Hall Bathroom Inspiration, Revisited

A while back I mentioned that we decided not to go with the beachy feeling for our hall bathroom, but instead decided to go modern. I showed you our new bath accessories, but I thought I would go ahead and share our new inspiration for that room. We are painting the living room, dining room, and hallway a neutral grey and we want to bring that into the bathroom as well. Since it is a pretty small space, I figured we could do a fun wall treatment in there without all the taping and measuring being too much of a pain. So, I saw this photo of a shower curtain on Pinterest and decided that it would look great as a paint treatment for the walls:

Photo from here: http://cupcakesandcashmere.com/updated-guest-room/

Those are pretty much the exact colors that will be used for our bathroom walls and probably about the same size stripes. Everything in the room will be either white or grey, with the exception of the black tissue cover and soap pump, plus I would like to bring in a punch of bright color through either a bath rug or some art on the wall. I haven't decided if I want to hang anything over the stripes or let them be the centerpiece and bring the color in with a rug. I think I will have to wait and see the stripes before I know if I can bring myself to cover them up with art.

This is what our vanity currently looks like:

We are going to eventually paint it white and get a new countertop, sink, and faucet. We also need to replace the vanity light. It is a brassy gold fixture that really needs to go. We were thinking something like this light would work nicely:

Photo from here: http://www.quoruminternational.com/index.cfm?do=app.productDetails&product=5084-2-65

We are also thinking that a white porcelain vessel sink would look great in there. Not sure what shape we like best, but here are a few ideas:

All three images found at www.modernbathroom.com

I'm also thinking that since there isn't a lot of floor space maybe we could splurge on a fun mosaic tile of some sort. As for the countertops, I am definitely thinking either quartz or recycled glass. Quartz especially has a really nice, clean, modern look to it. Here are a couple of examples of quartz in both grey and white:

http://www.caesarstoneus.com/gallery/modern/

http://www.cambriausa.com/our-collection/photos-and-videos/

So those are our lofty goals for the front bathroom. Aside from perhaps painting and getting a new light, I doubt any of this will be done any time soon, but I will certainly keep you posted.

One Advantage of Living in South Louisiana

While it may be snowing and cold in other parts of the country, here in south Louisiana it has been in the 70's and 80's for the past couple of weeks. Alton and I took advantage of this and he began organizing the storage room/workshop under the carport and I planted some spring bulbs in our biggest flower bed under the dining room window. I don't have any before photos of the workshop, so I'll just explain what was done in each after photo.

 Alton created a shelf out of some scrap wood and a couple of brackets we removed from inside the house when we first moved in.

 The pegboard and workbench were actually already in there. I just didn't post it when it was done way long ago. My bad.

 General organizing on this side of the room. Created another shelf too.

 He fashioned that wall hook into an over-the-door hook to hold his gear for his newest hobby:

He actually did some more organizing in there since I took these photos. The work bench is a lot less cluttered.

There's not much to see as far as the bulb planting goes, but in the couple of weeks since I first planted them, a few daffodils have begun to shoot up. (As well as a few weeds, unfortunately.)

We also recently received more free stuff (!) from my aunt. Now we have both a sitting and dining area for the patio.

And this is obviously not a DIY project, but we had our roof replaced about a month ago for almost nothing. Yay insurance! Here is the roof before:

And after:

We opted for grey architectural shingles. I think it looks good. And you can see the shade in the door, which was mentioned in the last post. I think that looks good too. :)