Bathroom Makeover

For the past year or so I have seriously felt bad for my son having to shower in a Winnie the Pooh bathroom. Sure, Pooh is not bad for the little ones but this is a shared space. I knew I could come up with some sort of decor that was both gender equal and could span the age range of the kids for the next 5 years or more. So I started thinking. I didn't want to do some bathroom cliche, although Bed, Bath and Beyond had some adorable monkey stuff. So I kept thinking!!

Finally in the November I had made a decision. I had a vision in my head but could I actually make it match in the acutal bathroom. So, since my hard drive on my laptop has crapped out I cannot access my "before" picuters so please close you eyes and begin to use your imagination!! Two of the walls were a bright, sunny yellow and the other to were more of a moss, earthy green. The shower curtain was Winner the Pooh but the old stuff...more like the orignial book illistrations. I had some wonderful Pooh framed pictures thanks to my sister in laws collection when she was a kid and a few stuffed Pooh animals. I also had white shelves on a couple of the walls. a few towels and that describes the room. I was adorable in its day.

I chose to go with a non-character bathroom and instead went color themed. Red, black and white. I also was itching to pull up the 90's cream, blue and rose colored laminate floor but really didn't want to go too expensive when a bathroom 5 kids use. I found laminate tiles...so cool! (SUPER easy to install!!!) When I am able to get a few before pictures I will post them but for now it's just the completed project!!!

 First tile going down!!!

 Half way done with the floor...you can see the yellow because I waited to paint behind the toilet until it was out of the way.

 Floor complete, valance complete...waiting for calk to dry before putting in the toilet in the morning.

FINISHED!!! And yes, it took over a month but I do have 5 kids so it's ok right?  My hubby is amazing and keeps saying what a great vision I had and to see it all come together...perfect!!! He is adding a can light above the shower because it is too dark. The most amazing part is this whole make over cost about $125. Now that is my kind of project...HUGE impact, small change! (and by change I mean $$$)