We’ve been plugging away on a minor bathroom refresh — not a gut by any means but refreshing and working with what we have. We still have two bathrooms in our house (on main floor) with all original finishes. They are great bones and easy to work with, to keep the vintage feel.
I started in this project with working hard to clean the tile and steam it to as close to perfection as I can. It was installed in 1960, so I most definitely didn’t get to perfection, but it’s much better and cleaner than it was!
We knew we wanted to paint. I was toying with these two colors but in the end we decided it was too close to the tile color and wanted something different.
We went ‘shopping’ to our downstairs closet that houses all our paint from previous projects. Low and behold there was a full gallon of this Gray Horse from Benjamin Moore which we loved in a prior project. So, I was ready and had time to paint AND this full can was in front of me ready to use. Off we went with the Gray Horse. I have to admit I was a bit skeptical, because I was worried this color was ‘too cool’ for the room, but once it was done, I LOVED it! And now we can play with decor to bring in different color accents.
The biggest transformation for us was our new vanity light. We previously had a very basic three-bulb light. This 4-bulb globe vanity light really transformed the space!
I will keep you posted on our finishing design touches. I have a great shelf I want to put up, we’re going to get some new towels and a rug and likely some plants. Now the more fun stuff!
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