Mini Powder Room Update!

This is our powder room on the first floor...nothing special or too large..but it serves its purpose well.

I still love the dark grayish-green paint that's been there for 7 years.  However I AM considering putting beadboard on the lower halves of the walls this Spring (hmmmm). To make it more cottage-y looking me thinks and a window treatment.  So I just did a tiny update to the bathroom wall to step it up a bit for right now.  An easy and quick project!

I had an extra shelf in the garage from Alexa's bedroom project at our LAST house LOL..yup I kept it knowing I'd eventually use it.  That day has come!  Its just a simple unfinished shelf I got years ago for about $6.

And this is the mess I had a few weeks ago on my kitchen table.  It was FREEZING outside and in the garage so the projects got moved inside for the day...well at least some of them. I had multiples going on all at once LOL.  It was messy for a bit but that's ok as I got a lot gone!

And this is the final product all done & hung and styled with some of my favorite objects.  I painted it with Annie Sloan Chalk Paint (Old White)...two coats...easy peasy!  Then I sanded it a bit to distress it and added some dark watered down paint (choc brown) to rub over the sanded areas.  I wanted to match the distressed look on the architectural pieces that are hung on the wall...the darker distressing is almost black.

Two of my fave lil' birdies that I've had forever...they travel from house to house with me!

One of my fave old copies of "The Bobbsey Twins"...part of a larger collection of old books I have collected.  My mom read "The Bobbsey Twins" to me when I was little so I have the whole collection along with all the old Nancy Drew books too..vintage style!  And that's a "Riesling" wine candle that I got in Charleston, SC...I've got two...one I burn and one I save. I love that they are poured into cut-off wine bottles...adds to the lovely charm of the candle.

So here's the BEFORE!

And here's the AFTER!

Small update but it makes me smile to see some of my fave objects in there on that shelf!

This is the whole powder room, its actually a good sized room but I think it needs some more

cottage style via beadboard right?  Or maybe some fab wallpaper..hmmm thinking on that one.  That's me encouraging the hubster :)

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