southern fried gal

This is the nasty tile that was in there before. It looked dirty all the time – especially when allowing BBC to do marble art.

And here you can see the washed out color on the walls. We went with builder’s beige when we first moved in because we were in shock from the red white and painter’s blue left from the previous homeowners.We also updated the hardware when we first moved in many moons ago. We bought that all at Lowe’s on clearance because I’m cheap like that.

And here’s how she looks today! We’ve only had the tile in the closet for 3 years now -about time we did something with it! And the wall color that picks up that chocolate-caramelly color perfectly (like my new color name?) was a stroke of genius (read cheapness) on my part. I didn’t want to spend money on brown paint when we had two perfectly half-used cans in the garage. So we mixed them together and voila!

Continuing on my “I don’t want to spend another penny out of pocket rampage” I headed to TJ Maxx where I had a $65 gift card. I found the rug and fell in love with it. So glad it worked with the other colors – got lucky on that one. And the towels that were a PERFECT match from the clearance aisle!

I had just enough on my gift card to get this white waffle shower curtain to complete the look. This bathroom is dual purpose – BBC’s main bathroom AND guest bathroom so I like that it has a spa/manly feel to it. I was super excited about Susie Harris’ Waffles in the Bathroom Post because now I know how I can add hand towels in here on the cheap and cute! Thanks, girl!

For the HUGE mirror, we decided to just frame that out with trim. We would have to break it to get it out and I didn’t want to spend that much cash on this room. So DH bought a couple of pieces of trim (under $10, I believe) and Gorilla Glue (that is a funny story for another day-have you ever used that stuff?) and trimmed out the mirror. Works for me!

Don’t look up or you will bust me on the ugly Hollywood lights. I’m still on the lookout for light fixtures to complete the look (shopping clearance of course – why stop now?). I really want to find some fabric for the windows. And we could stand to slap something on the walls – maybe some of BBC’s marble art will do…hmmm.

Overall not a bad overhaul using the resources we had on hand! I am actually surprised at the transformation the $50 in tiles and a gallon of paint provided.

I’m joining up with Kimba’s DIY Day party. If you are looking for DIY inspiration be sure to head over there and check it out!

Thanks for taking a look!

~Southern Fried Gal