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Powder Room Gone Wild

September 17, 2011

I am so excited for another round of Roomspiration!!!!   SJ at Homemaker on a Dime is featuring bathrooms today and I’m finally going to join even!  It’s technically Saturday morning but I like to be fashionably late and the link party is open until Oct. 14th so I’m actually on time, right?

The hubby just asked me if I’m going to do a room in our home for every day of Roomspiration and I promised him I wouldn’t.  But I did want to do our powder room, entryway and of course my cloffice.
Here is our main bathroom /powder room a few weeks ago, nothing horrible here like mold or scary toilets, just the standard oak vanity and trim.

After completing the entryway on Monday, I thought I could quickly paint the powder room for Friday.  I found a can of white paint in the basement from the previous owner’s that I would use to paint the walls with, the can was rusted shut but the paint inside was fine so that was a SCORE for me! I didn’t really have a set idea for the bathroom but I was kicking around a few thoughts, like stripes.

Source: None via Ange@thebloominghydrangea on Pinterest

But then I thought maybe a stencil could be fun, I love this one:

Source: isabellaandmaxrooms.blogspot.com via Ange@thebloominghydrangea on Pinterest

And maybe do some board and batten underneath like this:

Source: krista-artista.blogspot.com via Ange@thebloominghydrangea on Pinterest

So the two choices were black and white stripes or a stencil with board and batten underneath. Now all I had to do was convince my hubby! Not really but I did ask which one he would rather do seeing as I wasn’t going to draw the lines on the walls for stripes and he would be putting up the board and batten which he’s done before in the bub’s room.  He wanted to do the B&B with a stencil.  The only problem was I didn’t have a stencil.  Then I had a wild idea, a crazy thought. What if we did zebra on the wall? I found a zebra stencil online at Hobby Lobby and His reaction was skeptical but he went with it. Off to Hobby Lobby I went to purchase the zebra stencil. It was $16.99 and I had a 40% off coupon, perfect! If I had only known the pain and agony that awaited me, I might not have skipped out of HL swinging my stencil and whistling a joyous tune.  (Did I ever mention how wonderful it is to live 2 miles from Hobby Lobby?) 

I started stenciling happily at 7:30 pm Thursday evening and quit for the night at 1:30 am after a wine cooler and some bad words.  I thought maybe if I had some sleep it would help.  HA!  I started stenciling again at 7:30 am and I worked on this thing all day while the bubs watched PBS kids for a good portion of the morning.  You know you are desperate when you actually allow your child to watch Barney!  I did play with him for a while and he also took a nap so that helped me not feel so horrible about watching tv while mommy was stenciling zebra on the bathroom walls.  I finally finished touching up the wall at about 5:30 pm tonight.  The bathroom is 5×5 so we are not talking about a ginormous space and maybe I just suck at stenciling.  Let’s hope not because I am stenciling the cloffice this weekend.  At least I didn’t spend a lot of money for the stencil, just time.  Which is worth more?  Don’t answer that one!
Here is the total for the finished project :
$10 for the stencil, $9 for some black paint, $4 for a can of gold spray paint, $3 for a new hand towel and $40 for the board and batten.
Grand Total = $66

Most of the items I used in this room I already had on hand.   The flower pictures are from my old dining room and I spray painted some frames I had already gold.  The shelf was in my collection of “stuff” in the basement, the letter N I purchased from Hobby Lobby a few weeks ago and the flowers in the little vase I already had as well.  Enough babbling from me, let’s get to the good stuff!

 Without further ado, the powder room! (It’s hard to take photos of a 5×5 room let alone night photos but I couldn’t wait until tomorrow morning which is quite busy with me sleeping in.)

Here’s one more look at before and after:

Ah, so much better!  If you haven’t had a chance to check out the other days of Roomspiration you can head over to Abode Love for Entryways, View Along the Way for Living Rooms and today is Bathrooms with Homemaker on a Dime.  Monday we start another week of Roomspiration with Guest Bedrooms at DIY by Design. 
I’m also linking up to these great places:

The Shabby Nest
Furniture Feature Fridays
Chic on a Shoestring Decorating


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Comments

  1. flower power momma says

    September 17, 2011 at 10:08 am

    SUCH A DIFFERENCE!! and for the better. Looks great. You are a brave soul.!

    Reply
  2. Lynda @ Uber Savvy Buzzword says

    September 17, 2011 at 10:10 am

    This is sensational. what a fabulous wall paper. I will link up my bathroom too- thanks for letting me know! Lynda

    Reply
  3. Jean @ Flower Hill says

    September 17, 2011 at 11:10 am

    It looks absolutely amazing! You have just convinced me that I need to do a bold stencil in my powder room!

    Reply
  4. Pine Tree Home says

    September 17, 2011 at 11:57 am

    Are you kidding? That is an amazing change. I can't even believe it is the same room. Totally cool. You did a lot of work, but it sure paid off!

