Basement Bathroom Remodel...

The basement bathroom in our house was in need of some freshening up when we bought the house almost five years ago. The bathroom had a new vanity, cabinet, and tile floor but the walls had ugly wallpaper that was in poor condition, the trim work was mismatched, and the window blinds were also ugly and broken.

We figured since we were having Shannon's mom and step-dad up from Texas for Will's birthday we would try to get it finished by then. The first step was taking down the old mirror. Next is was removing the wallpaper. I think it took me about six hours total over a couple days to get it all down and the walls wiped clean of the glue. Shannon (who is a master of design) picked the colors and plans for the bathroom and it involved painting the existing trim work semi-gloss bright white. This would consist of two coats of primer, then two coats of paint. However, when I went to remove the old baseboards I found a little problem. Mold. I knew when we bought the house, the upstairs bathroom faucet leaked and caused some water damage in the basement bathroom. I knew they did some drywall work, but it appears they didn't get all of the mold/water issues fixed. I ended up having to remove the bottom two feet of drywall from behind the toilet and under the window. I didn't notice anything still wet or damp, just mold that needed to be cleaned. Long story short, I replaced all the trim, drywall, and some of the studs. Everything else was washed/wiped down with a 10% bleach solution. When I was done, I felt better about the mold and the bathroom smelled great.

Once I got past the little issue with the mold, I was able to get going on the painting. Two coats of primer and paint on all the existing trim that was to be painted, and all the new trim (including the new wainscoting). Then two coats of semi-gloss bright white on the ceiling. Finished up with two coats of semi-gloss blue paint called "Mesmerize." After all the paint was up, we got the wainscoting installed, trimmed, baseboards on.

The next step came installing the new blinds, closet doors, mirror, shaving mirror, light fixture, paper holder, and sink faucet. Shannon finished the remodel by getting new bath mats, trash can, and drinking glasses. We used some of the existing white towels we had and the end result was awesome!

I have to say Shannon has awesome taste! I would have never envisioned anything close to this! It looks like a spa! We have a couple things we still need to do to call it 100%, we have to paint the closet doors and redo some of the shelving inside the closet. Originally we were going to paint the vanity semi-gloss bright white and get a new vanity top. At this point I just don't know. I don't think the wood color looks bad and the vanity top sort of matches, but looks a little dull next to the bright white paint. What do you think? Feel free to leave me a comment!