Technically, there was nothing wrong with our Powder room when we bought the house.

Yes, the toilet sat incredibly low and you practically bumped into the Vanity as you walked in the room. The chunky 1980’s white ceramic toilet paper and towel holders worked just fine and the worst light fixture on the planet, well that worked too. But, since we were replacing the wood floors throughout the house {which included the powder room} we decided to go ahead and have the room remodeled more to our liking while the workers were already there. And truthfully, it was a relatively easy and inexpensive project to tackle.

We started by ripping up the floors and then removing the low toilet. Since we felt the new vanity the previous owners installed was just to wide for the space, we went ahead and had the plummer move the pipes over about 2 feet towards the toilet area. This gave the room a more open feel to it. As luck would have it, Mario, the tile guy was looking for a new vanity and a toilet {his wife is not as tall as we are} so we did a little bartering with him. The vanity, and two toilets {we also gave him The Girl’s old toilet} in exchange for him laying the tile in her bathroom for us {we bought the tile}. It was a great deal for us {and him to I think}.

I repainted over the elephant grey walls with a neutral tan color and had Chino throw up some crown molding and white trim on the floor.

It’s amazing what a higher toilet, pedestal sink, and darker floors can do for a room, don’t you think?

The biggest challenge for me was getting all the trim painted and trying to find a picture to hang on the wall. I didn’t want to have to buy anything else so I ended up using an old picture of the Eiffel Tower we had in our bathroom at our old house. The wood frame was a little to light for my liking so I put 3 coats of stain {leftover from the fireplace mantel} on it and hoped it would look okay.

Plain and simple. Just the way I like it.

Not a huge change, but I think it updated the room quite a bit. Now all that’s left to do is find a mirror for over the sink and we’re done!

What do you think?

~Mavis