Bathrooms on the Brain

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????