Aesthetic Makeover: Guest Bathroom Edition

Can you believe I'm already showing off another room in our house? Well, like the last makeover, this one is only semi-extreme in comparison to the living room edition. But, nonetheless I've decided to share the befores and afters of our little do-over in the upstairs guest lavatory. Just so you can appreciate the perils we encountered whilst completing this project, I'll give you some short background history of this particular room. Rob had a male live-in roommate for about two years, and I'm not sure he ever cleaned the bathroom. That's it. Enough said. I'm sure you get the picture. So, not only did small aesthetic changes completely alter the entire look of this room, but it also made it habitable. I kid you not, I almost threw up several times into the toilet while cleaning the toilet. HA! Ok, now to the good stuff. The original room, like the entire rest of the original house, had solid white walls (maybe with some dirt, and who knows what else), the fixtures and all hardware were a tacky 80s brass finish, everything needed to be re-caulked, and we had a leaky shower. Basically, everything was old and dirty. I would have liked to have waited showing off this room until after we got a new toilet, double sink vanity, tiled the bathroom floor, and maybe even a bath re-fitter for the shower (making it an extreme makeover), but as soon-to-be newlyweds that's just not in our budget. This is also the reason for the phenotypical/aesthetically pleasing changes, rather than gutting the whole room and maybe even fumigating the premises. So, it is without future adieu, I present to you old bathroom:

Take notice of the white walls, old shower curtain and rod, brass hardware, missing shower head, and mess (no pictures can accurately show the grossness of the room from previous male roommate)

View of the double sink covered in supplies

Another view standing near the shower and looking at the door

Some items, like the towel rack and holder seen in the last photo, were already converted to chrome. The vanity light above the mirror (not shown) has six blubs and was also brass finished. Now, for the makeover! We painted the entire room our Roasted Cashew color, but with a semi-gloss. Then, we thew out the brass knobs and fixture and changed them all to chrome. We also put in a nice new shower head, new curved curtain rod, completely new color scheme to the navy shower curtain, hung matching towels, some accessories here and there, and of course cleaned the living daylights out of it. VIOLA!

Beautiful new navy curtain and rug (Thanks to Jennie Free and Shannon Hays for our bridal shower)

Super clean and pretty (hoping to replace the sink fixtures next)

Last view :)

Thanks for checking out our latest project! Stay tuned for the next one!

Semi-Extreme Makeover: Master Bedroom Edition

Rob and I had our first couples shower last weekend, and we received a mountain of gifts from our friends and family. Lets just say we need to find more things to register for, because our entire list is being bought! We received everything from a Dyson vacuum cleaner, goose down comforter, casual dining dishes, cookware, bakeware, frames, and entirely new utensils for the kitchen. We are completely stoked over here at the Westerling residence :) On that note, I've decided to show off our new bedding set, and maybe in a few weeks the upstairs guest bathroom makeover. Ok, so maybe this doesn't constitute as an extreme makeover for the bedroom, but we did get entirely new bedding and it totally gives the room a whole new look. Before and after photos for your viewing pleasure :)

Plain, mocha color scheme

Unmade bed, with pj pants

Barbara Berry's Poetical Duvet set

I think it's absolutely gorgeous!

I could stare at this set all day :)

So, as you can see, the room was already painted, and nothing has changed except for the duvet set (and the curtains not shown). The bedding set was a gift from my wonderful parents, and the 1200 thread count goose down comforter you can't see (but can definitely feel!) was from Rob's parents. So, now that we have a beautiful and comfortable place to rest, I won't be losing anymore sleep.

Pillowcase from the soon-to-be in-laws, Dick and Nancy