Can you guess the quickest project to date?? Our Full guest bath/laundry room!!

I was so excited to update the guest bathroom and laundry room in hopes it would inspire me to clean & do laundry more (wishful thinking- I know) !! 😂

It is a room I am constantly in throughout the day! It holds the washer & dryer, it has the cleaning supplies closet, linen closet, med cabinet, it is the only bathroom on the main floor & right next to the kitchen!

It was also by far the most budget friendly project I have done so far. Which I am hoping will start to be more common now that we have a lot of the necessary project supplies- tools, paint colors, paint supplies & we seem to have a pretty good stock pile of wood. Let me tell you- lumber is so expensive right now! I’m sure you have heard this, but it definitely effects project budgets & even the decision to do a project. (it is almost 2x as much just for the same pieces of wood—specifically 2x4s).

Anyway— I posted on Instagram the cost breakdown of the bathroom so ill put it up here along with the supplies we used for this project. I kind of like sharing at the beginning to help explain the layout & details.

Cost breakdown-

$74- 3 globe light (amazon)

$60- tjmaxx circle mirror

$20- tjmaxx jute rug

$20- 16 brackets (only used 2) Amazon

$10- towel holder- aubachaun hardware

$25- one sheet of white primed bead board (RK miles)

$10- 1x4x10 the trim/boarder piece

$ 30- 3x black framed pictures- amazon

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$249

Tools/alreay had supplies-

Dewalt drill

Craftsman brad nailer with compressor

Level

Stud finder

Paint – SW marshmallow (white) and Benjamin Moore – Stonington grey/ paint brushes x2 and paint rollers x2

Spray paint- rustolemum 2x that bonds to metal and plastic in semi-gloss

Caulk and caulk gun (already had)

4 black pulls for cabinets (Lowe’s) I bought a couple months ago for this project

Frog tape (my fav everrrrrr— doesn’t rip off paint from drywall ever!!)

Décor- I shopped my home for all of the decor!!

Steps-

1-      Before we bought anything I prepped the room with the supplies I had. So I painted the vanity with SW marshmallow, put on the black pulls, prepared and spray painted the faucet, gathered décor, ordered the picture frames, and finalized the design plan.

2-      Next, went wood shopping—this was my first time buying bead board, but we went to our local store (RK Miles) over the larger box store- usually Lowes. We are finding that it is a little cheaper and when we have the time it is better to support local.

3-      Measured the wall, decided where the bead board was going to go—I wanted the trim piece at the top of bead board to be directly in the center of the circle mirror. So we put up the globe light, matt held up the mirror and decided where the halfway mark was. The top trim piece is 1×4 (which is actually only 3.75 inches) and the measured down to the ground to determine the height of the bead board. We drew guide lines on the wall.

4-      I painted the grey accent color on the wall prior to the bead board so I didn’t have to tape.

5-      Started using the brad nailer to attach the bead board to the studs in the walls. (use stud finder—but just a key fact—studs are almost always 16 inches apart from each other along every wall.

6-      We didn’t necessarily match up the bead board lines, I used caulk to fill the lines and it made it look more cohesive. We ended up using only one sheet, but bought 4 (matt’s math was off for once and I only bragged a tiny bit 😉 ).

7-      Once it was all up, I got the paint out—then quickly placed it on the (running) washer, turned away to grab the brush and the paint was all over the ground. See below pic. Cleaned that up & still used the paint after scrapping it off the floor- & still got a great finish ;p

8-      Put up the mirror!!

9-      Put up the globe light!!

10-   Bought the towel holder, decorated and cleaned up the inevitable project crap & sawdust that always happens.

11-   Waited very impatiently for like a week for the my frames and then DIYed some art – after work so like 9pm

12-   Took reveal pictures!! I try to take them in the morning as it’s more likely to be sunny! Natural Lighting in pictures is hard!! Sun it’s very helpful but also blue sky makes rooms brighter & the whites pop!! I can show u examples in my stories later if you’re interested!! Sunlight & blue sky are always the goal for me for interior pictures! (Not that that’s easy in Vermont winters— ever 😂 )

Overall it was a nice update to this space, it’s really nice to have cheaper and easy projects in between the challenging and soul sucking ones. The basement was A LOT of painting for me— I was really burnt out from it & I look a month off and then chose this quickie which was a great choice.

Projects are hard- physically & mentally but I absolutely love the feeling of being done. It also comes with a great sense of accomplishment & confidence.

Thanks so much for reading & supporting me💓

Lauren🌿💓