Even bigger painting project

I could hardly wait to show you this.  The people who owned this house previously would leave their dog in the downstairs half bath.  It was a big dog, and it didn't like being in the bathroom.  Can you tell?

We had to replace the bottom pieces, recaulking it as needed.  I repaired the chipped and scraped paint by sanding, smoothing with spackle, and then priming and painting the door.  I used cabinet and trim paint from Sherwin Williams in a lovely white called alabaster.

Everything that I repainted had to be sanded and primed since I was painting over oil-based paint.  I used a foam roller to keep it as smooth as possible.

Love the trash can and toddler toilet seat in the background?

I had to take my little girl to an appointment, and forgot to cover the paint left in my tray.  So, when I got home, I had to do something with that paint...it's not cheap!  I remembered seeing Dana's powder room on House Tweaking, I decided to copy her.  I hurried to find a toilet paper roll and got to work.

After I got it done, I decided I needed a little pop of color so I randomly added turquoise and lime green centers in a few of the circles.  I used about a tablespoon of glaze with a drop of craft paint, and they almost look like glass tiles.

This bathroom is so much brighter.  We're hoping to make a couple floating shelves to add some storage over the toilet.

With the rest of thickened white paint, I decided to update the mirror by our front door.  The frame was originally gold.  My husband found it in a dumpster when he worked at the mall.  I spray painted it black and got a mirror made for the frame.  Here's what it used to look like:

It was time for an update!  I painted it white, and then glazed it with some brown.  A bit of the white paint rubbed off as I wiped off the glaze...and it looks shabby, chippy, and happy.

I added a couple coats of poly.

Hi there!

I'm so happy that this house is starting to feel like our home.  I think I am completely converted from black accents to white.

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