Powder Room Transformation

Our powder room definitely needed to be painted a neutral color since we are planning to put our house on the market in a few months. It is a VERY small space and it was dark so it was very difficult to photograph before. It was definitely a bordello red, but it looked better in person than it does in these photos.

It doesn't even look like the red on the wall goes with the red on the artwork, but it did.

So, we picked a color from Lowe's, and of course, I didn't like it, so I mixed it with something I already had. I painted the mirror an old rubbed bronze because the gold mirror just didn't look right with the new color. I showed you how I did this in a previous post.

Here the paint looks more of a yellow, but it isn't. 

I also painted the tin container on the left a more avocado green so that it would go with the urn on the wrought iron shelf. 

So we can check another item off of the house project list. 
This project was done in January, lest you think we didn't work on our "honey do" list this weekend. We checked several small things off of the list which definitely feels great! 
Next weekend we will be starting the tiling of the upstairs bathroom. We have 2 weekends scheduled for it.
Hope you all had a great weekend. Please leave a comment and let me know what you did!


Thanks for stopping by,


Pam

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Mirror Makeover

Several years ago we replaced the plain builder grade vanity mirror with this classic gold one I found at Target. These walls used to be red, but since we are going to put our house on the market, we painted the small powder room a neutral color. 

The mirror didn't look right, especially with the dark iron accents. So I decided I would spray it with an oil rubbed bronze spray paint.

I hesitated a little bit when I took the mirror down because the finish is so pretty. But, I pressed on.


I taped up the edge and put newspaper over the whole thing. I tested the spray paint on a picture frame, but didn't like the way it looked, so I did some web surfing & several people suggested Rub and Buff Spanish Copper. So... off to Hobby Lobby I went.

 It was very easy to apply it with a rag. Make sure you wear gloves. You do just as the name says ; rub it on, (let dry) and buff it.

The finish looked too much like antique gold (left side of frame) - not oil rubbed bronze, so ...... I mixed some black, brown and a brown metallic craft paint together and rubbed it on. I let it sit for about a minute & then rubbed off the excess. It looked much better. (bottom of the mirror)

Here is the finished project! The darker finish goes much better with the other dark accessories in the bathroom. Now I need to get some new towels!

I will post the before and after of my tiny powder room at another time, so stay tuned ....

Pam