Powder Room Makeover

Have you ever painted a room and known almost immediately that it's just not what you want?  Well, that was me a little over a year ago in my powder room.  We'd just moved into our new home and I was wanting to re-paint almost every room in the house and the paint costs were adding up quickly.  With all the other things that I was buying for the house, I thought I'd save a bit and use some left-over paint...oh, why didn't I just get pick out the color I wanted?

I snapped this pic with my phone after I started painting, but the former color was a dark brown.  It comes across yellowish here, but it wasn't that way...just a darker brown.  On one hand, I loved the contrast with the white trim and wainscoting walls, but it just wasn't the right shade. I finally got the inspiration to re-paint it after seeing my mom's dining room painted in Sherwin William's "Silvermist".

You'll have to excuse my photography quality here... It was very difficult to get pictures of this little room with no natural light. You should have seen me trying to get shots with this large mirror facing me... lots of leaning!

I just love how the Silvermist turned out...much lighter and brighter!  I adore paint colors that show several hues and this one is such a great mix of blue, green, and gray.

I had fun accessorizing this room room as well.  Since I already had oil-rubbed bronze fixtures in place, I just added a few chocolate touches around the room...

Remember that butterfly print that I framed up a few weeks ago?  It's new home is in here and it inspired the other nature-inspired accessories to the room...

...like branches from the back yard in an old bottle...

...as well as some colorful bird fabric framed up on the opposite wall...

I wanted something inexpensive to coordinate with the butterflies and this watercolor-like bird fabric was just the ticket (the pic below is the true color). If you find fabric you love, don't forget that it can easily be wall art as well as the customary pillows, drapes, etc.  It's as easy as picking out frames, cutting the fabric and some mat board to size, ironing the fabric and adhering to the mat board with spray adhesive, and hanging!

Super-easy wall art!  

It's always amazing what a little paint can do for a room...next time, I won't be settling with color I'm not in love with either!

Kristen

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