Girls Bathroom Part 1

My eldest daughter came to me asking for a bathroom makeover! She stated that she was “bored” of Elsa and wanted something “new like maybe a rainbow?” Although we did not go with a rainbow theme, we did decide it was time to upgrade the outdated builder grade bathroom! This is what we started with!

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Ouch. White vanity with yellowed, stained solid marble countertop and brushed nickle pulls and faucet. Frameless dated mirror. Cheap light fixture. Pinky-white tile floor complete with brown grout. Pale blue walls. The only thing in the bathroom that was remotely girly was the frozen shower curtain and purple bath mats! It needed help! We started with a coat of pale pink paint.

Added a primed 1×4 chair rail, caulked, and painted from the chair rail down gloss white.

From there I went on to tackle the vanity! Remember that beautiful grey island in our kitchen that I just redid?! Here was a great use of some of the left over paint! I followed the instructions from the Rust-Oleum paint kit again and prepped the cabinet and doors with the deglosser and scour pad.

Then came the fun part! Painting! I used 3 coats of the grey base paint to get a nice solid color on both the vanity and the faces. Then did 2 coats of top coat. When using the Rust-Oleum cabinet transformations kit, I found that you must be VERY careful with top coat bubbling! If you let the top coat begin to dry with any bubbles at all you will see them in your finished product. I found the best method to apply was to brush on a generous even coating wait 2-3 minutes and allow the coat to begin to get slightly tacky then gently drag your brush across the surface popping all the little bubbles. This gives a smooth, clean, bubbleless look.

24 hours later, I added the hardware to the cabinet faces and reassembled.

Then I used construction adhesive to mount the new countertop in place and added the new faucet and toilet paper holder.

Then came the new light fixture. And some pretty mason jar lights for decor.

In the first few days of this project we tackled wall paint, vanity, and lighting. I did all of this work(with the exception of the lighting) alone during nap time and after bed time. All in all, this part of the project took me 3 days. The first day I painted the walls and put up the chair rail and painted the first coat on the vanity. The second day I finished the vanity and allowed the top coat to cure for 24 hours. I also gave the chair rail and wall another coat of gloss white. The 3rd day I reassembled the vanity, installed the counter top, faucet, and toilet paper holder and my husband put up the new light.

Cost Breakdown so far:

• Pink and white paint for walls $ Free
• Grey Vanity Paint $ Free
• Crystal Cabinet Pulls (12 Pack) $12.99
• New Pulsar Marble Countertop $185
• Matte Black Faucet $49.99
• Matte Black Toilet Paper Holder $12.90
• Barn Light $38.64
• Mason Jar Light Set $15.29

Grand Total $320

Next up for this project, I tackle the subway tile backsplash and mirror!

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