completed

 

The original bathroom had pepto bismol pink tub and tiles.  When they ripped it all out they found green and black METAL wall tiles.  Kinda funny that the paint we picked ended up being almost the same green.  I love this new room - so calming.  Love how the edges of the glass in the light fixture on the wall, the ceiling, and mirror have that same bottle green when the light shines through it.  The accent tile in the shower is glass - hard to see in this photo, but very cool.  I have a cigar box of sea glass I will use to make another piece of art to go in here.  The hamper on the side of the vanity actually has the bottom cut out, sits over a framed hole in the floor, and acts as a clothes shoot chute* to the laundry just below.  A clothes shoot chute* !  Just like when we were kids.

I've posted a new crusade over on the street team blog.  This month we are painting without brushes - adding layers of paint with an old credit card.  Come over and play!  Crusade No. 44.  Below is the beginning of the piece that ended up going up in the bathroom.  After testing out some ideas in my journal I tried it on watercolor paper.

 

The kids are back in school so I am fending off the blues by getting my kits and supplies ready for the workshops later this month.  Looks like Earl has subsided enough that we have nothing to worry about, whew!  I'm still waiting for the rubber to arrive.  I'm sorry for the delay.  All orders are labeled and packed with index sheets so I can send out as soon as the inventory arrives.

* EDIT:  after Tina's comment I scratched my head and wondered if I had spelled chute wrong.  I did!!  It is pronounced shoot, but spelled chute.  She used *shute* which is also correct.    Thanks Tina.

Comments

[Robin Orewiler]

Love the remodel! And the art is awesome - love the colors.

[Julie]

ahhh I love the art in your bathroom! What a great painting! Great bathroom!

Happy holiday weekend
xo

[Nancy]

Pretty, pretty color in the bathroom--I too love that green edge in the glass, and glass tiles are something I adore.
Can't wait to see the kits... three weeks! Yay!

[Brigitte]

OMG you have art in your bathroom ! I love it ! Your bathroom looks like a great place to relax, don't know if you actually have a bathtub, but wouldn't it be awesome to take long hot bubblebaths in this bathroom ? Love your art too, can't wait to try the Crusade. But, this weekend I need to paint something else, our home on the outside ! That's the kind of painting I don't like LOL

[Cynthia Schelzig,,,Cynnie]

What a coincidence that you picked out the same green shades that were originally there!! It looks beautiful! Love those glass tiles and nothing like the shoot for the laundry is there..........happy weekend! I really like your painting for the wall too!

[CatHerder]

Very pretty! i love the color its very calming. i have the teal/green and black subway tile from the 40's in mine...i will take the green ANY DAY over blue or pink..something about green that is so relaxing....beautiful job i love it!

[tina]

so cool michelle; a clothes shute! wow.

[michelle ward]

Thanks everyone! We love our new bathroom, and yes, it does have a tub. I revised the post with an edit, thanks to Tina. I knew 'shoot' didn't look right but I was too lazy to look it up.

[Janet]

Your bathroom is beautiful. Love the glass tiles, the clothes chute and of course, the original piece of art! It all looks very calming and peaceful....a great place to relax.

[Linda in FWB]

Your bathroom remodel is awesome - love the colors, especially the glass accents in the shower enclosure and your personal art. Also, thanks for the update on the rubber - I am like a kid waiting for Christmas.

[Erin Perry]

Had to laugh! My bathroom was Navajo white and I painted it lime green and fuchsia (only a shade darker than Pepto)! Love the leaves.
Erin in Morro Bay

[Kimi]

Love it! We still have the pepto pink bathroom. :)

Have a great weekend.

[Mary Anne]

I have to come out of lurkdom to tell you that we had that awful pepto bathroom too and I hated it with a passion. Oddly enough when we redid it guess what colour the paint is? Yep, green. Great minds!

[Nancy]

Come to think of it, my 1st MIL had a powder room that was Pepto pink, yellow and grey--and the jeep was painted the same colors! *Really* ugly. My bathroom, when it is redone, will be light grey with white trim and will have glass shelves for my collection of hippopotamuses. I mean, where else would you put a hippo?

[Cath]

What a serene space; wonderful. Our first house had a 70s bathroom in lime green orange and brown. I pulled the wallpaper off and lived with white undercoat for years ;-)

[Suzanne Gwynne]

Thanks Michelle - and Tina! You provided my "something new I learned today". We had a laundry chute when I was little, too; my brother would drop baby sister's special bunny down the chute to tease her. I can't count how many times I walked those stairs to the laundry with her crying and worrying about her bunny, only to find him safely perched on top of the dirty laundry. Brothers are soooo mean.
Your new bath is so clean and cool looking. Love your color choices.
Suzanne G in NC

[Renee Kelly]

Great to see the new bathroom! It looks wonderful. You all deserve it!

[Maj Carita]

Oh oh! My very favorite colours! Love your new bath room! The chute - like we had at home! And especially your beautiful piece of art.

[Kim Mailhot]

the bathroom is awesome but your art totally makes it ! Love that soothing color scheme and the use of the amazing brushless technique. You are are mistress !!!!
I hope this Labor-less weekend treats you right !

[JeriAnn]

Ahhh! Exactly my idea of a soothing, beautiful bathroom. I love those sea and sky colors!

[Linda Warlyn]

What a stunner...the whole room vibes with tranquility and fresh, clean, crispness. Your painting is the perfect finishing touch...lovely! oxox

[Carrie]

It looks beautiful! The wall art is perfect. Wish I had a laundry chute...
Hoping I can play in the new crusade before the semester gets into full swing.
Thanks for the update on the rubber!

[inge]

Hello Michelle,

What a difference with the first photos of the bathroom !

I completely love it : it's in my colors too...
The idea of a chute is great , but wouldn't work for me... the laundry would end up in my kitchen ! LOL

I have some artwork too in my bathroom, but not by myself... Yours is great : you know I really love this backgroundtechnique ! I love how you layered the stencils and the effect your created.

It's OK about the stamps : I know they will arrive...

greetings from Belgium
Inge

[Fiona]

Hi Michelle! Thank you for visiting my blog! I also visited your website greenpepperpress.com and you have such a neat arrangement of words, it's quite inspiring.

[Kelly Deal]

What a great piece! Michelle, I agree with Fiona. Your work is so cool and inspiring!

[jean]

what a gorgeous makeover!

[sharon curtis (glitterangel)]

Your bathroom looks fabulous, it's a great colour scheme and I love the artwork you've created - it fits in perfectly x

[donnadowney]

in love with the color palette michelle!