Bathroom Facelift - You look 20 Years Younger!

A couple of posts ago, I mentioned that we decided to give our guest bathroom a cosmetic face lift. We (and by we, I mean Mike) started by tearing out all of the old fixtures from the bathroom, including the lighting, the fan, all of the hardware, the medicine cabinet, the glass shower doors, and the vanity. The project ended up being a lot more work than anticipated, but Mike still managed to get it done in about a week.

We decided to keep the original pedestal sink, mainly for budget reasons. A new vanity may be installed sometime in the future, but for now we are so happy with the upgrades. Coordinating towels and wall art are the final touches left at this point. Hopefully we will have that done in the next few weeks.

In the meantime, here are a few before, during, and after pictures of the bathroom.

Before - This was when we first looked at the house & it was still "staged"

Painting is complete, all fixtures removed, except for the shower & tub hardware.

The toilet tank removed, medicine cabinet gone, and vanity pulled out and in storage (a.k.a., the guest room!)

All fixtures and hardware installed, along with our new shower curtain! The light above the shower is also a fan - and it is so quiet!

The finished product, including new fixtures in the shower and a curved shower curtain rod, to give our guests a little extra space!

The few things that I really love about our "new" bathroom are the double towel bar, the oval medicine cabinet (see below), and the tub sans the gold-trimmed glass shower doors. What with a baby on the way, I just couldn't see navigating bath time with a big glass door blocking access to the tub!

The medicine cabinet - the inner oval that you see is from the flash! Interior of the cabinet has a ton of great space - for all your toiletry needs!