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| Before & After! |
This is the first of many remodels for us! We bought out house in August and though it was completely up to date, we wanted to redo some things for ourselves. We didn't want to spend a large sum of money so we resorted to a TON of DIY. Our total cost on this bathroom was $101.00 (which is probably my favorite thing about the whole experience!) Here's what we did:
* Paint Walls
* Paint Cabinets
* Paint Silver Hardware
*Paint Light Fixtures
*Barnwood Mirror
*Shelving Above Toilet
*Barnwood Table
*Rustic Towel Rack
*DIY Wall Décor
*New Rug
*Hung Doors to Hide Laundry Area
Sounds like a lot of stuff, but really we did it in a weekend. I got majority of the ideas off of Pinterest and am thoroughly pleased!
*Walls: Valspar "Office Blue"
*Cabinets: Olympic "Phantom Mist"
*Hardware: Rustoleum Oil Rubbed Bronze
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The painting process really doesn't need to be explained, but I figured I'd share some of the projects I contributed to save some money. Fortunately, my father in law is a carpenter and he was more than gracious enough to provide the shelving, mirror, table, towel rack, antler hardware and toilet paper holder (last two not pictured). My first project was the European mount I restored. My in laws had this 5 point hung on their building for at least the last 5 years. I decided to try and fix it up and restore it, and I was really pleased with the results. First I had to reboil the skull (it was never skinned, so imagine beef jerky super glued to a skull) to soften up the tissue. After that it scraped, sanded, sprayed and scrubbed all the meat and grime off of it. I tried a couple coats of peroxide but the coloration was so distorted from years of the elements that I resorted to painting it. By this point, the antlers were bleached white as snow from the sun (once I scrubbed the green off). I had seen where people had stained antler so I figured id try it. Unfortunately I didn't have the Golden Oak shade I was looking for, but had a whole gallon of dark walnut I figured I'd try it. They turned out a bit darker than I'd like but all in all I think it looks much better!
Next up is the silhouette art I'd seen on Pinterest. With my father in law doing a ton of woodwork I knew he could stitch up some boards for me. He got some wormy maple and screwed them together and I took it home and stained it the same Dark Walnut I did the deer antlers with. Once that dried (really dried, like two days in the sun dry) I sketched out my silhouette and began painting. The whole process took a couple of hours, but I love it so much that I've started selling them. The first picture is from Pinterest, the other one is my version.
Here are the links to the tutorials I found on Pinterest for the other updates, as well as more before and after pictures. I hope you like it, and we cant wait to share our next room with you (once we finish!).
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