Powder Room Progress and the BEST TIP for Painting Around a Toilet!

Last Updated on August 10, 2021

I am pleased to report that we have made progress in our powder room! First, let me remind you of our plans for the powder room.

And let me remind you of what we started with. This is what the house looked like when we purchased it and before we had moved in. Boring, bland and outdated.

But it looked FAR worse after we moved in. I am embarrassed to show you the following photos of how it has looked for the past 18 months since we moved in…

We never took the time to hang anything on the walls. We never even hung a towel bar or purchased hand towels. That towel you see on the outdated marble vanity is an old kitchen towel. Our girls' toothbrush, toothpaste, hand sanitizer were just strewn about all over the place. Wow. Totally embarrassing.

In May, I told you all about my trip to the Ace Hardware The Paint Studio, where I picked out our paint colors for the bathroom. We settled on Palace of Versailles by Clark+Kensington {doesn’t it even sound gorgeous?}, which is a light blue with green undertones. Choosing the orange accent color was a bit more difficult, because I knew I wanted some pops of orange, but I have NEVER painted any portion of a room orange. But, I settled on Amaryllis by Clark+Kensington.

So, one night after working all day and getting my girls to bed, I started painting {doesn't EVERYONE paint at 9:30 pm?!}. First I had to remove the GIGANTIC mirror, which was much heavier than I expected. I should have waited for that until Joe was off shift, but I did manage to wrangle it off the wall and into the garage without breaking it {or my back}.

It was my first time painting with Clark+Kensington and I have to say, I was IMPRESSED. The paint covered beautifully with just one coat and it was nice and thick to work with {I hate watery paint}. The blue color is so, so pretty and soothing. I love it. Now, for my hot tip on painting around a toilet…

BEST TIP FOR PAINTING AROUND A TOILET!

As much as I love the color, I didn't want it all over our toilet, which leads me to the BEST TIP ever to for painting around a toilet! I saw this years ago, but I can't remember where I saw it and I don't know where the idea originated. All I can say is it's genius! Use an large, contractor/outdoor size garbage bag and cover your toilet tank with it. Ummmm….why didn't I think of that YEARS ago?! It totally works like a charm and is so easy!

The wall color makes such a huge difference! We've also hung a hand towel {FINALLY}! Here's a sneak peek of how things are coming together.

And as you may have seen on Remodelaholic, we updated our outdated vanity with concrete! You can check out the full tutorial on Remodelaholic!

Wondering where the orange color is? You'll have to wait for that story.

What do you think of the powder room makeover so far? Much better with that ginormous mirror and dull wall paint gone, huh? And do you see that pretty light fixture? You will NEVER guess how we made that.  Stay tuned!

For now, I would love for you to pin this to spread the word about how to keep paint on your bathroom walls and OFF your toilet :)

I am a member of the Ace Bloggers Panel and Ace Hardware has provided with free paint to complete my project. All opinions and positions expressed here are my own and do not necessarily reflect those of Ace Hardware.