    Reply
  5. Lisa @ Before Meets After says

    September 17, 2011 at 12:00 pm

    STOP IT RIGHT NOW!!!!!! Ange you are amazing! I had to do a double take b/c I didn't believe it was the same room! You are one amazing lady…now come to my house please 🙂

    Reply
  6. Cathy Wall says

    September 17, 2011 at 1:14 pm

    What fun! Bold, graphic and unexpected! Did your little person enjoy Barney???!!! LOL, a girls' gotta do what a girl's gotta do and believe me, we've all done it! At least it wasn't Sponge Bob!

    Cathy @ Room Rx

    Reply
  7. Andrea@ourbluefrontdoor says

    September 17, 2011 at 1:47 pm

    Omg….you are awesome..it looks so nice and I can't believe you got it all done in a day. If I had just half your motivation I would be tickled pink! Ha, great job now onto the cloffice. Hey you are on a roll now, no stopping. You will have the whole house painted before Halloween at this pace…..just kidding. Enjoy the weekend and relax a little friend 😉

    Reply
  8. At The Picket Fence says

    September 17, 2011 at 2:50 pm

    Oh my goodness! It looks fabulous Ange! Like a completely different room…you rock girl and a little Barney never hurt anyone…;) Hope you got to sleep in.

    Heather

    Reply
  9. Debi says

    September 17, 2011 at 3:40 pm

    I LOVE it!!! It's the perfect blend of wild and elegant!! I followed your link over from Addicted 2 Decorating

    Reply
  10. Lisa - A Room with A View says

    September 17, 2011 at 10:19 pm

    Absolutely amazing – no wonder you needed some wine – that is a lot more stencil pattern than your average stencil. Great job, Ange..you couldn't not have shared this one.

    Reply
  11. jamie @ [kreyv] says

    September 18, 2011 at 12:39 am

    Your bathroom is to die for! Love it! Thanks for visiting my blog!

    Reply
  12. michelle@decorandthedog says

    September 18, 2011 at 7:25 pm

    Ahh, I love it!! I have the exact same plans for our powder room!

    Thanks for stopping by the blog! I've enjoyed reading yours!

    Reply
  13. Karen says

    September 19, 2011 at 7:38 pm

    That looks awesome. I might have to check out my local Hobby Lobby for that stencil!! Love it, great job!

    Reply
  14. SJ @ Homemaker On A Dime says

    September 20, 2011 at 5:57 am

    Absolutely lovely! Really appreciate you linking up this great bath post at the Roomspiration blog party.

    Reply
  15. Coley says

    September 20, 2011 at 8:40 pm

    It's so much fun!! I love how that bright pattern looks against the otherwise white walls. Great transformation!

    Reply
  16. Evie says

    September 21, 2011 at 12:12 am

    Wow, that is really stunning! And I especially liked seeing your oak vanity painted black…I have been waffling about painting our oak vanity black too, and I think you pushed me in the right direction! Thank you! Great job!!

    evie @ brown paper packages

    Reply
  17. Sarah @ Thrifty Decor Chick says

    October 1, 2011 at 9:00 pm

    Wow!!! That is awesome! I'm thinking of doing a stencil in our powder room and this inspires me!!

    Reply
  18. Katie says

    October 3, 2011 at 5:03 pm

    I saw this when you posted it a couple weeks ago and I've been thinking about it ever since. It looks so classy! I'm not sure I would have had the guts to do it but you pulled it off wonderfully!

    Reply
  19. Life In The Thrifty Lane says

    October 6, 2011 at 2:31 pm

    Beautiful transformation! Visiting from Just a Girl blog!

    Reply
  20. Jenny @ Simcoe Street says

    October 7, 2011 at 11:17 am

    Oh my goodness — I adore this!

    Jenny
    http://www.simcoestreet.blogspot.com

    Reply
  21. Jessica @ Sunny Tuesday says

    October 7, 2011 at 6:13 pm

    A. I am laughing so hard at "cloffice".
    B. Your powder room is so fabulous. So, so, so fabulous!

    Reply
  22. Crafty Mischief says

    October 8, 2011 at 10:45 pm

    What a gorgeous makeover!

    Reply
  23. Dusty Coyote says

    October 9, 2011 at 8:17 pm

    I missed seeing this on the link party. OMG, it looks like a million bucks! You are a wizard with the stencil and the B&B is stunning! I've been a white wall kind of gal, but I think a change is in my future. Blog surfing is dangerous stuff! Thanks for visiting me and leaving sweet comments.

    Reply
  24. Erin @ How to Nest for Less says

    March 28, 2012 at 9:29 pm

    Dang girl, I just came across this post. This stencil is FABULOUS!!! Love the B&B too. Great transformation 🙂

    Reply
  25. Ann peterson says

    December 10, 2012 at 10:11 am

    Just found this site.you’re a women of my liking.just get that ladder and go,go,go,go…….for hours. I’ be been doing home decorating in my house for 30plus years. I go until I drop. that job wasn’t that easy. Congradulations. AnnP.

    Reply
  26. Ann says

    January 30, 2015 at 10:31 am

    I love what you did in this bathroom … Looks classy

    Reply
    • ange says

      February 1, 2015 at 12:22 am

      Thanks Ann! 🙂 I painted over it last week so doing something new in here!

      Reply

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