Hall Bathroom Update

Hello and happy Thursday!

I’m excited to share a post all about our hall bathroom that we updated recently. We’ve lived in our house for over ten years, and I can’t believe that this bathroom is the last thing we chose to complete. It probably should have been the first thing we did!

It’s such a small space, and it’s the bathroom the kids use…kind of. They used to always use it to get ready, but when we redid Hadley’s room last year and bought her a vanity, that really did help alleviate the amount of time she needed to be in there getting ready. For whatever reason, through the years, the kids never wanted to shower in there, so they’ve made their way down the basement to shower and use Trav’s bathroom. Well, a couple of months ago, he had enough, and said it was time to update the hall bathroom.

We are fortunate to have a neighbor who likes to do renovations. Through the years, he’s helped us with many things including the other two bathrooms, kitchen back splash, sun room floor and more.

Trav had a couple of guys from the farm help with the demo, our neighbor did the labor and installations, and Trav and I made the design decisions. haha

I’ve shared a few snippets with you along the way….including this pic of the bathroom with only the tub left standing! We had to take down the wall because we put in a pocket door during this renovation.

When we came back from spring break, our neighbor had put down the new floor and a few days later put in the shower tile.

The next step was that we had someone hang the wallpaper. A guy my sister-in-law had used on her bathroom hung the bathroom wallpaper in about an hour! It’s from Rifle Paper Co., and it’s soo pretty.

Then, it was time for the sconces and vanity to be installed…

…as well as the mirror and faucet fixtures.

The last major step was that we had our existing tub resealed. When we first started this project, we’d talked about getting a new one, but this is the original iron tub, and it would have been hard to take out and whatever we put back in would probably be a bit smaller and of lesser quality.

Truthfully, I would have loved to get rid of the tub, but for resale, it’s our only tub in the house. Also, with this being the guest bath, I guess it is nice to pull the shower curtain shut rather than have guests see all the shower products.

Anyway, last week, a guy came and resealed the tub. Shew! That stunk, but the smell was gone by the next day when he came back to finish up.

Over the weekend, we put the shower curtain up and finished up the bathroom renovation after seven weeks!

Here’s the before…

…and here’s the after…

We decided to turn the vanity to go on the other wall which gives more floor space. Of course, it’s a smaller vanity (36 inches), but we still have a few drawers and some under the sink storage. I think it fits the space nicely.

The sconces are from Amazon, and the mirror is from Home Depot. My friend who helped with Hadley’s room make over suggested them, and they are perfect.

I’ve had this beach picture of the kids in Isle of Palms framed in the old bathroom as well, and it’s my fave.

The floor tile is from Lowes, and it’s just perfect!

Exciting stuff! We also got a new toilet. The other one is oval and took up a bit more space…and it certainly felt like it took up more space because the door would open right in to it. The pocket door has changed that feeling.

I still love this little “moment” with the cute tray and canisters.

Here is the before of the shower area (and the bathroom door on the right):

The pocket door truly provides such a drastic difference in the space. We still need to choose a neutral paint color for the hall, so it will probably be a couple of weeks before the hallway is painted.

Travis found the shower tile, and when it was first installed, I liked it…but wasn’t sure how it went with the floor. Well, it’s amazing what grout can do because once the tile was grouted and we started piecing the bathroom back together, I went from liking it to loving it!

The resealed tub looks brand new!

We went with brushed gold fixtures throughout and a rainfall shower head. As expected, Hayden wants to still shower in the basement, so this is most likely Hadley’s shower now…and she’s not mad about it!

The little cut out is perfect for her shampoo, conditioner, shave cream, body wash and razor. I snapped this pic before she officially moved back in to the bathroom.

Walking past this space definitely puts a smile on my face…

…and I’m happy with all the little details!

Now we’ve lived in the house so long that it’s time to circle back to some of the original changes we made ten years ago! I do think we want to repaint the kitchen and living room if we can settle on a neutral color.

The rest of us love the update, but Hayden said I made the bathroom “too southern.” haha! I said we can call her Dolly!