Thursday, July 9, 2009

Mini Renovation

Last week I decided to get a little CRAZY and do a 3rd of July HIDEOUS bathroom MAKEOVER...

Let me fill you in...

We moved into our home about a year and a few months ago... everything had been somewhat updated throughout the house... everything but our HIDEOUS bathroom...

I read a magazine article that explained you could make any bathroom livable... even one designed in the 60s... I thought "RRRIIIIGHT... any bathroom but mine..." I tossed it aside and didn't think much about it until the other day... the day that I decided a crowbar might make it livable... SO Darling Husband and I got to work (this is where his work ended though... he does not enjoy projects... unless they involve fish/deer/game).
Would you like to see? OF COURSE you would...

Here are some BEFORE shots...














Can I get an "EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEWWWWWWWWWWWWW?"

I went to work the next day with no plan in mind besides disguising the hideousness of this bathroom...A.S.A.P... Luckily, I work at a design firm... and Sweet Designer X helped pull together a plan that I could start AND complete in ONE DAY!!! WOOHOO! QUICKLY after work I drove to Home Depot/Lowe's/Homegoods/Target/T.J. Maxx to pick up all of my supplies...

The next morning I woke up (EARLY), sent DH on his way (fishing or something), and GOT TO WORK! WHOOP!

With a little (okay, quite a bit) of help from L, my mini bathroom reno was complete by the time I was ready for dinner (more of a Euro 9 p.m. dinner, but dinner nonetheless)!

Enjoy the AFTER shots... it might not inspire an OOOOH LALA in you... but hopefully at least a little ooh...







And here she is... my biggest achievement thus far in life... the light fixture L and I installed! Who needs a MAN'S help!??!?! NOT US. We are DIY GENIUSES!!!



Isn't the color combo a MAJOR improvement? If you have to have 1969 mustard tile, white and grey and silver DEFINITELY help disguise it.

Now... Give me a "HEEEEEELLLLLLZ YA!"

-Undercover Blogger
P.S. I am NOT a photog... I wish I could really convey how majorly this little project improved this bathroom...
OOOH and P.S.S..... Thanks L.....