We have a half bath next to the laundry room right as you come through the door by the garage. At first, it seemed like an odd place for a bathroom to me. My experience had seen half baths near the main entry and were used mostly by guests. However, someone pointed out that this was probably meant to be the place you use when you come in from working outside where you didn't have to worry about getting the rest of the house dirty.
Well, I guess that made sense, but guests still used that bathroom sometimes. And it was definitely worse for the wear. It had all of the original 30 year old fixtures with rusting plumbing, walls that had permanent stains, and finishes flaking off the vanity and moldings. No amount of scrubbing made it look better. I was embarrassed when guests used it because it looked like we never cleaned in there.
This month we finally did something about it. We were gifted some paint that was leftover from a friend and decided that this bathroom was a good place to use it. At some point, the previous owners had done a poor job of trying to restain the moldings and paint the walls which resulted in a lot of prep time for us. We also decided the room was too small for the extra shelf and towel bar and removed them.
The results. A very simple, unremarkable bathroom, which was just what we were going for. Our goal was to get the bathroom to a place where no one would notice it, where as before, it was noticed for how grubby it looked. And all it took was a good coat of paint (and a lot of sanding).
A coat of paint can do wonders for a room, can't it? I think your half-bath looks great!
ReplyDeleteThis was a no brainer. We got paint for both the ceiling and walls from our friend who had painted his mother's house for resell (thus the white color). While the floor still doesn't look great, I feel a whole lot better about the room.
DeleteYou did it! Those little rooms are super hard to paint. Feels like you are bumping into everything (we have a half bath that, believe it or not, is smaller than yours). Enjoy the results of your labor. It looks great.
ReplyDeleteWard is a neater painter than I am, so I did most of the prep and he did most of the painting. There were definitely tight spots for both of us.
DeleteNow if we could just have people over so they could use our unremarkable bathroom. :)
You did a great job repainting that half-bathroom. It looks clean and uncluttered. Now you are ready for when guests will be able to visit, again. :)
ReplyDeleteIt's definitely uncluttered and hopefully it will stay that way. But we will see. Clutter always seems to find a way.
DeleteThe bathroom looks great!
ReplyDeleteThanks. If you could have only seen it before, you would know how great it really looks.
DeleteNice little bathroom. Good job!
ReplyDeleteNothing fancy, but it serves its purpose.
DeleteI had to google what a half bathroom is. I NEVER KNEW THAT.
ReplyDeleteSome people still call a half bath a powder room, but that didn't seem to apply in this case.
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