We desperately need a redo in our main floor bathroom. I started peeling the wallpaper off the walls several years ago and, due to extreme lack of decisiveness, there it sits. I'm sort of glad I let it sit there so long though, because I finally know what I want to do in there. It will need to be on a budget though, and by budget, I mean as cheap as possible.
When I saw this, I knew I had a jumping-off point. Swooning.........
But it will need to be a slightly smaller version that we'll do ourselves. The chrome legs can be purchased separately, and then we'll have to have a piece of marble cut for the top. This one is from Restoration Hardware (that means $$$) and is too big for our space anyway.
I hope to do a classic, all white bathroom, like one that you would see in an old house. Our house isn't new, but it isn't old enough to be considered an old house, and I love old houses.
I've been collecting some images for inspiration, here are a few:
above three images all from the Waterworks showroom
Elle Decor
Elle Decor
A more budget-friendly version of the dream sink, still cute though.
Another option. I think this one's from Pottery Barn.
small bathroom...just like ours.
...and gray. I love how they used smaller tiles on top here.
A little bit of trivia: the above photo is Miranda's bathroom from the set of Sex & the City.
Ours is the main floor bathroom that we use and that people see and use when they come over (or the Powder Room if you're Southern!) But it's a full bath since we have a bedroom on the main floor...so we have the tub/shower to redo also.
I'd like to do the 1-inch hex tiles on the floor with gray grout. Either porcelain:
or marble:
And plain white subway tile on the walls. These ones are from Lowes, 22 cents each:
I love the tiles in a herringbone pattern too, like this:
I picture it with an oval mirror above the sink, something like this:
This one's a medicine cabinet, even better! Why don't houses have medicine cabinets anymore???
And a bridge faucet, like this one:
With sconces on either side of the mirror, I like these ones from Bellacor ($70 each):
and a glass or marble shelf above the sink, something like this:
Some other accessories on my list:
basket from shoestring home ($40):
chrome soap holder for tub from signature hardware ($42):
Ahhhhhhhhhh....a girl can dream, right????
Monday, March 15, 2010
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