Bathroom

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Bathroom

The wee humble cludgie!

I will never ever, ever EVER! work with black grout again....EVER! These tiles went up in no time...grouting in black took me all night..I have a sore back and sore fingers and I must admit I think I cried a few times! The mess!
I did do the 3 rows, I was being lazy I had ran out of tile adhesive and didnt want to do a third row because that meant a trip to the hardware store!

Matching distressed bath front and window shutters ..I seriously think I should do my wall to the left which has shiplap on it to..its just plain white at the moment ..

I cladded the bath front a few years ago...I decided to distress it today to make the cladding pop a bit more. I painted it in black first, then went over it in a few coats of chalky white..distress and top coat with a flat matt water based varnish. It matches the shutters I made for the bathroom window, now im thinking I will do the wall cladding the same.

OOOh a wee bit of sunshine here the day...I love it!!! My bathroom looks all light n airy!!!

What was I thinking when I painted this wee glass cabinet (wallpaper over the glass) in bubblegum pink last year!!! it was horrible in the bathroom! I slapped on a bit of black im now going to add a stained wood shelf running along that wall to compliment the stained top that I added to the top of the cabinet.

I still have this wee cupboard in the bathroom..remember I wanted this wallpaper so bad for the bathroom but it was far to expensive..so I printed off a smaller version of it and decoupaged it to the doors

This is as much effort as I could muster up for my bathroom Christmas decor

Im seriously struggling to get motivated to do Christmas crafts...after a few months of halloween crafts I must admit I feel bloomin knackered! Im so enjoying just having the house back to normal...I think im getting old!

I swore I wouldnt touch this wee guy again because I am actually happy with the way he is now...but he just needed a wee something...dry brushed some gold on him...I still love him lol....I wont touch him now..hes finished!!! or maybe a gold leg or a bit of dark wax 🤔😂🤣

OoH look at those beautiful wee bits of red peeping through from the last colour....love it....

This is a much better colour..Much brighter green and I painted the metal work gold instead of bronze...Ive wallpapered the front and got rid of all the metal..Im not distressing it..I like the clean, bright look...the other one felt dirty! Just have to paint and add another couple of upholstery pins on the metal moulds around the handle.

Ive painted my wee undersink cabinet that much there was no texture left in the wallpaper panel I had added to the front of it hahahaha..I cant be bothered doing it again as im bored with the look just now! I have it everywhere! I added some dark areas with black paint and a baby wipe around all the edges of the piece.. The handle I made out of a metal curtain tie back and I just added some metal bits I had lying around just to give it a wee bit more character.

To distress or not to distress?..that is the question lol Will I leave it in a matt block colour or distress it the way I did the red piece with dark areas? I am talking about the green sink base in case I never made that clear lol!

For the first time in ages I have been enjoying faffing around ..No really! Ive faffed around in the lavvy with plants and plant pots nearly all day!...Ive been enjoying playing around with colour instead of playing it safe....and enjoying it like I used to! Tomorrow I will finish of the sink base by adding some dark areas to that gorgeous new green...

Ive mixed up some green paint using some gouache paint, kids acryllics and some calcium carbonate to turn it into chalk paint

This is a much better green I think...Once I do a second coat I will distress with some black..The red and green are so prominent its giving me a horrible festive christmassy feel in the bathroom ..I will have to do something about that!

Im thinking I need to to do the sink base a slightly more apple green..its a bit wishy washy sagey!

I do love the red...

I finally got round to fixing the bathroom wall. The wall above the window was damp and when it did dry left big wet yellow stains on my metro tile wallpaper. I coated the wall in an oil based paint to stop the stain coming through. I wallpapered again on top of it and it looks like it should be ok this time round lol.

hello ...Hope everyone is safe and well.x

I havent done anything around the house for months!

Im just living for once and not decorating.

I chipped one of my Cath Kidston mugs today.

