This summer, I have a lot of projects that I want to do. One of the bigger projects, which ended up becoming huge, was the kid's bathroom. I wanted to change it from a "baby" bathroom to a "kid" bathroom. Why I don't have pictures of the bathroom before I changed it, I don't know. The wallpaper in the bathroom was kind of a leopard print, but it was kakhi and very neutral. I really liked it, but the wallpaper was starting to fall off the walls and I did not like that! So, one day I just started pulling on the wallpaper and decided I could definitely take it all down. And then I realized that there was another layer of paper (the stuff that makes it stick to the wall) underneath. I read that I could just get it wet and it would come right off, which it did! Yay! It took a couple of days to get it all down, but it was not hard at all and didn't require any tools, other than the nail I used to poke it and then tear down the strips of paper! Super-easy! I had picked out a fabric that I loved and was going to make the new shower curtain out of, but the fabric was really heavy and I didn't know if I was ready to sew something that thick. Plus, Madelyn's curtains in her room are the same thickness and they are super heavy. So, I opted for this fabric. It gave me a lot of options for color in the room too. Jason and I ended up deciding on blue.
Here is one of the only pictures that I took of the process. This is what the room looked like after I got all of the wallpaper down. Jason and I painted the room ourself and it didn't turn out half bad. The worst part was when we realized that I forgot to grab a paintbrush to touch up the spots that the roller and edger couldn't get! Oops!
I have been trying to enhance my sewing skills this summer. I sewed these shower curtains myself! I was really proud. I learned to make a double weighted hem. I didn't do anything fancy with the top, just a small hem and hung it with the clips.
I had this hanging on the wall above the toilet and this is where I ended up always hanging the kid's towels instead of on the towel rack that was on the wall. I had some cute monogrammed towels on the wall, but I decided that I would rather have something more functional that the kids could use. So, I switched the rack. I hung some buckets on it for the kid's stuff. I plan to put their names on them, but haven't done that just yet.
Here is another view of the room. I really like the way it turned out. It's a lot different than it was before. I think it changes the whole feel of the room.
I needed something to decorate the one wall above the toilet. I got some frames and cut some coordinating fabric and framed it. I really like the way that it turned out too. Easy decorations! Plus, I can change them out if I want to!
Here is one last view of the bathroom.
So, my biggest project of the summer...so far...is complete! More updates to come!
No comments:
Post a Comment