Josh and I hadn’t been able to do too much with the bathroom since we moved in. We had big plans, and the bathroom is the smallest room in the house, so why not refinish it a bit? We decided we were going to paint, so we went out and picked paint colors and came home with 2 gallons of paint and a primer.
Before painting, we had to remove everything from the bathroom. We decided to paint behind the toilet, so that came apart. Then, we found mold. So, we mixed up several buckets of hot water and Ajax and we scrubbed all of the walls and the baseboards. Once that was done, we taped off the baseboards, the tile, and the ceiling.
We painted all of the walls, starting behind the toilet, so we could put on a second coat and assemble the toilet that night, since it’s our only bathroom. We picked the color “Courtly Purple” by Behr. The color went on pinker, but it dried to this beautiful light purple. I also primered the cabinet with 2 layers of 1-2-3 Zinsser primer. This primer is mold resistant, which is very important so close to our shower.
Finally, I painted the cabinet, inside and out, “Anonymous” by Behr. It’s a fully gray that seems dark, but it adds a boldness to the room, and ties together the tiling since where is some gray in them. Once I finished painting them with 2 layers, I attached the doors and replaced the handles. I also reorganized our bathroom. I was able to finally utilize the space under the sink well, and I was able to clean up the clutter that was accumulating on our wooden shelf.
We have a few more plans for our bathroom. We plan to install a wall mounted shower curtain rod, buy a new shower curtain, get a new mirror that can be mounted easily to the wall, adding wall outlets (since there are none), and installing a vent fan.
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