Happy Monday bloggers!
I wanted to share with you all one of our easier projects around the new house.
Our basement powder room needed an update in a major way. The wall color wasn't my favorite, I wasn't diggin' the chair rail, and those mirrors - yuck.
The space is a nice size. Not too small, and definitely didn't need those mirrors to make it feel "bigger."
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| BEFORE |
A while ago, I had the idea of adding horizontal boards to mimic this building technique. I have always loved any sort of wood paneling...vertical, horizontal, walls, ceiling whatever. And this Pin below really hit the nail on the head.
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| INSPIRATION |
And here is the idea come to life! Our amazing carpenter did a great job! He took simple ply-wood sheets and cut them into 6" strips. Once nailed to the wall, I loved the look of keeping them unfinished. But, with the darker hardwood flooring, I decided to go ahead and paint them.
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| DURING |
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| DURING |
My hubs and I both LOVE how this turned out. What a simple, inexpensive upgrade!
I used Coastal Fog by Benjamin Moore.
It feels much warmer now, and adding the wood didn't make it feel cramped at all. I love the rustic chic look too since we do live on the lake after all.
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| AFTER |
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| We finally got around to hanging our mirror! |
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| And I added these beauts too! |
On another home-improvement note, my little hutch in the kitchen got a touch-up. Over the course of the move and the flooring issues, it had some nicks and scrapes. And I was feeling like the color was a little too similar to the wall color. At our other house, I mixed my own paint color in our basement. It was fun when I had it in our entryway against cappuccino walls. But at this house, the color didn't quite fit.
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| Before the paint job. |
And after. Now, it has a little more contrast, and feels new again!
The color is Zinc by Martha Stewart.
Have you all painted any furniture lately?
I love your new bathroom and the hutch! I really want to paint a dresser that was once painted and has since been stripped to its natural wood and stained. My husband is a little less sure of my DIY endeavor! What kind of paint did you use on the hutch? Was it simply a flat indoor paint? I'll be using your hutch to help convince him that painting this dresser is the way to go! Thanks!!
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