Sunday, March 14, 2010

Something Fishy: A Bathroom Redo

Welcome to the kids' bathroom!

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I don’t know why I felt the need to redo this bathroom…

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What’s not to like? Fish wallpaper, check, gold-tone light strip, check.

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Lopsided white fabric for window treatment (left by previous owners). Cheap and bent towel racks. Check and check.

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More fish on the shower curtain (again previous owners)? Yes please.
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Well I did it anyway, stripped the wallpaper, spackled, sanded, primed, painted, installed…
I chose a blue/gray wall color (Santorini Blue by Benjamin Moore). The final color from my top three favs was chosen unanimously by Ella and Miles. Good job guys, I adore this color!

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I actually found the shower curtain a while ago at Bed Bath and Beyond and have had it up for several months/a year? It was kind of the inspiration for the wall color.

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Light fixture was from LightingShowplace.com. Um, this was a PAIN to install. It did not fit into our light box in the wall. So I spent nearly an entire day which included several runs to Home Depot and Ace to figure out a workaround.

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New towel racks from TJMaxx/Homegoods:

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Other Nautical-ish details…

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How to hang a starfish (my version):
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And a future addition that I just purchased from Etsy is the green and white buoy on the right from Beach Grass Cottage:
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For the most part, I did this all myself. And I’m pretty pleased with how it is turning out.
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2 Days Later…
Wow, that got here fast!!!

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And I bought a set of “sand” colored towels.

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DONE!

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Ahhhhh... Much Better!

3 comments:

  1. Kristi~

    I must say, I am very impressed. You should definitely be proud of your work. When we (and by we, I mean mostly Aaron) did our powder room, we were in over our heads. I've tackled wallpaper before, but never floor to ceiling. You did an excellent job. Looks great!

    Laura

    ps~ Doesn't it feel great to finally be able to be getting rid of the leftovers from the previous owners??

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  2. I LOOOOOVE the re-do!! It's so fresh and well put together! Lovin' the new (newer*?) blog!!!

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  3. I think you did an amazing job making the nautical theme a little more grownup!:) The paint is my favorite!

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