I couldnt part with it! not at a £6 quid a mug hahaha.

Its now my toothpaste holder

A bit of dado rail added around the bathroom and some subway design...

Also..when I hung my swag ceiling cable..I used some black garden cable ties to hold it in place at the height I wanted it...just snipped the ends off..I also painted in the fan behind the shutter it was yellow and it had never occurred to me to just paint it instead of painting around it lol

So the colour and pattern riot continues.....
This is cheering me up no end!

I love this print on the doors..Josef Frank, Citrus Garden.

When it all starts to come together: I think its lovely having lots of handmade and recycled when you can (here it comes haha..I always feel guilty buying new) I thought I would treat myself to a new light and shower curtain although I do need another bulb

Lots more still to do but im so glad its starting to take shape.

This one had been in the shed for a while it took a good bit of scraping and sanding ...Its now a medicine cabinet in the bathroom and I finally got to use the Schumacher Citrus Garden wallpaper image I fell in love with (I downloaded, printed on to matte photo paper and stuck it on with white glue, varnished over)...I added some pegs at the base and some handles..everything I had in the shed so it didnt cost a thing..

I fell absolutely in love with a stripe black and white blind online but it was £107.00

anyway I bought the same fabric for £10.00 and found the rest of the bits in the she shed :)its not perfect but it is isnt bad either.

Im still decorating the bathroom!!! whats that been like a month? Nothing I am doing in here is sitting right with me..First change is the handmade bathroom shutters the dark brown stain was just yuck! Ive distressed white them with a handmade chalk paint .

I had stained them brown..yuck!

The original pine shutters :)

The wallpaper backsplash in green had to go...I applied a really thick handmade white chalk paint over the top and sanded it off when it was dry. I top coated in a few coats of water based varnish.

This was the green. :)

Still doing lots of work on the bathroom..in between painting my taps/faucets (first coat is on, im painting them antique gold)😬🤔🤭 I made a bath rack from some leftover shelving and some gate handles.

Some of the changes over the last few weeks..still lots of work to do..wallpaper, bath front, shower rail..but I have no ideas at the moment lol!

Its so dark here and I just cant get a picture of my bathroom backsplash. Its a wee bit brighter green than this..and you cant see my lovely lace on the window..the lace stands right out to! Ive still to add a bit of oak trim to the bottom of the backsplash..

I'm making a bathroom sink backsplash..not sure if its going to look alright lol! My whole house is turning green, black and brown!! Im just layering a few or ten layers varnish over the top of my wallpapered and painted board that im going to insert at the back of the bathroom sink.

Handmade bathroom shutters..Next is the backsplash and undersink cabinet..Im thinking black cabinet with patterned backsplah for a wee pop of colour...I havent done any work today, the dog hasnt been walked either...nothing has went right today I made more mess than anything else... but on a more positive note I have cleaned the bathroom.

In between doing the Halloween decorations I made myself a wee shelf for above the Lavvy.
My loo is tiny and I dont have much storage, so Im trying to create as much storage as I can.

It so bloomin cute..but I seriously need to break away from this style..everything I build is starting to look the same!!!
Baby wipe Holder :)

Im still not tired of walls of mirrors...I still love the look of them. My bathroom holds some of my vintage/second hand mirrors and I still have some room for some future finds..

Recognise my latest find..the wee oval gold one.

Im sitting here looking like worzel Gummage!!
I need to get washed and dressed and start working .....
a wee before & after of the bathroom.

From shortbread hamper box to lavvy roll storage . A wee lick of paint and a doillie stapled onto the back and it holds 4 toilet rolls and makes a nice wee stand for my new lavvy roll brush :)

Not very exciting..
This was a cracked vase I got for pennies..
Its really tall I think its gorgeous and another wee charity plate..
I store me loofahs in this...

I was so sick of the tin toilet brush holder I had..it was all rusty and just looked yuck!!!
I found a vase I had bought second hand a few year back and a plate from the charity shops and I think this is much better solution.

