Bathroom Progress

I promised a bathroom update and here it is!  After finishing the walls (4 coats of paint later), I took those old mirrors to give them a fresh coat of paint.  I had painted them off white, but obviously that clashed with the now bright white walls. 

I had some leftover gray paint samples and put them to good use!

Here are the mirrors and old light fixture before:

And here are the newly painted mirrors in a soft gray:

The contrast of the mirror color and wall color is very subtle, but I like it.  It's fresh and clean and it makes the bathroom a bit more modern.

I also found an inexpensive light fixture at Lowe's...

This was my first time taking out and installing a light fixture by myself and I didn't get electrocuted! Success!

The nickel light fixture was one of the cheapest at Lowe's and it was actually one of my favorites despite the price.  I think it was around $18.  Score!

Bathroom Evolution

I've broken out the white paint once again.  There seems to be a never ending amount of trim to be painted in our house.  We've been here for 2 years and have slowly conquered the trim room by room.  The bathroom is one of those rooms that just overwhelms me because of the doors and cabinets.  But, there is aqua tile everywhere and for 2 years, I haven't been able to figure out what to do with it.  I've finally decided just to dive in and start painting.

Here is what the bathroom looked like when we moved in:

Lovely wallpaper, dark wood, blue tile, old curtain.  

I wanted a quick fix when we moved in and I conveniently had a shower curtain from our old house that was brown and blue, so we ripped the wallpaper off and painted the room brown and stuck up the shower curtain.  This is what it has been for the past 2 years:

Oh yeah, I also painted the mirrors off white.  

Honestly, I have always hated how dark it is and that trim has been on my to do list for forever.  It's just such a PAIN! 

I also hate the brown walls. They are just too dark since the room doesn't get enough light.

So, for months I've been pondering what wall color will go with the blue tile.  I have tried painting a swatch of gray, but didn't like that.  I considered going with a lighter shade of blue, but that seemed to risky.  

I finally was so fed up with the darkness, that I just painted everything in the room white.  

It's still in progress and is a mess, but here it is so far...

I really love it so far.  The room seems so much bigger and brighter.  I don't know what I'll do about a shower curtain, but since we don't use the shower, just the tub for giving the girls baths...we can do without one for awhile until I decide.

I will be sure to post progress pictures.  It's already looking better than the above picture, so I'm excited!