My Primitive Guest Bathroom

I love, love, LOVE this bathroom. While I can't duplicate it exactly I think I can capture the essence of it. I like the lighting fixture but my mobile home has light boxes and they can' be taken down. I love the idea of having artwork in the bathroom. I mean you spend quite a bit of time in this little room why not make it interesting? I don't have room for a side table like this room has but I think I can make do with what room I do have.

So this is what the guest bathroom in our new house looks like. I know, I know...the wallpaper is hideous. The good news is that, that is NOT wallpaper. The design is stamped into the wood and so it will be real easy to paint over.



  

The shelf display below is on the wall where the green towel is hanging in the photo above. I got it from The Lakeside Collection. I have a matching shower curtain, toothbrush holder, and valance to these towels, but they are more country than Primitive.

 I want to replace the towel rack with these simple ones. I found them at Piper Classics.

This Star Bar 25-inch Towel Rack cost $26.00.

This Star Towel Ring cost only $14.00.

I want to put wood trim around the mirror and then paint it black. We had it around the mirror in the cabin (see photo below). You use liquid nails to attach it to the mirror and wa-la! It stays put and gives a very plain stark mirror a touch of history. I wonder if I could use Liquid Nails and glue a picture frame onto the front of the medicine cabinet door and put a piece of artwork in it? Just a thought.

This color is from Benjamin Moore. It's called HC-12 Concord Ivory. I would paint the upper portion of the wall this color. The lower half would be Mopboard Black

 

I found the border that's in the photo example at the top of the page at Amazon for $18.99 a spool. It's from York Wallcoverings Best of Country wallpaper book.

The carpet would have to go and I'd want to replace it with a rustic laminate like this one. I want to put this flooring throughout the whole house and use braided area rugs. I just love the warm rich tones of this wooden plank style flooring. It has a rough look to it that reminds me of many of the tavern floors in Colonial Williamsburg.

I found this colorful braided rug at Rugs USA for a reasonable price and they offer free shipping on ANY order! I would crochet a smaller version of this for the top of the toilet tank where an oblong box will go (see photo)

This neat large box will hold several rolls of toilet paper and would go on the toilet tank. I found it at Old Country Crows for $17.95. I like the small treenware bowl on top which I think would look neat with a few balls of soap.

 

I want to paint the cabinets in the bathroom black like this, but I want black hardware on it not shiny gold. I've found the knobs at

 

I'll swap our silver faucets out for the Wellington Oil Rubbed Bronze faucet below eventually.

I would only need the valance for the bathroom window. I found it at Country Porch for $21.50. The pattern is called New England Black Check, however, the shower curtain that matches this set is a bit pricey for my tastes. It's $60! And that doesn't even include a liner. So maybe I'll be visiting a fabric store and sewing my own curtains. There's a great quilt shop in Calimesa and another in Beaumont that probably has fabric that will work. These kinds of curtains are a snap to sew.

 

I found this toilet paper holder/magazine rack at Sawdusty on Etsy for $60. 

That's it for now...look back for updates and pictures!