Little Rented Home: Bathroom Makeover

 

It's been a long, slow process but I have finally finished (mostly) decorating our main bathroom in our little rented home. It started off as a boring, builders grade bathroom with no towel rails... I'm not quire sure how towel rails were forgotten. You think they would be a given but we had none which resulted in lots of towels hanging out the window, lying on the ground or over the top of the shower.

And yes... I am wearing a crop top in the above photo. 

 

The blue wall behind the sink was the only thing that gave the room some personality and since I am limited in what I can do with our house (no painting etc) I decided to go with it. 

I wanted the bathroom to be a mixture of rustic beauty, spa glamour and white luxury with a little bit of quirkiness (kind of like me) so I whipped up this mood board with some cool ideas and a pretty colour pallet.

After a few slow months of searching for the perfect pieces in Op Shops and building or making specific items I couldn't find, I would like to welcome to our rustic, pretty, quirky and only slightly glamorous bathroom.

I bought a $2 silver tray from the Salvation Army to add a touch of glamour by the sink, paired with fake flowers, jars with cotton buds and face pads and the soap dispenser and toothbrush holder.

The cabinets were really messy before I bought these baskets to get things into order. The bottom 3 were $8 each from Kmart and hold each of our personal bathroom products, the basket holding the toilet paper was $3 from the Sally's and the box came as a housewarming gift filled with Asian cooking oils and sauces.

Above the newly installed towel rails (bought them for a great price off TradeMe), I framed a few cherry woodland animal prints I found online to add a bit of colour to the room.  

Over the large window, I whipped up a fake roman shade made from $4/m fabric from Spotlight since we don't need it for privacy. A cute little rustic kerosene lamp went on the ledge above the bathroom ledge.

Next to the shower, I custom built some rustic crate shelves to hold my very loved white linen that I have collected over the years. The crate is made with a mixture of pallet wood and pine from the mill. 

I also made the little wire basket out of chicken wire to hold flannels (face cloths) and guest sponges based on this tutorial and glued some wooden letters on a canvas for a bit of humour.

I think I will have to find something to fill the space above the bath on the blue wall but otherwise I declare the bathroom done. I really love how its turned out since I don't have free reign over the layout or wall colours. Here's to rented decor on a budget!