guest bath redo

the guest bathroom will be a complete redo.  we gutted the entire bathroom down to the studs.  we also had to repair the flooring under/around the bathtub.  in my kitchen redo, i showed you where the floor completely rotted away.  that was due to the bathtub leaking in the guest bath.  when they removed the tile flooring and the old baby blue tub, you could see the rotted floor underneath.  gross!

as you can see in the before pictures, the bathroom was a baby blue north carolina fan's dream bathroom.  baby blue bathtub, baby blue tiles from floor to about mid wall all the way around the bathroom, baby blue marbled sink.  too much baby blue for my liking.  we removed the walls since it wasn't salvageable after removing the tile.  the tile floor came up, tub was removed, toilet removed and the sink/vanity taken out.  the only thing in the bathroom that was pretty much left alone was the small closet next to the shower that has shelving for towels and other bathroom items.  i removed the bottom shelf in this closet to store my clothes hamper.

BEFORE

BEFORE

GUTTED

i wanted the guest bathroom to go with the guest room decor.  kinda.  at least have the same color scheme.  majority of my house is light grey, dark grey, black and white.  i decided i wanted to keep blue in this bathroom.  but go the opposite and use navy.  i decided to paint one accent wall navy and do the rest light grey.  i kind of wanted a nautical theme but not so in your face, my momma's kind of nautical.

AFTER

AFTER

as you can see in the after pictures, we did new tile flooring which is the same flooring in the master bath redo.  replaced the tub with a white tub and tiled the walls around the tub with white tiles.  replaced the old toilet and replaced the sink/vanity with white on white.  replaced the medicine cabinet with a new mirror i got at target.  got new lights above the mirror and a new light that is close to the shower.  i got my shower curtain from target.  i purchased two spice racks from ikea that i painted navy and hung above the toilet.  they currently hold extra hand soap and a beachy quote i got at kohl's.

SPICE RACKS ABOVE TOILET

SHOWER TILES

in the corner when you first walk in to the bathroom, was a lot of space i wasn't for sure what to do with at first.  i knew i wanted some kind of cabinet.  in my head, the space was always a lot bigger than it actually is.  i purchased this small cabinet at target.  the navy color was a close match to the navy wall and helped bring the navy color to the other side of the room.  inside the cabinet, i stored extra toilet paper and some guest towels.  on top, i placed the hand carved crab we purchased at the straw market in the bahamas.  behind the crab, i placed a picture i purchased at hobby lobby depicting an octopus.  in the small glass canister, i keep puppy treats for the little pup.  (originally i was training her to use pee pads in the bathroom.  now that she's older, we have got her to use the bathroom outside and she now refuses to use the puppy pads inside.  yay!) on the wall next to the cabinet, i hung two sea shell hooks.  for now, they mostly hold wet bathing suits.  but i envisioned my guest's hanging their towels or robes there.

SMALL CABINET & SEA SHELL HOOKS

SMALL CABINET

 a towel rod is hung underneath the window.  a toilet paper holder is on the same wall next to the toilet and there's a small hand towel hook between the door and the mirror by the sink.  the sink ended up being a lot more shallow than i had expected.  inside i have stored some of my bathroom stuff and extra soaps and shampoos.  i mostly use this bathroom since it is directly across the hall from my closet.  it's so convenient to shower here and walk across the hall to get ready than to walk down the hallway, through the living room and in to the master bedroom.

the small closet in the bathroom has come in handy to store extra towels and wash cloths.  i hide bathroom cleaning supplies on a shelf and hid the clothes hamper in here as well.  i have also used this closet to store some of the puppy stuff she doesn't need every day and extra soaps and shampoos.  (you can never have enough!  especially when you have hair like rapunzel!)

before and after next to each other:

BEFORE

AFTER