Neutral Kids Bathroom Makeover

Hello everyone and happy Friday! I’m so excited for today’s post because I FINALLY get to share something that I’ve been working on for weeks. We’re talking since January, you guys!

It all started with a simple shower curtain.  Yes, just a simple shower curtain that I’m sure most people can probably switch out and be pretty content at stopping with.  Not this girl. That happens a lot around here actually. I’ll replace one small thing and bam–before I know it I find myself  completely redecorating an entire space. It’s ok though, I’ve come to accept this about myself!

Before I dive into the details on the new and improved bathroom, let me give you a little back story on the journey that this room has been on over the last 4 years.  Here’s what it looked like when we first bought the house…

It was your basic 90’s builder edition complete with oak vanity cabinets and a laminate countertop. I did a little bit of updating when we first moved in by painting the cabinets espresso and using Rust-Oleum Counter Top Transformations to update the vanity. I also added a few accessories that we brought with us from our apartment.

However it ended up feeling really dull and I wasn’t totally happy with it.

So after a couple of years I accumulated several ideas that I wanted to incorporate to brighten it up and make it a little more me.

We had a nearly non-existent budget since I was on maternity leave so using just $150 I gave it a mini makeover to bring it to this!

Looking much better, right? You can read all of the details and budget breakdown in this post. The biggest  changes were definitely the floating shelves that we built, the shiplap that I added and the $20 peel and stick faux wood flooring that I installed. 

But back to the shower curtain.  I started getting tired of how bright and busy it felt and I was really craving something more neutral. So when I spotted this beautiful gray striped one I instantly knew that it would be perfect.

But then more changes started to trickle down from there.  I first realized that I had to replace the green candle in the lantern with a white one.

No biggie. But then of course I had to get rid of the teal scrapbook paper art that I had on the wall next to the sink and replace it with this cute sign that I had my eye on for awhile…

And since I was already on the Pottery Barn Kids website purchasing the sign I might as well get them some fun new accessories for the sink, right?

Then the color of our existing towels was just all wrong so I needed to find some new ones to match the shower curtain. 

Which by the way was not easy to do!  I searched high and low before finally finding the perfect shades of gray to match.  There really are fifty shades of gray, who knew?

Let’s just say I went through what felt like every store in the city and had to make several returns before finally finding the perfect ones.

The last piece that I updated was the step stool.

It was painted white so I painted it gray but then I decided that it looked too boring. So I took my electric sander to it to sand it back down to the wood so that I could stain it.  Buuuuut as soon as I got started I noticed that it actually looked pretty cool like this so I left it!

And that’s how this mini bathroom makeover came to be!

It’s just enough whimsy for the boys and just enough farmhouse to keep mama happy! I think I can safely say that I love every little thing in this bathroom…at least for now (wink, wink…)

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you all have a beautiful weekend!