Making the most of my few days off..
I bought some baskets for the shelf above the window to store my lkoo rolls.
This means I can free up some more much needed floor space in my teeny tiny bathroom.

Rolling on from yesterdays once a month clean....
The Cludgie...

I have been so busy for so long now my little house has been thoroughly neglected...

I have some time at the moment so it will be nice to be able to get things back in order and maybe even do a bit of painting!!!

Somethings old, somethings new, lots of upcycled my humble loo!!!
I sanded and repainted the floor.
Installed a new backsplash behind the sink with some leftover beadboard.
Added a wee shelf above the window.
Replaced the bathroom cabinet with another I had in the shed.
Lots and lots and lots of sanding!!
Im just waiting on a wall magazine rack :)

Next job will be to paint the basin and bath taps.

I have gas central heating getting put in on Wednesday..

Absolutely dreading it..My floors are getting ripped up :(

I took down my bathroom outer shower curtain about 5 months ago and today I actually got to put it back up ..

that's how busy life has been!!!

I found this orange pine cupoboard in Hawich Charity shop...

I thought this would be perfect for the Lavvy Storage...

And now.....

A few coats of chalk paint...

Fill the old knob holes..(sounds so rude)

Drill some new ones..

I seen this and fell in love !!!!

OOh its been such a long time since I seen a beautiful shower curtain....

I just needed this so much.....:)

I got it for £10.00 in Urban Outfitters..

Absolute Bargain :)

Fresh Lavender...makes the bathroom smell gorgeous!

My Bathroom is so tiny I have to take a few pics to capture it!

I fund this cabinet in a skip...

I painted it and used left over vinyl floor tiles for the door inserts.

Still to add handles, and a nice anthropologie hand towel (in ma dreams)

The antique chair a friend gave me a few years back and I found this gorgeous turquoise tweed in the charity shop.

I decoupaged the drawer fronts a few years ago now!

I painted this sugar skull for my teenage son then stole it back and put it in a frame I found in the charity shop. hehe...

The Bathroom Drawers

Label Frames

I wasn't that keen on the colours I painted the drawers, they are a work in progress. Im starting to like them a bit more now!! I have tried to stick to greys, reds and turquoise and used Navajo, chevron, monochrome and Ikat prints. (all my favourites at the mo)

Thats me finally started on the bathroom...for the second time around (chortle)

.Recycled an old bedside table into an undersink unit.

Pulled off the tiles behind the sink and replaced them with some bullnose cladding.

I used some leftover vinyl tiles and cut them into some mini bunting.

I painted a beautiful old mirror I got from a charity shop dove grey.

Used my cake stand as a soap stand

And another pic lol

My mum got me this wee soap in a second hand shop and I picked up the Crabtree and Evelyn dish for pennies...

I dont know how I actually came about doing a sewing themed Loo... I wanted to try and recycle as much as I possibly could when I moved into the new house so I just went about that day gathering what I could.. ...This is when I find myself at my most creative....

I reclaimed some old wood from the garden when I moved into the house in april, I knew it would come in handy...(thats the hoarder in me) , so I made some rustic shelving with it, and used plenty of tung oil....

I had gathered some sewing patterns at the thrift shops that I knew one day would come in handy (again the hoarder in me), so decided this was going to be my wallpaper in the bathroom (I know what your thinking...sewing patterns in a loo!!!, what can I say... eccentric lol!!!!

Second layer of de-coupage.

Funked up the old white tiles with some prints and paper doilles.

I had been searching for days for a nice loo roll holder and apart from not seeing anything that I really liked they were so expensive...I had this wee brainstorm about the loo roll holder about 2 in the morning lol...(something old, something new, something recycled for the loo hehe). My wee boy Dean gave me a bit of driftwood that he had carved and kept for years in his room and I made this into my loo roll holder lol!!!