Guest Bath: Phase One
My husband, Poole, doesn't have a ton of opinions on the design of the house. Many of his off-the-wall ideas he knows will never be incorporated, but he has made a few requests that do make it to the "big dance." He's determined to fill the house with plants to the point it feels like a jungle. He also did not want to give up his world map shower curtain. Well ladies and gentlemen, meet our guest bath!
The space was awkwardly large and decorated with elephant wallpaper. Unable to change the layout, we focused our efforts on cosmetic changes that would bring the space up to date.
First, and most challenging was selecting a new vanity light. The electric box was centered over the vanity, so I needed to find a light long enough to partially cover two vanity mirrors. Lights that size are expensive, and it was difficult to find something both large and stylish in my price range. Hello, Etsy! There, I found this sleek brass fixture, just under $200 and it is everything I hoped it would be.
At this stage, I started toying with the idea of an accent wall - I found an inspiration image on Pinterest with a green accent wall and a large map. Well, we have a large map shower curtain. Perfect!
I looked through so many different greens and settled on Sherwin-Williams Rosemary. It was a good complement to the colors in Poole's shower curtain, but if the shower curtain were to meet an untimely demise the color could stand alone.
Moving on! With the bathroom painted (thanks to my very sweet friend Sarah who helped) it was time to select mirrors. I landed on these simple brass-colored ones from Target, and we continued the brass theme with a new hand towel holder, toilet tissue holder, and towel hooks.
A trip to Hyam's was all we needed to jumpstart the jungle vibe. We selected a bamboo palm and a snake plant, which we placed in a modern white planter.
The bathroom still needs some finishing touches and we don't have nearly enough plants to fill its generous proportions but we're no longer actively steering guests away from it.
