1954 Bathroom Makeover Using Paint

Happy Easter!  I hope you are all doing well!

I finally have my bathroom the way I want it, I think! Lol!  There's actually still more to do.

Since before I moved in I knew I was going to change the very dark paint in my master bathroom.

Do you adore my original 1954 tiles like me or is it a NOPE for you?

This picture is the end result of all my efforts to make my bathroom brighter and happier.  It's been a journey for sure.  I tried peel and stick wallpaper that would not adhere to the walls.  Why you ask?  I believe its because the wall texture is too rough and porous to for the paper to get a good grip.

Look how pretty this wallpaper is!  I really loved it!  Find it right here.

I had originally only ordered one roll. I loved it so much that I ordered two more rolls to finish the job!  I was so sad when I came home from work the next day to find it peeling off the wall!

At first I thought maybe I had over handled this piece of paper and it ruined the sticky.  Nope!  The next day it was another piece and another piece and well, you get the picture.  I was so sad that I sent the rest of the paper back.

NOTE: The wallpaper is very nice quality and I do not believe it was any fault of the paper at all.

Back to the awful dark, light absorbing paint on the walls for another month.  Finally I went out to the garage and went through the paint stash that the previous owners left behind.  I found white paint!  Only bad thing was, it was not a primer and paint in one, which is what I really like using because its normally two coats and done!

It took me the better part of a day to get 68 thousand coats (3 coats) of paint with LOTS of touch ups to get it looking like I have it today!  I LOVE IT!  It's so bright in there now.

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No really, I love it!  To finish off the fresh paint, I ran a bead of caulk along where the tile meets the paint.  Perfection!

I used my one leftover panel from my bedroom curtains to make a matching curtain for the bathroom window. See the details about my bedroom right here.

Zoomed in on the window ledge to my vintage kitties and mouse from my childhood.  That's all!  Or is it?  I'm contemplating painting the ceiling a very pale pink too!  Whatcha think about that?

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