Feeling Green

Our upstairs hall bathroom is one of the only rooms in our home with no natural sunlight; which makes for a drabby room.  As you can tell from my color choice in our laundry room...I like bright colors for spaces with non existent sunlight.  And since this bathroom will be a kids bathroom (once Sienna is actually using her room upstairs!), I wanted it to be a fun.  

Here's a side by side before and after.

Before and After

Like every room in our home, this room started off bland.  I'm just not a fan of white walls and light finished cabinets.  

I found some color inspiration on Pinterest in this picture of a bathroom with green tile against a dark counter and white cabinet.  I loved how much the color just POPPED.  I decided to commit to the color and brighten our upstairs bathroom up with Valspar's "Temptation."

Since I try to keep my room makeovers to a few hundred dollars at most, I had to work with the counter and cabinets already in the bathroom.  Our bathroom counter was white, so I went with a dark stain for the cabinets.

We took all the drawers out and unscrewed our cabinet doors.  We then sanded all surfaces starting out with a coarse 150 grit sand paper.  We finished off the sanding with a fine 220 grit sand paper until there was no longer a shine to the wood.  To get the color you see here, it took two coats of stain and we let dry overnight.

To finish off this space, we had a family friend frame our mirror using crown molding and the same stain we used on the cabinet.  I always hated the large, frame-less bathroom mirrors builders always seem to use.

With the intense wall color, and dark cabinet, I softened up the room with a white shower curtain, towel hooks and towels.  I added a "Le bain" print from World Market, but I'll probably change this out to something more kid friendly when Sienna starts using the bathroom.

Overall, the makeover probably took us 7 - 10 days and roughly $150.

I hope this inspires you to brighten up a room in your home!