Full Bathroom

Sadly, I do not have the REAL before pictures. When I first stepped inside this house, the bathroom had been repainted the Antique White. The floor had been partially pulled up. Eventually they put the Luann (?) sub floor down for me. The PO had that nasty vinyl trim stuff up, so when I trim it I will have to put very wide stuff down.

So, I ended up painting it "Merlot" and "Sweet Anne".... This is a decision I've been second-guessing from day one. I was going to do a nautical theme (how original, right?) but then found this paint combination after a candlelit bath one night and thought a nice romantic bathroom was more what I wanted...

Well, it's been anything but romantic because all I do is sit there and wonder if I like it.

The countertop I picked out is the High Definition stuff in a very nice deep slate kind of color, with lots of blues and grays and browns. I ended up putting peal-and-stick vinyl floor down in a dark wood plank. I really love that, although sometimes I wish I'd chosen the lighter color. It has a nice texture which makes it safer for wet feet. It was my first ever floor, and I think I did pretty good.

My bathroom has a lot of vertical line patterns, from the built-in to the tub, so I ended up buying a "bead board" toilet seat and after literally prying the old rusted one off, the toilet looks brand new (picture is of old toilet seat....).

I have found I'm really good at accessorizing a room and have been very delighted at the artwork I've found to pull the blue, black (my accent color), red, and green together. The green is actually more yellow in real life... sadly.

I found a glass vessel sink and waterfall faucet on ebay for less than $100 shipped. My only complaint so far is that somehow the drain was scratched.. very sad to me that it would scratch so easily. The faucet also is not very sturdy but I think that the install required plumber's putty and it wasn't used so maybe if I do that it will remedy the problem. I ended up off-setting the faucet and now kind of wish I'd put it in the center. I always thought I'd somehow paint the exterior of the bowl to make it more exciting. The green of the glass is a very cool color and looks bad against the Sweet Anne.

I also have to build a vanity-- or not-- I haven't decided on a good way to handle this. The seller thought it would be fine to just leave it open due to the large built-in, but I'm a woman and I wear make up and I hate having all of my stuff on the counter and I'm not going to pull it in and out of a cabinet every day. I've been looking online and am considering maybe building a few drawers some how and then just some towel shelves to conceal the plumbing.

So.... I have several decision to make. I was thinking the other day that I would like my bathroom colors to be a navy, yellow, bright white, and bright red... The bright red in pictures and towels. The theme would be beachy/nautical/Hawaiin. But, I thought I wanted the navy on the lower third of the wall, but then I couldn't decide on whether the other 2/3rds should be white or yellow. I wanted white but I want white distressed picture frames and they wouldn't show up. So I considered a light khaki or gray. Painting is one of my favorite things to do- and obviously I'm not happy until it's done RIGHT. So that is just another decision that knocks on my door all the time.

The other problems are lighting. There is an exhaust fan over the toilet that I plan to replace with a lighted one, but I can't decide on which one and I'm worried about it being a complicated project. There are two fluorescent lights over the sink, which I hate, but now there is this open hole for the second one (the sellers did this) and I'm not sure what I would do with that.... Then the whole lot is on a dimmer switch (in the bathroom??) which gets old. But I know bathrooms are supposed to be as light as possible... Sigh.