Victorian to Coastal...

Good morning, everyone!

How are you?

I am so glad to see you!

I'm meeting you in my bathroom today.

LOL!  Weird place to meet, I know - 

but I wanted to share some befores and afters with you for Metamorphosis Monday!

(Meet us all over at Susan's at Between Naps on the Porch here.)

I fell in love with this room the first time I walked in to it.  The beadboard.  The high ceiling. The beautiful shimmering glaze over the white paint. A pedestal sink. 

The original clawfoot bathtub! 

It was love at first sight.

I originally brought in some seaside inspired treasures to try to brighten the room up a tad, 

but quickly discovered that it was just not enough. 

Hmmmm...something was still wrong.

Ugh!  Like the icky brown window trim.

(All right, stop drooling over my tub. I know you are...) 

Ugh! And the icky brown Victorian-looking linen closet. 

So dark and gloomy.

Now take a look at the afters....

After a weekend of serious 9-5 painting, the entire 'feel' of the room was changed.

Lighter. Brighter. Very much more coastal beach house.

Very much more to my liking.

Amazing what a little white paint will do, huh?

 From dark Victorian...

to vintage coastal!

Actually, I even painted the bottom part of the tub, too.  The original color was dark green.  Double ugh!

The bathroom door trim was on my radar, too,

so I primed that next.

Ta da!  

(Yes, I can read your mind, and yes, I really really wanted to paint that door - but I didn't want hubby to have a cow. He was already going to have kittens over the fact I painted that linen closet.)

 I added a beachy wire basket to hold the rolls,

and the transformation was complete!

You like?

Cheers to white paint!

{And hugs to you!}

~ laurie

(Oh, and before I go....do you think I should paint that little cabinet over the loo? 

Would love to hear what you think!  :) )