the most visited room in the house ...

Behind this chalkboard door is the most visited room in our house …

When searching for before shots of this space, I couldn’t find any.  Not a single picture.  Despite the fact that, when we moved in 17 years ago, I photographed the entire house.  Even the basement.  But not this room.  Nope. Clearly I didn’t know then …

… that one day …

… this would become the most visited room in the house.

The 3 1/2’ x 5’ first floor powder room …

Visitation is not calculated in terms of duration spent …

… hopefully, wishfully, thankfully …

… but more in terms of frequency.

You know, multiple visits per visit …

… dependent on the duration of the visit …

… and the number of beverages consumed during said visit.

And no.  I will not venture into the bowels of bad bathroom humor here …

… okay, with the exception of that one joke, I’ll keep my potty mouth in check …

… uh oh, now I’m on a roll.  Tee hee.

Clearly I have an abundance of ‘after’ shots …

… but what to do about the before? Well, I’m forced to create a bit of a re-enactment.

You know, a la CSI.

Using some of the ugly that, unfortunately, still exists in the other bathrooms in our home …

... to serve as my powder room “before” body double, if you will …

That floral wallpaper down there on the left – exposed when we removed the ‘lovely’ Hollywood make-up mirror light fixture on the right – at one time covered the entire space.  Floor to ceiling …

I ripped that stuff down all by my lonesome about 10 years ago.  And let me tell  you, that was one messy job. 

When I freed that last piece of ugly floral, I proceeded to paint it purple.  Just because I could.  And that sink.  I painted it too.  Yup. You read that right.  Painted it with a re-glazing medium …

Now, this most recent makeover involved the nail gun, my husband and my favorite:  board and batten …

… painting above it with leftover BM Yarmouth Blue from the kitchen.

I made a relaxed balloon shade and hung it high to give the illusion that the glass block window is twice as tall …

The vanity was given a coat of leftover BM Bittersweet Chocolate from the kitchen remodel …

… and yes, that is a fuzzy toilet seat cover.  Don’t mock. That’s just the way I roll …

And there you have it.  My teeny tiny (in size, not effort) powder room makeover.  The most visited room in the house …

… well, unless my teen son’s friends are the visitors.  That’s when the kitchen gives the powder room a serious run for the money …

Let’s keep in touch … 

P.S. You can find out how I added moulding to our boring builder grade mirror here ...

P.P.S. And get the lowdown on how I painted the sink here ...

P.P.P.S. And how we added the board and batten by following the tutorial here ...

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