Kids Bathroom Remodeled at Less than $50 USD

Hey there,

When I went to work this morning on the kids bathroom and taking off the green masking tape for my stripe design I posted yesterday I was hating the color combo. It clashed way too much even though the colors, individually, are great. I guess it looked better on Pinterest or in my mind but Rich Navy and  Yellow did not work for me. I decided to use Charcoal Gray that I had in my leftover paints collection (yes, I do keep all of those!) and paint over the Navy.

After letting it dry for an hour, I applied another layer of paint and used a small painting brush to re-adjust the lines and my oopsies' marks and to fill in the corners with the gray paint. Using a large paint brush on the wall corners always messes me up and I get paint on the ceiling. You know that always ruins the job. Fortunately, I've learned to use a small brush for those corners and get a clean finish.

I must admit, I thought I was going to make my own shower curtain but Target just happened to have a clearance on 6 or 7 different shower curtains as low as $4 and high as $9. Shower curtains at Target usually range from $19.99 to $24.99 which is an okay price but I couldn't resist the $5.98 shower curtain that had a Black * White print - and no, it's not Zebra.

Ross is next door to my Target, which is quite nice for my shopping convenience. I bought a metal Wall Holder for $16.99 which was large enough to fit towels since my kids bathrooms has no wall space available for rods. Arizona houses are weird like that - they forget to make a bathroom convenient. I attempted to put up my towel holder with Molly bolts and that was a complete fail. The molly's broke while I was screwing it in and became permanently stuck in the wall so I just hammered it in all the way and redid it without Molly's. The job seemed to be easier to do without them even though every construction guy I know has said always use molly's - yeah? then why do they break so easily! Stupid plastic.

I also love love love the Salon and Body section that Ross has. This may sound absolutely dorky but I got Bath Bubble Soap and Handsoap in yellow, so it matched the colors of the bathroom. I know, I know but if it was purple, it would ruin "the look", ya know? Anyhow, those were $2.99 and $3.99.

To calculate my total cost in repainting and redecorating the kids bathrooms (although I still need bath rug, sink rug and I think I want a blue shower matte in the tub since it seems kinda dirty)...

• Walmart - Yellow Oops Paint: $10.97 (+ AZ 9.1% Tax) = $11.97
• Target - Shower Curtain: $5.98 (+ 9.1% Tax) = $6.52
• Ross - Wall Hanger + Le Jardin Handsoap and Ardsley Honey Bubble Soap = $23.97 (+ 9.1% Tax) = $26.15

The total of the bathroom comes out to $42.46 

A Bath Mat at Target is $14.99, well the one I'm looking at in Blue is which is pushing my budget. I'm not sure if Ross has them but I think I've seen them there before. I want it long enough that it takes up the entire tub though so will need to measure! 

The bath rug and sink rug I can't decide what color I want - yellow, white or black. I have a few days to decide but today is not the day. 

Here's a picture of what my kids bathroom now looks like. 

I can't redo the cabinets since I'm a renter but I was given permission to change the wall colors and when my landlady visited me last, she loved the colors I chose for the house - so I think I'm in the clear. Plus, paint is one of the easiest things to change in a house. I'd love to put one of those cool circular mirrors in place of the large mirror but I don't want to break the glass...

Any how, I think I want a picture underneath the wall holder... seems like a big yellow spot but maybe it's just my camera viewpoint... Either way, I'm done for the day in there. Hopefully the kids will find it cool and want to actually use their own shower now... 

Redesigning the Kids Bathroom

Sorry for not posting in so long. I have had the worst case of allergies out here in Arizona. My eyes are very itchy, runny nose at night and waking up a lot to blow my nose. I'm taking cold medication which seems to help a little during the day. I tried the Netti Pot and while it flows through like it should, I'm still extremely congested.

Anyhow, I've been meaning to get back to my projects and this weekend was the beginning of it.

The kids share one bathroom. It wasn't a friendly looking bathroom either so I thought while I had the weekend to myself - my husband went to Florida for his mothers' memorial - I wanted to upgrade their bathroom into something that's both masculine and feminine. It used to be this weird sponge color of brown and burgandy and while it looked decent, it's not very appealing for the kids to use as theirs.

Here is what the bathroom looked like yesterday while painting it:

I put the ladder in the tub and stabilized it so it didn't move around at all. I know you're seeing no light-bulbs in the sockets but we only keep one in there to keep energy levels low. It does look quite silly so I'm thinking about changing the light situation to one scone or two - haven't gotten to the point yet where that decision is necessary. 

Here's the other side of the bathroom. It's kind of a small bathroom and a weird triangle shape. 

The following pictures are today's work and yes, I'm probably the slowest painter in the world but I hate rollers. They are messy and ruin everything and I don't own tarp or cloth that I can happily ruin. I use a hand brush and while it's slow, I get it done within a day.  

I bought the paint at Walmart. It was in the Oops section and for half off. It was marked mistinted but the color seemed great to me. It was one of the choices I was looking for without breaking the bank. It's a pastel yellow which looks great with the Rich Navy color I also got from Walmart. 

I was kind of nervous doing stripes but I really think the navy wall needed some blend of the yellow. I started  to use the masking tape at the very top and very bottom of the wall section that I was going to create the stripes. I then met the tape halfway in the middle and then separated again. The green masking tape will remain navy in reality and the yellow, while larger than the navy stripe, will hopefully look cool and "retro". These colors are out of the norm for many bathroom households but the brown and red just kills me now. I can't tolerate it. It's so cliche and everyone has them. 

For decor, I took out the towel rack over the toilet since it was a bad location for towels to begin with and when I was at Ross the other day, I saw a $19.99 towel rack wall hanger that seemed pretty cool and very fitting for the overall look I want in this shower. 

The shower curtain rod will likely remain the same one, unless I can find one at Ross, but there's no demand for it, really, I'll just clean up the one we have. I ordered on eBay a blank canvas shower and I plan on making a black and white chevron shower curtain since the one's that I like pre-made are Urban Outfitters and cost around $40. I'd rather spend the $5 for the bank canvas shower curtain and another $4 for the spray paint can. I'm not sure how I'm going to create the Chevron look without being uneven and sloppy looking but I'll look at other blogs to guide me. 

Hopefully this will be done by tomorrow and I'll have the remaining pictures up - except for the shower curtain, since that did not arrive in today's mail. Thanks for viewing and hopefully this turns out as planned !!