Bathroom Cabinet/Counter Reveal

Last week I gave ya'll a teaser with this picture!

I am here to share with you how it looks today!
 

I did some deep cleaning in here yesterday and

changed up some of my decor!

I am pretty happy with it now.

Below is how it looks today, yay!

 

We have lived in our home for 20 years.

Everything is pretty much builder grade in

this Tiny Powder Room.  From the darker

stained heirloom oak cabinets to the

almond sink and laminent counters.

Pretty basic and blah.

It needed brought into the new century!

 

Hubs and I love the wall color, which is Cranberry.

This was a $5 oops paint!!!

I must admit

I actually LOVE varying shades of golds

even though it is not the trend

I decided to stay with those choices in here.

 

But I felt this room needed a facelift and knew the

cabinet were a simple paint job that would help

to lighten this space.

My hardest part of the whole redo was

convincing hubbs to paint over oak.

What is it with Guys and Oak wood?

 

I cleaned and scoured all the surfaces.

Then I painted the cabinet, using a

RUSTOLEUM Ultra Cover Gloss in Almond.

After two coats and a few days to cure

it was done!

I am not going to seal because the semi gloss

leaves a great hard finish and this is a low

usage area.  If I were to do my kitchen or other

high used areas, I would seal.

 

Just to give you a better perspective,

just outside the Powder Room is a main

pass through area which houses our

small Bulter's Pantry. 

I am working in my mind on what I will

do with this area...stay tuned!

 

Then last Thursday I got my supplies together to

 paint my counter top.

 

I used Acrylic Paints in:

 Black, Bronze Metallic, Brown

and Gold Gleams (light Gold)

I have seen granite with these deep tones and that was

the look I was going for.

 

Black was the first color I used and sponged on. 

I then layered with the bronze, brown and the gold.

The overall feel I was going for had deeper

browns with a shiny glimmery finish.

I did go back to areas where I needed to touch

up the colors.  I did this until I was happy.

 

Then I suggest 1-2 coats of Polyacrylic like

I used on my Kitchen Island HERE.

It has a high gloss finish and makes it

shine like granite!

Now it has the look and bling that makes me happy!

I did bring in more mirrors to help reflect and give

off more light. This room can seem dark.

Above, if you look closely, you can seen

that I VELCROED a smaller mirror frame to

my window. Did this a looooong time ago

before Pinterest and Blogs show how these

ugly big mirrors can be framed.

 

This room is not completely finished as I

do want to frame the mirror and change

out the UGLY Hollywood Lights that

are in here.

I'll up date ya when that happens.

Just a few pictures of how my walls look now.

Now I am really happy with how well it all pulled

together!

I so hope I have inspired you to give painting your

cabinets and counters a try.

I am always happy to help and answer any questions

you may have, so feel free to ask!

 

Be Blessed,

 

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