Hi there!
I have been a bit of a rubbish blogger recently, I’ve even been too busy to do much on Instagram as the makeover of the bathroom and spare room has completely taken over my life and the house!!! I don’t know about you, but when I attempt to re-decorate anything the whole house ends up a total tip!
If you’ve been following me over on Instagram for a while you will remember I re-decorated this bathroom around a year ago. Although I felt it was an improvement from what it had been before, I still didn’t love it. It just seemed too plain and lacking the ‘wow’ factor. At this point you can feel very sorry for Ash (my Hubby), as he had to listen to my moaning. (Which he felt was ridiculous as I had chosen everything in the room – so why wouldn’t I like it?!!)
Ignoring Ash (!!!) I ploughed on scrolling through Instagram and Pinterest to get some new ideas, determined to fall in love with this room. When I seen the gorgeous Sam from Dove Cottage (Find her bathroom update blog here ) I seen stars and knew panelling was the way to go…
I was determined to keep my costs down and do as much of the makeover myself as possible, so bought the pieces of wood cut to size from here – I chose Standard MDF, 3mm thickness. The total cost of the wood was under £30. I stuck the pieces of wood to the walls with ‘no more nails’ which was so easy for me to do myself! (Even my Dad the DIY king of Rose Cottage was impressed!!)
The paint used was Dulux – Polished Pebble on top (which was the colour already on the walls); and Crown – City Break on Panelling.
I added some lighting to the wall, but didn’t want the hassle or cost of bothering with electrician, wires, cutting into walls etc. I bought these lights here, which are meant to be electric but stuck a battery push button light into them instead!
The mirror is from Dunelm, you can find it here.
I picked up the frames and prints from Ikea.
This is one of the Ikea Shoe Cabinets which I have popped into our bathroom, as the storage in it is amazing and I love that everything is hidden and stored in one place. I’ve dressed with with a few accessories on top.
The flooring is vinyl and was bought and fitted by Stephen Moore Carpets in Lisburn.
So this was a long time coming, but I can confirm it is now my absolute favourite room in Rose Cottage and I cannot stop popping into it for a stare! I am so looking forward to lots of hot, bubbly baths in it!
Hope you enjoyed reading, as much as I enjoyed writing!
