Okay. So I finished the bathroom. But I'm not posting full pictures of it, because of the following reasons:
1. In my haste and ambition to get it done, I never took "before" pictures. I didn't think anyone wanted to see the "painted dirt" patterns (who washes the walls before they paint? Hair, dirt, excess Spackle and mud...just paint over it!), the paint splashed fixtures and hardware, the red-brown nicotine streaks from the bleeding walls, the mold blooms growing around the ceiling molding, etc. YUCK! Who really wants to remember or see that?
In hindsight, having "before" pictures would have made me feel better about the finished product, no matter how it turned out.
2. Although mint green and cream seemed like a great idea to make my bathroom feel fresh and bright, I should have thought harder about what effects the paint finish and lighting would have on the color.
Mint green would have been beautiful in a flat, eggshell, or even satin finish. But Semi-gloss? Semi-gloss would have probably worked if our lighting was natural or even regular bulbs. We switched to florescent lighting years ago (yes, we are energy efficient all around!) Maybe I can convince Trevor that the bathroom needs a more natural light in it, (although it would require 5Xs the energy, and only for aesthetic reasons. hmmm.)
Sigh.
3. During the day, it looks fine. It feels very clean and fresh, especially since I know what it looked like before the overhaul. But at night, with only the florescent lighting illuminating it...ugh. So, can you imagine what a camera flash does to it? Not good pictures, I'm telling you.
4. Thank goodness it's the master bathroom. Trevor and I can walk into it and enjoy it for what it is: a nice renovation, much improved from the original. No one else needs to see it, since we have another bathroom more accessible for visitors.
These are the pictures I am willing to share. With our limited budget, we didn't buy new hardware. The original hardware was painted along with the walls when the previous home owner decided to "redo" this same bathroom. After cleaning it up a bit, this is what it looked like.
(Does anyone else see the heart and bat cutouts in this beautiful design?)
(Note's just enjoying the new scenery. He wasn't allowed into the room during the renovation.)
1. In my haste and ambition to get it done, I never took "before" pictures. I didn't think anyone wanted to see the "painted dirt" patterns (who washes the walls before they paint? Hair, dirt, excess Spackle and mud...just paint over it!), the paint splashed fixtures and hardware, the red-brown nicotine streaks from the bleeding walls, the mold blooms growing around the ceiling molding, etc. YUCK! Who really wants to remember or see that?
In hindsight, having "before" pictures would have made me feel better about the finished product, no matter how it turned out.
2. Although mint green and cream seemed like a great idea to make my bathroom feel fresh and bright, I should have thought harder about what effects the paint finish and lighting would have on the color.
Mint green would have been beautiful in a flat, eggshell, or even satin finish. But Semi-gloss? Semi-gloss would have probably worked if our lighting was natural or even regular bulbs. We switched to florescent lighting years ago (yes, we are energy efficient all around!) Maybe I can convince Trevor that the bathroom needs a more natural light in it, (although it would require 5Xs the energy, and only for aesthetic reasons. hmmm.)
Sigh.
3. During the day, it looks fine. It feels very clean and fresh, especially since I know what it looked like before the overhaul. But at night, with only the florescent lighting illuminating it...ugh. So, can you imagine what a camera flash does to it? Not good pictures, I'm telling you.
4. Thank goodness it's the master bathroom. Trevor and I can walk into it and enjoy it for what it is: a nice renovation, much improved from the original. No one else needs to see it, since we have another bathroom more accessible for visitors.
These are the pictures I am willing to share. With our limited budget, we didn't buy new hardware. The original hardware was painted along with the walls when the previous home owner decided to "redo" this same bathroom. After cleaning it up a bit, this is what it looked like.
(Does anyone else see the heart and bat cutouts in this beautiful design?) 
(Note's just enjoying the new scenery. He wasn't allowed into the room during the renovation.)
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