before & after - master bathroom

I'm a sucker for before and after photos. Love them. Some of my favorite blogs feature how people take a completely hideous piece of furniture and transform it into something truly divine. I also love seeing houses transformed - we are living in our third house, and all three have needed a little TLC. I enjoy the process, so as I SLOWLY make changes in our humble abode, I figured I'd have some fun and post our progress.

Here's our master bathroom before:

this is the original vanity from the 1950s - we could stand on either side of it and look at each other directly while we brushed our teeth. A little creepy. And the vanity took up too much space in an otherwise small bathroom. It had to go.

So here's the master bathroom sans vanity:

We put in a demure (less than 24 inches across) pedestal sink. But then we decided what this bathroom really needed was some paint.

Voila! the after pic:


It is a lovely shade of chocolate brown now - very rich and dramatic. Generally speaking I am afraid of dramatic and/or colorful in my home - I stick to neutrals and simple lines/pieces. So for me to choose a paint color like this was a big step out of my comfort zone. And while it's really really dark at night without any sunlight coming in, I dig it.

PS this is the cleanest our bathroom has been in a while - now that the paint is done it's on to shelving/organization. Good thing you can't see the rest of the bathroom in this photo...