So I spent most of the weekend remodeling our downstairs powder room. I have never been happy with the colors I chose, but I just didn't really know what I wanted.
After reading on
Under the Table and Dreaming about her powder room makeover, I knew what I had to do...choose a neutral color and then decorate with accents. Well I LOVED hers so much that I was on a mission to find some gray paint - never would have been my first choice, but after seeing hers...
I went to Walmart (because I was getting other things) and I decided I would just "look" at colors to get an idea, well by browsing the return paint I came across the perfect color and it was 50% off ($10.98) for a gallon!! SCORE!
Here are the before photos, sorry I took down all the decorations (I was too excited to get started and forgot)
So I took Stephanie's advice and went looking for some fabric, I too wanted to make some cute DIY art pieces as she called them. I would have never of thought to do something like this. Some people are so creative!!!
I found these canvas boards at Walmart (3 pack for like $5.00) and then I got the fabric for $2.95 per yard.
I hot glued it onto the board. Then I added black trim and made some fabric flowers with accenting fabric. I made one by braiding the 3 fabrics together. The large yellow one is made from trim.
I had a magazine basket that had a liner in it (again too excited and forgot the before photo), but I took some of the yellow trim (got it on clearance at Walmart) and hot glued it around the top, then on the wooden handles I ripped some 2" fabric and wrapped the handles and hot glued it down.
Then I set to work on the shelves. My step mom Diane gave me 3 white shelves and so I distressed them and gave them a little stain.
I found the yellow and black Gerber at Target for $5.99. The shelf under the mirror is a thrift store find that I painted white (it was yellow) and then I distressed it. The yellow and black "kitchen" towels were $2.99 ea.
These three washcloths were from a set of 6 (the other 3 are on the back of the toilet) they were $4.99. The yellow perfume bottle was a thrift find. The jar on the left was hand carved for my husband and I while we were in Mexico a few years back. Another close up of my shelf. So glad I found a home for it.
I had this Gerber print in the bathroom in the same location but on the dark brown. So much nicer here on the gray. I got the bird on clearance for $4.99 at Display and Costume in Seattle, then the Dream was a TJ Maxx find and I tied some of the yellow fabric on it, and the little black wire basket was a thrift find that I got for .25 cents.
The black and white "shelf liner" ties in the colors. We store our toilet paper in a old candle holder (another thrift find)
Two of the shelves Diane gave me (Thanks Mom) The thingy on the left holds a Party Lite candle - but it had a blue candle so I'm going to find a yellow one to replace it, in the mean time I got the little yellow box for a $1.00 at Target and took the plant from another room.
The black "kitchen" rug was $9.99 at Target.
The candle holder on the left you can't see, but it was a thrift store find for $1.00 and I spray painted it a high gloss black and found a yellow candle at Target for $4.99.
My two DYI pieces of art, my clearance mirror and my little thrift store duck that I found for a $1.00
Well there you have it. Sorry for so many photos...I just love them!
Happy Day - Heather
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The "Pantry" in our kitchen is where I house all of my small appliances and anything else that doesn't have a home. AKA the basket of Water Bottles, Insulated Coffee Cups, Gatorade Bottles, Etc. There is no where else to store these and when you go to get one, they all come tumbling down. DRIVES ME CRAZY!!! 
