Half Bath Reveal - Before and After - Updated Photos

I am so, so, so excited to finally have a real room reveal. Since we moved in 4 years ago, we have slowly been fixing up many of the rooms in our home. However, until today we had yet to completely makeover a room from start to finish.

Compared to most of the other rooms we've worked on, this reno was a bit crazy. Alex ripped so much of this bathroom out that I could pass him tools through the floor while he was in the basement. Um, yeah. Scary. I am very proud to say that Alex built the whole thing back up again. He did all of the plumbing, electrical, tiling, beadboard, crown moulding, and trimwork all by himself on evenings and weekends. I can take credit for choosing the fixtures, finishes, paint colours, and accessories, but Alex basically did all of the important stuff. He's the man!

Before I show off share some of the after photos, please take a moment to take in how utterly beautiful our half-bath was when we first moved in (double click to enlarge all photos).

And now I present to you our lovely, shiny, new powder room!

.........drumroll please.........

Gotta love the before and after pics! :)

Of course we had to have beadboard and chunky moulding.

We installed teeny tiny slate tiles for the flooring.

We searched high and low for the tiniest sink known to man. We finally found the perfect one online at Vintage Tub and Bath. We actually got the matching sink/toilet shipped from the States. I will admit that it was expensive to do, but totally worth it.

For now, we've left the window bare of any window treatments. Nothing will fit because it's such a tiny window! We did add some decorative window film from Home Depot for privacy. Update: I made my own window treatment and posted about it here.

I found this sweet little stool at a local home decor store called Rustic Craft.


The faucet we also ordered from Vintage Tub and Bath in a brushed nickel finish.


We wanted to replace the light fixture with something new but that still matched the character of the house. I love it!


The brushed nickel towel holder is from Home Depot and the hand towel is from Superstore.

We chose this t.p. holder to match the light fixture. Also from Home Depot.

Ooooh, stripy accessories!

Soap pump: Canadian Tire, Tiny plate: Pier One Imports, Plant pot: Ikea

We kept the original door hardware. The bathroom door doesn't have a regular lock from the inside so I used some jute twine to tie the original key around the doorknob.

Hopefully our guests will figure out it's not just for a decoration. Hee hee!

On the inside of the door I have this adorable hanging basket for extra storage.


I had a terrible time trying to find a small, square mirror that would fit the tiny space between the beadboard ledge and the light fixture. Finally, I ended up creating my own by purchasing a (cheap, ugly) picture and replacing the print with a mirror tile from Home Depot. Truthfully, it's not my favourite but it will do for now. Update: I finally found the perfect mirror and posted about it here.

The tiny glass jar was found buried in the front yard when I was planting my first hydrangea shrub. It looks so pretty with some simple flowers.

And that's our bathroom renovation. Done and done.

P.S. I am in all kinds of love with the paint colour I chose. I'm also using this colour in the breakfast room (stay tuned) because the rooms are side by side. It's a Para Paint colour called Splurge which I found while wandering the aisles at Lowe's. Normally I'm a Benjamin Moore girl but the colour was just so pretty I couldn't resist.

P.S.S. If you couldn't tell from the photos, the room size is slightly less than 5x4 which is uber tiny and so difficult to take pictures in!

P.S.S.S. I shared this before and after at Metamorphosis Monday, Show and Tell, Make it Yours Day, Power of Paint, Strut Your Stuff Thursday, Transformation Thursday, Friday Remodelaholic, Fab Friday, Frugal Friday, and Show and Tell Friday.

Well, what do you think? :)