The Powder Room - The (not so) Big Reveal

I feel like this project has gone on forever.  And it almost did... I think.  The other day I was cleaning out my inbox and I found e-mails from June about possible vanity considerations.  I have serious issues making decisions on things, especially when I can't SEE items in person.  Buying a vanity on line just didn't work for me.  So I had one built.  Of course I couldn't see that either, but at least I had a live person to talk to that could calm my fears and pull me off the ledge.  Yes, I know, IT'S A POWDER ROOM.  There's not much in there to change or mess up.  But if anyone could blow this remodel, it would be me.

Here are some before photos:

Fairly generic, fairly nondescript.  It appears that there was no artwork on the walls.  This was not the case.  Imagine large framed pictures of deer, geese and other woodland animals.  Klassy.  But it worked at the time I did it almost 10 years ago.  And if it hadn't been for the busted vanity I'm sure it would still be there.

 "during" photos:

The potty had already been replaced at this point.  That dark green splotch behind the potty is the new paint color.  I've never used a color that dark in my life.  Talk about stepping outside the box. I usually pick very light, very neutral beige colors.

The after photos:

I really didn't want another vanity that large since it's a powder room, but the contractor said that putting in a smaller one would look odd with all the left over space.  I don't know if you can tell, the vanity is actually a light-ish green color called "Willow".  The walls are a dark green color that Sherwin Williams custom color matched for me.  The floor is the same, but one day (I have a feeling this plan will only remain a dream) I'd like to rip out all the ceramic tile in the 1st floor (which is basically my entire 1st floor minus the living room) and put in hard wood floors.

So it's dark, but we like it.  I'm still working on artwork for the walls.  I really LOVED several prints from this place but to get the size I wanted with the frame I wanted it would have been $90.00 each.  Even if I got the print and matted and framed them myself they still would have been pricey.  So I hit ebay instead and found these cute little prints below ($12.00).  These are up already but the other picture is not.

I bought the one below off of ebay too ($14.00 plus shipping) but when it came, the frame is damaged  on the left upper corner.  I'm sure that was pointed out in the description, but I missed it.  So I found some closely matching paint yesterday and I'm going to try to patch it up before I hang it.

As you can see, I'm keeping the nature theme but going from animals to flowers :)

Now that it's over, I can honestly say that I stayed NO WHERE near the budget and I hope we don't have to do any more projects like this for a long, long time.