Petite Cottage Bathroom Makeover

Crisp clean white bead board.
Soft gray accents and maybe a pop of pink mixed with 

a little bit of elegant gilding and a lot of cottage charm.

Those are some of my inspirations for the petite cottage bathroom makeover
 that we have been working away on for the past week.
It's a small room and is part of the little cottage on our property.

It was basic with just the essentials  & there was water damage from a leak
 which resulted in damage to the walls and floor in one area.

The before shows the replaced sheetrock area  and work starting on the ceiling -

We pretty much looked at this project as starting from scratch with the damage that had already been repaired.

It was more than ready to get a new look and be made over into a beautiful space!

(Apologies for the dark photo) 

Lowes gave each of their Creative Ideas bloggers $500 to head to Lowes

& find the elements to do a bathroom makeover

I love all of the design and decorating projects that I always find at Lowes while the Mr. shops
 for lumber so I knew I would find the perfect elements to make the bathroom amazing.

It was supposed to be a quick trip in to grab supplies but truth be told...
I wandered and dreamed and drooled for several hours. 

 I even used their free in store wi-fi with my ipad to search a couple products online as well.
All I was missing was a cup of coffee and a little lunch in the garden department. 

:)

On my makeover want list:

New Lighting, different ceiling & wall coverings,  flooring, trim and a new sink and faucet

Everything I found was already priced fantastically and even better- on sale!
 I also found a couple amazing clearance deals
As a big time bargain shopper
 I LOVE that!

  My first stop at Lowes was the lighting department.
I knew exactly what type of sconce I wanted for the space.

Something with a vintage feel and lots of charm AND since I had a lot of things
 I was planning on doing in the bathroom they had to be priced well too.

I found these beautiful sconces and fell in love.
Shabby, french cottage and so sweet and just $49 each-

 yep, they are perfect. 

(I already had the chandelier)

We had great bones with the angled ceiling - but it was just plain old sheetrock originally.
We found thin grooved knotty pine planks from Lowes to finish the ceiling with

These pieces come in packs of single pieces that you groove together and then finish as you like

 I painted them with Valspar right off the shelf white paint watered down a bit.

Love the character they add to the room with their knot holes and rough texture
and they are priced at $8.99 for 14 square feet.
Awesome.

Next was a drop-in bathroom sink.
We found a perfect white rimmed sink on clearance for just a few dollars

I thought about a pedestal sink-and Lowes had some gorgeous ones for sure
 (already thinking about replacing the sinks in my master bathroom with a pair I found)
but I had the perfect shabby old sideboard stored just waiting for a new life as a vanity.

It was A LOT of work to clean it up as it had several issues  but it is so charming for the space. 

I love the chrome and white faucet- another sale priced find at just $37.

 (I'll share the how to on turning this sideboard into a vanity in another post.)

 Being a big time bead board girl -of course that was on my list. 

I wasn't sure if I would go with bead board wallpaper or bead board panels.

I found both of them at Lowes- but when I saw the panels,
I absolutely loved how detailed their wall board was.

It has a different rounded type groove instead of the more flat ones
and it really makes a difference in how it looks on the wall in person.
Being that this is a pretty small room- we didn't need too many sheets-
 they were priced around $18.00 each.

These shelves are made with crown moulding pieces that are actually foam trim boards
I love them because they are fantastic for moist areas like a bathroom and their architectural detail.
They are placed high up on the wall- at 8' to cover the seam where the bead board panels
came together  in this 10' tall room.
Some of this trim was leftover from a previous project so we didn't need much more.

I am a big believer in re-using what you can, finding elements that you already have
 and re-imagining them  and also in mixing old and new.
The old bathroom door is original to our house - just a new coat of paint was all it needed.

The transom type window was a flea market find from a couple years ago~

  perfect other than it has one pane of glass that needs to be replaced

(oops...)

The floor was replaced with a creamy sand colored tile that was a Lowes Special Purchase
and just .78 cents each so the whole new floor was around $45

The work was all done by my husband and I

After we worked on the beadboard & the Mr got the bulk of the heavy lifting done-

I came in and finished up the trim & finish work, built the shelves and wrapped it up.

I am so impressed by the design and room elements I found and used for this makeover at Lowes

and how incredibly far $500 went! Working with some of what I already had and mixing vintage finds in-
 we were able to makeover the bathroom on a budget.

Is it wrong to love a bathroom?

 I hope not...
because I'm kinda loving it.
:)

There are a ton of ideas for projects at the Lowes Creative Ideas website

& on their Facebook page and they also offer a free magazine you can sign up for as well.

You can also find me, and the other Lowes Creative Ideas Bloggers and their fantastic ideas,

on the newly launched Lowes Creative Ideas Blogs page at Lowes.com

I was compensated for this post as a member of the

 Lowes Creative Ideas Network of Creators and Influencers  but the designs and opinions are my own.




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