$250 Bathroom Reveal!

Don't you love it when a project gets fast-tracked? We were going to put new baseboards in the family room this weekend (snore) but then we got to Lowes and saw our $99 counter top and decided that the universe was telling us to do the bathroom instead! (Or we really just didn't feel like measuring all of that trim. Same thing.) We ended up pulling everything together for under $250, which was a nice surprise. I had vaguely budgeted a few hundred bucks for this room but even I didn't think the stars would align for two-and-a-half Benjamins. Score!

The updates in here have been small until now because we normally change one thing at a time like snails, but now we pulled an HGTV and did a bunch of stuff in two days. Know that the usual squealing with glee is happening on my end.

I feel like there should be a choir of angels singing whenever somebody enters the room. So far that hasn't happened so I've been making my own sound effects. Josh Groban and his majestic vocals would also work well for how I'm feeling, but I ASSUME he'd be too busy to hang out and serenade me in my bathroom.

On Saturday we replaced the counter top and added a new faucet. And by "we" I mean "mostly Hubsey." The room is so small that it's hard to get two people in there, as you can see.

And yesterday I hung the new mirror--which I made a special trip to IKEA to fetch. We were debating whether we should use another, smaller one I found when we got a wild hair and held up the mirror we have in our bedroom. The size was perfect, but the white didn't match the counter top (sometimes IKEA's whites can be a little strange, no?). That was my main reason for picking the gray-brown here, but it also gives a little shout-out to the tile floor and helps tie it in. The floor was starting to feel like the odd man out, so it's nice to give it a buddy.

Here's where we were a few months ago. The only way I can describe this look is that it's what happens when you throw a bunch of stuff into a room without thinking about it. Design tip: don't do that.

Also know that the old counter top was purple-veined. PURPLE.

It's 6000% better and we didn't even need a dumpster:

I hate to say that a room is ever DONE, but this one is looking cute enough that I don't need to worry about it for a while. I'd still like to get rid of the almond tub, because it makes me twitchy that ONE THING doesn't match the rest, but whatever. The shower curtain covers most of it, anyway.

Before I get carried away on my cloud of bliss, let's look at the budget breakdown. I said that we did this for under $250 and by golly we did.

Counter top: $99 (Lowes)

Caulk: $6 (Lowes)

Faucet: $39 (Lowes)

Mirror: $45 (IKEA)

Bath mat: $10 (IKEA)

Grout Renew: $12 (Home Depot)

Paint: $27 (Lowes) ----> I'll count this now even though I did it last year.

Total Cost: $238

We already had all of the tools and painting supplies we needed, but if you don't, you might need to shell out another $20 to fill in the gaps.

One last look. Aaaah!

My preciousssss.

What house projects are you working on? Anybody else doing a bathroom? What room in your place deserves a choir of angels? And don't forget, if you ever need a little boost with a project I'd love to help you out. Making rooms pretty is my favorite thing.