Guest Bathroom Wall Color and Revised Mood Board

Seth and I are plugging away at the guest bathroom in our free time.  So far, we have removed the wallpaper, patched and painted the walls, installed a new toilet, installed a new sink, halfway installed a new faucet (Seth ran into some problems and is working on it), hung a new overhead light, and swapped out our vent cover.  I've also purchased new towels, a vanity light, some artwork, fabric to make a shower curtain, and a new extra long shower curtain liner.

Here is a peek at the wall color we chose.

It's Benjamin Moore's Mascarpone (a Candice Olsen pick - you can't go wrong, right?).  You may remember that I originally intended to go with a pale aqua.  I purchased a sample pot and painted a large square on the wall and it was awful.  It was very washed out and did not look good with the tan tile.  After agonizing and over thinking other color options, Seth and I decided a nice cream would work great.  It brightens up the space but not in a cold, sterile way.  And it pairs well with the tan tile.  I think a nice, neutral backdrop will be perfect for our patterned shower curtain and the pops of teal we'll be injecting throughout the space.  

The bathroom is actually shaping up to look more like this now:

As usual, I wish it was done yesterday.  I'm still learning patience, my friends.

Guest Bathroom Inspiration

One of two spaces that we haven't really touched in the house is our guest bathroom.

We inherited some amazing peach colored floral wallpaper, a peachy-pink toilet (and sink and bathtub), and TONS of tan tile.  Also, those painted vanity knobs.  They are dangerous.  The middle one has snagged my jeans on multiple occasions.  (Why haven't I removed them yet?)

After almost a year and a half of enjoying our retro bathroom, I have put together a couple of mood boards to kick off the makeover.  Notice that I used the word "makeover" and not "renovation". That's because a reno is out of reach for us right now.  If we weren't dealing with half-tiled walls, it would be a lot easier.  I fear that behind that tile is an inch of mortar embedded in wire mesh (kind of like what John and Sherry uncovered in their first house).  This makeover will be a bandaid until we can afford a full reno.

I'm thinking something like this...

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or like this...

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The background for these mood boards is Benjamin Moore's Emerald Vapor, which I am considering for the wall color.  The teal chevron fabric and the teal ikat fabric (both #5s) are what I'm considering for the shower curtain.  For the artwork I'm torn between two Michelle Armas prints (#3 in both mood boards).  I will wait to decide on the vanity color and knobs (#s 8-10 in both boards) until after I finalize the shower curtain fabric and which print I will use.  I am pretty set on the mirror - just waiting to find a discount code before I order it.

Three additional projects that I'd like to tackle are refinishing the peachy-pink bathtub, replacing or refinishing the peachy-pink sink (and replacing the faucet), and adding shelves to the middle of the vanity for extra storage (like John and Sherry just did in their master bathroom).  I'm pretty sure that our tub is cast iron (i.e. not fiberglass) so I'd like to salvage it if possible.  Does anyone have experience with tub reglazing? Does it hold up?

I'm setting the goal of finishing this project by the end of February.  I think that's reasonable.  I'll keep you posted!