Quiet Chic: Powder Room Makeover
A little over a week ago, I wrote that Ed had started to demo the powder room off the kitchen in our house. It really was in need for some updating!!!
We had company coming for the holiday weekend which was all the incentive we needed to get the makeover done quickly.
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As far as room makeovers go, we got this powder room done very quickly, because not one problem arouse, not one. All went together seamlessly, even the plumbing realignment.
Powder Room Makeover: AFTER
We made over the room on a budget of $500. Even the hallway started to get it’s update since the flooring from the powder room extends into the hallway that leads to the garage.
The room needed a new toilet, sink, vanity, faucet, two light fixtures, flooring, wood planks and paint.
The sideboard was my grandmother’s. I used it in my previous house as a desk in my kitchen. It didn’t fit anywhere in our new house and I didn’t want to sell or give it away. We were storing it against a wall in our bedroom.
After searching online and seeing that all of the sink vanities that I liked were $1000 and more, the idea to use the sideboard popped into me head. As soon as it did, I ran to get a tape measure. I was so happy to find out it would fit perfectly into the powder room.
I always feel when things come together like this that they were meant to be. It is a little higher than a regular vanity by about an inch, but as you can see fits quite nicely.
I painted the top of the sideboard a few years ago using a faux Carrara Marble technique. It has 5 coats of buffed wax on it to protect it.
I used DIY chalk paint using the calcium carbonate powder recipe to paint it.
I decided since it is a small room to keep the decor simple and clean-lined. I also wanted a neutral color scheme so I could add or change the color of the towels, accessories or art. No theme or color scheme to have to match.
I made the tissue box using oilcloth. You can find the tutorial for Powder Room Accessorizing.
I added the planked wall to accent the room. Adding texture is the easiest way to create interest in a small room, yet keep things clean lined and simple.
Instead of using white on all 4 walls, I used a medium shade of grey from Glidden called, Fossil Grey. I originally looked at a few shades of white, but they all ended up looking grey, so I figured, why not just go with grey. :-)
Having grey on 3 walls with the white plank wall creates a room with depth and a teeny bit of drama, in a calm and sophisticated way. I like the juxtaposition between modern and elegant, old and new, precious and unfussy. Quiet Chic is what I like to call it.
We raised the electrical boxes on the wall so we could hang new wall scones higher than they were previously.
To save money, I shopped the house to find items to use. The white baskets are from IKEA. They used to be in the master bedroom of my previous house.
I will post about how I created the vanity from the sideboard in my next post.
The room still needs one more thing… a new door. I plan to add a rolling door to make getting into the room easier. Right now you have to walk into the room and around the door to close it. It is a bit awkward. The rolling door will also make the room feel much larger. I will post about it when we get it completed.
I will be posting tutorials in the next week on how I turned the sideboard into the vanity, planked the wall, and the reason I painted over the wallpaper in the room instead of removing it.
Click here to learn: How I transformed the sideboard into a sink vanity.
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I spend $469.00 to makeover the bath. The most expensive items were for the flooring and the new toilet.
Vanity: Free since I already owned it. Here is the link to the posts about how I painted the top to look like Carrara marble and chalk paint
Faucet: Moen Caldwell Chrome 2 Handled Faucet – I bought this for $69.00 at Lowes.
Sink: Aragon White Drop-In Sink – $39.00
Light Fixtures: Portfolio Chrome Arm Scone $16.97 each, plus $8 for each glass shade that I bought at Lowes in the aisle they sell glass shades for pendant lighting. They are not online.
Toilet: Sterling Windham White $139.00
Towel Ring: Allen + Roth Raleigh $15.98
Toilet Paper Holder: Allen + Roth Raleigh $18.98
Mirror: From my previous house. It was in my studioffice and was gold and white. I painted it glossy white using this paint.
Flooring: Nucore Waterproof Flooring. It is from Floor & Decor. You can read more in in this post about how to install LVP. It is $2.59 a square foot. $49.57 a box that covers 19.14 square feet.
Wall Planks: 1/4″ sub-flooring cut into planks at Lowes. Tutorial post on this coming soon.
Paint: On walls: Glidden Diamond paint. It is a new super durable primer + paint sold at Home Depot. Color: Fossil Grey in a satin finish.
Tissue box and waste basket and plywood. Tutorials here: Powder Room Accessories