A Little Before and After Bathroom Update

Here’s the before and after of our bathroom remodel. This 1950’s bathroom remodel looks like this now with this bathroom update.

If I look at this picture and close my eyes, I can still smell the Aqua Net and hear Flock of Seagulls blaring over the boom box with the box fan blowing at full blast. Just in case I never mentioned it before, we didn’t have air conditioning in this house when I was growing up.

And yes.

I live in Texas.

This is the bathroom I lived in growing up.

It’s a Jack and Jill bath upstairs between two bedrooms. My bedroom was on one side, and my sisters’ bedrooms were on the other side. They shared a bedroom, and I got my very own.

I wish I had pictures of that bedroom from when I was growing up.

At the risk of stating the obvious…

….it was amazing.

It had Laura Ashley wallpaper and a Laura Ashley lamp and Laura Ashley bedding and a Laura Ashley comforter with tiny little flowers that reversed itself when you flipped the comforter over.

It was glorious.

But the bathroom?

It still looked like a 1950s bathroom.

It always looked just like this.

Aqua tile on the floor and white square tile on the walls and a built-in toilet paper holder and mirrors with the mirror kind of flaking off.

And butterfly tiles that look just like this.

Two butterflies destined to fly together for eternity with their brilliant light blue and navy wingspan.

Until.

Until one day I decided it was time for the butterflies to fly away.

So we tore the bathroom down to the studs and took part of the closet to make a bigger vanity for the twins and replaced the toilet and refurbished the tub and tiled the room to the ceiling.

And now?

// beaded hanging light fixture //three-piece faucet //pink and white polka dot tote (similar) // gold door cabinet handles // gold mirror (similar) //towel bars //

I’ve shared this before, but here’s the after with a few updates.

CAN YOU EVEN?

Wait.

Do me one little favor.

Please scroll up and look at the before and then look at the after.

*sigh*

I did that 10 times just to make my day even happier.

the before

Here’s this angle before.

//floral shower curtain (similar)// floral artwork (similar)//

the after

And the same angle with the new tile.

//floral shower curtain (similar)// floral artwork (similar)//overhead light fixture //

I added this light fixture now.

I decided to go with gold instead of the traditional brushed nickel to create the impression that the room has jewelry.

It’s kind of amazing in that it reflects light all over the room and keeps everything so light and bright.

// beaded hanging light fixture // three-piece faucet // gold mirror (similar) //

The faucets are brass.

The accessories, like this toothbrush holder, are marble and brass.

The mirrors were originally silver and I just added a little Rub ‘N Buff to give them a little more sparkle.

// gold door cabinet handles //

The handles are brass.

The pulls are brass.

(total decorating aside: the vanity actually came from our bathroom. When we cut down the wall to make room for the door, the vanity was too big, so we repurposed it in this bathroom and changed out the hardware.)

// hanging light fixture //

//floral shower curtain (similar)// floral artwork (similar)//

The faucet and shower head are brass, too.

There’s a lot of white in the bathroom.

So the room needed a little color and pattern and a little update. Enter this shower curtain.

// gray hand towel (similar) //

Here are a few more fun updates. Like these fun hand towels with pineapples on them.

And patterned towels.

And pink and white polkadotted organizers.

And painted floral artwork on the walls.

I also added a pink and white bathmat for the floor. You can see the entire source list for the bathroom here:

Here’s the before one more time.

// beaded hanging light fixture // three-piece faucet // pink and white polka dot tote (similar) //gold door cabinet handles // gold mirror (similar) //towel bars //

And here’s the after.

But just in case you were wondering.

Just in case you were concerned that the butterflies had all flown away.

Just in case you thought I might have forgotten my roots.

No worries.