Guest Room Linen Closet - One Room Challenge Week 5

As I mentioned last week, the biggest remaining to-do in the guest bathroom is the linen closet. This closet originally had a door when we moved in, but we ended up removing all of the closet doors throughout the house. They were metal, barely opened, and were just gross. In this bathroom, I decided that I didn’t want to add a closet door back, and I’d just roll with an open linen closet. That means it actually needs to look nice in addition to being super functional. You might have caught a peek of this currently icky closet on my instagram stories…

To be honest we don’t need anywhere near this much storage in this bathroom - don’t punch me for saying that! There is plenty of space in the vanity to store most bathroom things, and the two guest room closets can store things like linens.

For now the plan in here is to paint the inside of the closet and the shelves white, and then paint the built-in hamper the same green as the walls. (Yes, there is a built-in hamper - jealous?) I’ll add baskets and some other containers to corral all of the items that will live in here.

One of the only exciting things on the bathroom front over the past week was my print for above the toilet arriving! I agonized over what to put here, and finally decided on this cool map of Florence print that I found on etsy. Ryan and I have been to (and loved) Florence, AND the map had the color scheme I was looking for - win, win! ;)

I’m hoping to have this room fully finished and styled by Tuesday so that I can spend Wednesday trying to take passable photographs of it, and getting the reveal post up. Time to put that nose to the grindstone and get this guest bathroom renovation finished. Make sure you check out everyone else’s One Room Challenge transformations as they wrap things up and head toward the finish line!

Guest Bathroom Paint and Progress - One Room Challenge Week 3

Thanks for coming back for Week 3 of the One Room Challenge! We actually got a lotttt finished this past week, but for the sake of stretching my posts out over 6 weeks, I’m going to focus on the paint and a few other details, and save the vanity for next week!

We started painting this room a couple weeks ago, but then had to mud some additional things, so it actually got finished being painted this week. The paint is Valspar that’s color-matched to Farrow and Ball’s Pigeon (because let’s be honest, we’re already so over budget on this house and I’m not spending $100+ for a gallon of paint right now!) We already had the paint on hand because we’ll be using it on part of our fireplace wall (that’s another project for another day) and I’m just obsessed with it lately. Our kitchen cabinets are actually pretty much this color as well, so I guess you could say I’m feelin’ it for this house!

I also got a window shade for this room, even though the window already has privacy glass. It was more to add texture and make the window look more finished, and Ryan only threw out a few dozen expletives while hanging it up. ;)

In other fun news, we now have another functioning toilet in the house! Woop woop. You can see it making it’s first public appearance in the photo below. We also hung up a hook for towels near the shower, hung the mirror, and added hanging planters above the vanity. I’ll talk all about the vanity in next week’s post - it’s one ball of plumbing putty away from being completely done and useable!

My vision for this space is getting more and more solidified each week, and I already love how it’s coming together! What do you think of these hanging planters? Would you ever try them in your bathroom? I love the color of the terra-cotta pots against that green - mmmmmm!

Don’t forget to check up on everyone else’s One Room Challenge progress! I can’t believe we’re already half way through, and will be seeing everyone’s finished spaces in a few short weeks.

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Guest Bathroom Design Plans - One Room Challenge Week 1

It’s finally October, and while in Orlando that still means 90 degree temps (and plenty of pumpkin candles to trick myself into thinking it’s fall), it also means the start of the One Room Challenge! I’ve been wanting to participate in the One Room Challenge for literally years, but the timing has always been off. Last October I was about to get married, this past spring I was homeless and in the middle of a move…so Fall 2018 it is!

Not sure what the hell I’m talking about? Here’s some info from the One Room Challenge website:

The One Room Challenge™, currently in its fourteenth season, is a widely anticipated biannual event every April and October. Each round, twenty design influencers are selected to take the challenge and transform a space. Every Wednesday, the designers document their process while sharing their sources and professional advice over the six weekly posts. 

In addition to following along, everyone with a blog, is welcome to join the fun as a Guest Participant by linking their own room transformations up during the six weeks. Each Thursday, the internet and social media are flooded with interior design inspiration, ideas, and encouragement.

We have a lot of work to do in our new house, but the one room that’s currently top priority to get finished is our guest bathroom. A little backstory on our house - it was built in 1976, and nothing had been touched since then. It was full of shag carpet (even in the bathrooms, minus this one), low ceilings covered in glitter popcorn, and overall just felt dark and dingy. We closed on it in July of this year, and just moved in during the second week of September. We’re still living in more or less a construction zone, and don’t have a kitchen, but it’s coming along!

The Before

Believe it or not, this guest bathroom might have been the least offensive room in the house to begin with. This was how it looked on the day we first saw it..

I’m now kicking myself for not taking even more before pictures, but you get the gist. We had some fabulous metallic wallpaper, lots of heavy drapes/shower curtains, old metal closet doors, and a vanity covered in dark wood veneer. I considered keeping the floor tile in here for a hot second, but figured while we were already demoing 90% of the house I should just make the floor exactly what I wanted.

The Plan

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Here’s the design plan for the guest bathroom so far. I’m going for a classic/mid century vibe while still keeping things feeling modern with stacked subway tile and sleek fixtures. The items on the design board have already been purchased, and are pretty definite. The art, lighting and accessories are still up in the air - I’ll figure those out a little further down the line.

I’m excited to get this room finished up over the next six weeks, and to see everyone else’s rooms come together too! Want to get in on the makeover action? You can join the One Room Challenge as a guest participant. Or if you just want to get some design inspiration, make sure you go check out all the other room transformations going on.