHING done. So we have a small window starting at 8pm to get things done each night. But we're doing it!

We started with the smallest room first (but don't be fooled, it probably required the most work!)

Here's our Main Bathroom Makeover! (And because I know you love it, if you want to watch the crazy, you can find us on YouTube here!)

There's also affiliate links sprinkled about to help you find exactly what we purchased for our new bathroom.

First up was paint. We said goodbye to our fond friends, the glitter worms, and picked Glidden Monsoon Green for the color. But more on that in a bit.

We used CraftSmart Chalk Paint and Wax to paint over the gold on the vanity. We probably could have used acrylic paint (but don't quote me on that!), but I have plans on painting other vanities in the house and this was a good first try project.

Remember five seconds ago when I told you we would get back to that paint thing. We're here now. So there was a situation at the paint mixer (spoiler: it was out of white when mixing colors!) and our first can of paint was TOTALLY the wrong color. We also had another problem with a third can of the same paint when we went to do some touch ups! We never had a problem with the Walmart paint department before, but we've learned that the Walmart in our new town is probably not the best place to get paint...  

I waxed over the Chalk Paint with the same brand of clear wax. This was super easy and is a necessary step to seal in the paint and protect it. It's also clear, so I let Car help out (but don't tell Cam. Shhh...)

Our secret weapon. We went back and fourth about wainscoting and what our plan would be. We priced out actual beadboard and it wouldn't have been too terrible, but we were slightly on a budget. We also wanted to do the same thing in another bathroom, those two rooms full of beadboard would have added up. So enter our secret weapon: Paintable Textured Wallpaper! Don't get me wrong, it took a lot of work, but it looks awesome and it was under 25$ for an ENTIRE roll. We used about 3/4ths of the roll for this room (but we also messed up a ton and had a learning curve! Ooops!)

Mirrors. I couldn't decide. I went back and forth. I took a picture and texted it to Cor (who never answered anyway...) and I made an executive decision and bought the one on the left. It was totally the right decision! Let's not talk about how I went to Kohl's to get a shower curtain and came home with a mirror... But it was only $50 and I had a giftcard that made it free-to-me! Score!

Adventures in Miter Joints. And Math. We had to learn both and kind of got it right.

The chunky part was supposed to go on top, but we're just not going to tell anyone that and revel in the fact that we did a thing and it still looks awesome.

Remember that mirror? We hung it on a wall!

Believe it or not, finding one of these thingies was a difficult decision for this room. Who knew toilet paper holder thingies came in so many colors and designs and options. There are SO many on Amazon and they were way less expensive than the ones we saw at our hardware store. We got this one.

We made shelves too. Because we're ambition (and cheap) like that. I wanted to look of 'floating' shelves so we took these corner joints (I guess that's what they're called?), spray painted them with this, and screwed them into our stained wood pieces (on to the bottom of the shelf) and then also to the wall (where the cute stuffs would eventually hide the brackets)

Pretty stuffs! My very sweet sister-in-law is a stalker thoughtful and knew the color we painted the walls and got us the MOST amazing décor for the new bath! It matches perfectly and it's amazing. I also picked up the You Make Me Happy sign at Dollar Tree! Like what!! It was going home with me for sure. And Cor picked up the white shower curtain on one of his Walmart runs. He done good.

And here it is! The most perfect AFTER shots ever.

Swoon! See that wall? That's all the babies after their bath after the first birthday cake smashes (except for Air for obvious reasons) wrapped up in sweet towels. I got the frames at Dollar Tree, painted a base coat of teal and a top coat of white, and distressed them a bit. I also cut the mat that came in the frames to make a square. It's like my favorite thing ever.

Boom. One room done and a dozen more to go! Let's do this.