Monday, August 23, 2010

Monday at My Home

Yay! Badda boom badda bing, another project checked off my list! We transformed my old pet project black bathroom into my new pet project wallpaper bathroom. This time a round it turned out much much better. My husband and I soon discovered after starting with the wallpaper, that wallpaper is pure evil! It is so so hard to put up! People say how it is so much easier than it used to be, if this is easier than why in the world did people wallpaper their whole houses back in the day? We were so overwhelmed we decided to just wallpaper two of the walls instead of the whole thing. I painted the whole bathroom a gray that matched the darker shade of gray of the wallpaper. I think it turned out pretty great!
Before.....


After......




46 comments:

Caroline @ The Feminist Housewife said...

Ooh so unique!

Unknown said...

LOVE the honeycomb mirror!

Unknown said...

OH it turned out so great! Love the pops of yellow again the wallpaper!

Ariane said...

Yay! It looks so good!

Lulu said...

OMG! I want your bathroom! It's beautiful. I love the wallpaper, light colors, and then POP, the yellow mirror. Genius!

Unknown said...

it looks great. i love the pic of the toilet with just the reflection of your arm, HA!

Kathysue said...

Love the classic wallpaper and how you took an older mirror and gave it a POP with the bright yellow, how fun, I really like it!! Kathysue

Leah said...

Elizabeth... That's my husband arm! He was a sweetie and took the pics for me! lol

Luvs!

Carry Grace said...

Leah, this turned out great! the yellow, the wallpaper,....fantastic!

Rachel- Once Upon a Farm said...

What a transofmration, Leah! It is so, so pretty and you guys knocked it out so fast! BEAUTIFUL!

Jessie said...

can you send the hubby to my house to put up wallpaper? ha. it looks great. love the bright mirror.

Unknown said...

Definitely fabulous! I love that you only did the two opposing walls.

Anonymous said...

I simply adore it! The yellow makes me so happy!

christine, just bella said...

Looks fantastic!! I love that wallpaper! And the pops of yellow are perfect.

I'm also loving your new blog look!!

Have a great week!
:) Christine

alison (semi-fab lane) said...

i love this look! good to know wallpaper sucks to install though, i'll stay away from it for sure now. your mirror above your sink look so good now with the wallpaper as the back drop and i love the yellow mirror too!

alison (semi-fab lane) said...

oh, i meant to say that i love your new look on your blog!

avant garde design said...

hmmm, thanks for the wallpaper warning, i've never actually tried it myself, i've been REALLY wanting to though, i'll have to swallow a dose of pure patience it sounds like. ah, and my signifcant other, well let's just say he's not quite as patient as perhaps your husband was! ;) but, on another note, i LOVE the transformation. truly brightened the entire small space right up! love, love, love it!!!

Anaiz said...

Hey looks good! :)

Kristen said...

Looks great! I LOVE YELLOW and GRAY! Fave two colors!

Unknown said...

Looks so cute such pretty paper, loveing the yellow :)

jeanette from everton terrace said...

Like what you did with the mirror. I did that to an old mirror in my bathroom as well but did it orange. The top of yours is great.

Jade @ Flip Flops + Pearls Design said...

It looks so good! Definitely like it better than the last! Great job!!!

Flavia @ Estilo Home said...

It turned out so great! I think it worked out well just wallpapering those two walls. Love the hits of yellow. Great job!

The Everett Seven said...

So pretty! Sorry it was a pain to put up!

Brandi@ Flights of Whimsy said...

Beautiful! Great job! I've never tried to put it up and this makes me think I never will!

Kristen said...

Good choice! Looks great!!

Will @ Bright.Bazaar said...

Leah! That yellow mirror kills me - so fun! Thanks for the sneek peek and hope you had a great weekend!

Kiri said...

Gorgeous! I think only using wall paper on two walls worked out great! It makes it stand out more!

~Kiri

Unknown said...

how very pretty Leah!!! i LOVE it! that shade of yellow is an obsession of mine, and the wallpaper looks great!!!

Rhonda said...

Unbelievably beautiful and one of my favorite color combos!

Sharstin said...

looks awesome! love the pops of yellow~~perfection

Unknown said...

Wow, FANTASTIQUE! Love that mirror! I think I prefer the two walls with wallpaper than the whole room. Gives it a nice break and makes it into accent pieces. Great job!! So stylish..

Fran said...

V. cool!!! Love the yellow!

Jen said...

Ok, I just need to know, where did you get that zebra hand towel?? I want it!!!

Leah said...

Jen,
I got them from my sister from Target!

Luvs!

Cherish Stockdale said...

the wallpaper looks great and I LOVE all the pops of yellow!

Poppies and Sunshine said...

This looks amazing! I love it. That yellow mirror is so cute too! You really did a great job with everything!

Maddy said...

I know I may be a little late here, but I'm loving the new blog design!!! Yay!! Looks great! And I love the yellow accents in your bathroom!

Molly Page said...

I love finally seeing the finished product! It looks great.

Also, your floating arm holding the camera in the 2nd pic of the "after" bathroom gave me a little chuckle ;)

Shannon @ What's Up Whimsy said...

Oh my goodness! What a transformation! So sweet looking!

MrsFord said...

so great! good work!

Mary said...

Leah, it looks SOOOO good! I love it! You did an awesome job, once again! :)

emily said...

It looks fabulous, Leah! Love the yellow pops of color against the wallpaper!

Iona said...

I love the idea of lemons as decorations, although they don't tend to last an awfully long time out of the fridge...unless you have any tips?

Evelyn said...

Ooooh! I love the wallpaper and the new look -- much more so than the black, I must say! I found your blog after you left a comment on my site -- love it :D

StarletStarlet said...

Leah, the new look is so pop chic!! Outstanding job in transforming the space!