Giving the Master Bath Some Love

I have been recently trying to update our master bath a little, so I am more comfortable using it. It is completely functioning and we use it daily.  We do plan to renovate the entire room, but that is still a ways down the road.  I figured why not make it a little more enjoyable to use right? To date I have already painted, removed the splash guards, caulked and then caulked some more.  While I was away Justin changed out the light fixture.  Don’t worry, not this one…

I know you’re all as attached to this one as I am.  The light I am speaking of is this guy…

Does it remind you of this one?

Yup, it’s the same light that we had in the laundry room.  Guess what?  I am still not a fan of these dome lights, so it had to go.  Justin replaced it with this…

A boob light! Gotta love those boob lights!  It’s nothing fancy, but makes the space feel a little updated.  Now we just need to take care of the 80’s broadway table lights complete with mirror backing.  Reminds me of something like this…

Yuck! So not me!  Here is one more look at ours…

I am thinking something like this…

I love these industrial looking lights.  I also love the navy mirror trim.  But now I am just dreaming, because we are a ways off from renovating this bath.  Anyhow, we did add one more thing to our master bath…

This great watercolor that Justin bought me for Christmas last year.  Here is a closer look…

I found this print on etsy a while back and showed Justin.  Apparently, he remembered and purchased it.  I love the yellow lab and the little boy headed to fish at the beach.  I would like this room to be a nautical/beach theme in the end, so I figure this is the perfect art to head us in that direction.  This watercolor is done by an amazing artist from Fresno, California named DJ Rogers.  If you wanna check out more of his work visit his etsy shop, K9artgallery.

Here is a look at our bath with these quick changes…

I guess it now feels a little more us, I am still dying to update everything!

Whale, whale, whale, what do we have here?

Whales have invaded our home and I’m loving it!  I’m not losing it, I just got the art I ordered for the bathroom. What do you think it looks like…

Yup… a walrus flossing his teeth! Don’t you love it?  I think it will add a touch of humor to our newly finished guest bathroom.  I also got this…

A beaver brushing his teeth!

JUST KIDDING:) haha.  I do think these are pretty sweet, for possibly a child’s bath maybe.  But back to business, our new art has to do with whales! Yes, hence the crazy title.  Here is what I got…

Aren’t they Ah-mazing?  I fell in love with them a while ago when I came across them on etsy.  They are both prints of watercolors done by an artist named Michelle Morin who is from Dover, NH.  Her stuff is so unique.  Her shop is called unitedthread, check it out guys. She even included a cute little hand written note with the shipment.

Let’s take a closer look at her stunning whales…

more?

I have had my eye on these whales for a while, but I didn’t have a spot for them until now! Once they came in the mail I couldn’t wait to get them up on the wall.  So I went out to Michael’s to find the perfect frames for them.

I came home with these guys!  They fortunately match the vanity and mirror perfectly, apparently I have superb guessing when it comes to matching wood tones.  They were both on sale for 40% off, the smaller of the two was originally $19.99, which brought it to $12 on sale.  The larger was originally $39.99, which made it $24 on sale.  Woo hoo for a good sale, right?  They both came with a double mat, which gives it a little shadow action going on.  I find it is actually usually cheaper to purchase a pre-matted frame than to buy the frame and mat separately.  I then cleaned the glass good with Windex and popped my new art in them!

Do they make you happy?  Because they make me happy.  I wanted to get them on the wall immediately, but when Justin went to hang them we noticed the wall closest to the sink was not looking too hot.  It is where we removed the medicine cabinet and the wall was still not completely smooth.

So I got out the spackle and putty knife and went to town.  Once it dried I sanded it down again really well.  I did this a few times until I thought it was looking pretty smooth.

While I was at it I noticed the wall surrounding the light also wasn’t looking too hot, so I worked on that area as well. The people who lived here before us just painted around the wall light without taking it down, when we took it down the wall that was surrounding it was raised a little more than the rest of the wall because of the additional coats of paint.  I guess I didn’t get that spot good enough when sanding the first time around.

After I felt confident with my sanding I got the paint out and touched up both areas.  Once it dried it was looking much better and it was time to hang some art!

One whale up!

How about 6 more?

I love these stacked whales.

Here they are peaking around the door, sneaky little whales.

I love this bathroom now.  I am so glad Justin convinced me to demo it. I find myself stopping by the guest bathroom just to take a peak at our new art:)