Our first major renovation in our house is going to be the master bath. It's one of two bathrooms and the only full bath in the house. So far we've only slapped some paint on the walls and added a few small pieces of decor. We actually planned to do this bathroom right away last Fall but having a newborn changed that plan pretty quickly!
I wanted to do the whole bathroom in one shot, collecting everything we needed beforehand. Since we are doing the renovation ourselves and we have no other shower/tub, I think it will be better if we go piece-by-piece as we have time. We are replacing the floor but haven't decided which route we want to go yet. I'm most excited about ripping out the wall paneling to replace it with shiplap! We originally painted the walls a cool gray but because the original paint color was blue, they ended up looking very blue-gray. We plan to use the same gray paint we used in most of the house to warm it up a bit. I'm also going to paint the trim white.
We are keeping the vanity. I plan to update it by painting the base and doors white, then replacing all the knobs and handles with something more up-to-date. My husband is going to replace the sink countertop area with a new wooden countertop. We've found a few above counter sinks that we like but are still debating if that's a good choice with small kids who may overflow the sink easily. The medicine cabinet mirror is coming down as it's too large for the space and dates the room. I want to find a large mirror that's a similar size to replace it. We will have to find some sort of light fixtures to hang above the mirror since our current lighting is attached to the medicine cabinet. We plan to put some kind of shelving above the toilet to give us back some of the storage we will be losing under the mirror.
The bathtub-shower area is actually pretty nice so we aren't doing much in there. I would like to swap the faucet and shower pipe area to match the sink faucet but I'm unsure if that's something we can do ourselves. Behind the door is a towlel hook and long set of linen closets. The area is quite confined so I may remove the doors from the closets to see if that opens up the space some. I also plan to remove the current shower hook in place of a few more, some at a lower height for the kids. We also have an issue with dirty laundry piling up behind the door so I'm scouring stores for an appropriately shaped laundry basket to hide away back there.
I can't wait start this project and find all the new decor! Would you rather I share about my decor shopping trips, my inspiration, or the actual renovations themselves?
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