Now that's a paint job!

If you had told me beforehand the amount of work that went into this, I never would have guessed! Four coats of paint plus the door, trim, and baseboards = 2 weeks that this project lasted! Of course, I wasn't working on it the whole time, and my dad graciously finished up with the door and trim for me. But it was a job! There's so much detail work in a bathroom, and especially the dreaded ceiling cutting in. My LEAST favorite part! And it still isn't entirely to my satisfaction, but it is what it is. I shall curb perfectionism for the sake of sanity!

Some "before pictures"...just to show why I wanted to paint it!

There's nothing really wrong with neutral wall color, but...well, I decided to go for something not so...so....

.....boring!

Just remember, this is my bathroom stripped of any wall decor and so it looks pretty bare. But still...it was time for a change!

Now, would you like to see the new and (hopefully improved) bathroom?

Voila!

Ooops, let me clean up and do that again! Even though this is real life in our household, I just have to clean it up before I go on.
(this is the girls' bathroom, by the way, need I mention that?)





Now, let's see...where was I? Oh yes, well, let's start at the door!



It's kind of bad lighting, but it's actually a hard room to photograph, due to glariness from the deep red color!



The opposite wall...


My husband said..."well, at least it's not boring!" That was a deeper statement than he thought. I was really hesitant to do a color this bold, but I figured, it's better to be daring and different than be dull and boring, even if it doesn't turn out exactly the way you want it to be. Isn't that true of life in general? It's more comfortable and safe to be beige color. But I am enjoying this bathroom now that it's bold and inspiring and vivid! It makes me want to sit in there...too bad there's no room for a couch! (ha!) It really gives me small and maybe even unnecessary sense of pleasure, but still pleasure nonetheless, whenever I go in there.



I have loved the nautical theme for years, so along the way I pick up things every now and then with the nautical theme. This was on clearance at Michael's (in the US) for $7! It makes a good light for evenings.


A useless and impractical but cool presentation of various nautical knots


A seashell starfish from Cannon Beach, Oregon


There's more, but do you care? LOL!


Dare to be bold!