Powder Room Accessorizing
I have a few little decorative items to show you that I did to accessorize the powder room off the foyer in my house.
I added a waste basket, tissue box, toilet paper holder, faucet, soap dispenser, and light switch cover.
Remember this is a super low budget makeover under $250. I had to get creative and resourceful to make it happen.
Powder Room Accessorizing Ideas
First up, I needed a new waste can. I looked at buying a new one, but could not find one that I liked. Instead I went shopping in my house and took one I previously used in my studioffice. I bought it at the thrift store a few years ago. I like it as is, but when I placed it in the powder room it looked blah. I really like the dipped basket I got at HomeGoods recently, but that was too big. So I did a little DIY magic on the thrift store basket.
I am sure you have seen how baskets are dipped in buckets of paint so only half the basket has paint on it. Super easy if you have a huge bucket and tons of paint. I did not, so instead of dipping my basket, I set it in a paint tray and poured paint inside the basket until the bottom was covered with paint. Then I used a paint brush to paint the bottom section of the basket inside and out. I saturated it with paint so it would look like it was dipped. I only used about 2 cups of paint.
Once I had enough paint on it, I set the basket on the edge of the paint tray to dry. I put foil under and around the tray to catch the dripping paint. Every 15 minutes I brushed a clean paint brush over the bottom to remove the drips that started to hang from the bottom of the basket.
Done, best of all I did not have to buy anything new since I used leftover paint.
I place the waste can by the side of the toilet, but it is impossible to get a photo of it there so I moved it out so you can see how it looks on the floor. I like that it is white inside and out.
Remember the black polka dot vinyl I bought at JoAnn Fabrics? I love me some polka dots especially black ones on a white background – so classic.
I used it to cover the tissue box. I did look at a few box covers at HomeGoods, but they were all too fancy. I had a vision of what I wanted and since I could not find it already made, I had to create the design I had in my head on my own.
In the previous decor I had covered the tissue box using the wallpaper that was in the room. Keeping true to the budget, I decided to remove it and cover the existing box with the polka dot vinyl. To see a tutorial on how to do this, see this post: Thrift Store Tissue Box Transformation
It looks so nice with the white clock face cabinet knobs and perfect with the white/off white color scheme I chose to be compatible with the existing color of the toilet and sink.
Next up the faucet. I bought it at Lowes. It is made by Aqua Source – Glyndon in Polished Chrome.
The soap dispenser is from Target. I added a pop of turquoise to go with the industrial light in the room by simply using Washi tape.
The bath tissue holder is also from Lowes. Simple on and off design, no spring roll needed. It is made by Allen and Roth.
I have these switch plate and outlet covers in all the rooms of my house. They are from Lowes and come in white and off white. These are the white. At first I thought I bought the off-white by mistake since they do not look “white white”, but when I went back to the store, I confirmed that I had bought the white. They are not as white as the others in my house. I will be spraying them “white white.”
I will post more about the powder room transformation tomorrow and then I have one more project to show you that I am still working on in the room. It involves a printable that I want to be able to share with you, but I am having trouble getting it to print correctly. I will get it right.
Now that I have this posted, I am going to go out and celebrate the first day of Spring and buy some pretty flowers to put in my brand new almost completed powder room. I hope you are able to get out and celebrate its arrival, too!
If you want to see more bathroom decorating ideas, check out what I did for $265.
