week4: bathroom art

i'm finally starting to hang things on the walls here in unit 12. STARTING. i'm really looking forward to having at least one room in this place finished, yaknow? one day soon. anyway, with the wall stuff, i decided to start in my bathroom because... well, it's the closest to being done i guess. half of it is anyway. (the shower and commode are in one room, while the sink and vanity are just outside. very 80s.) both halves are pretty small, and the sink half is sort of stuck at the end of a short hallway without a proper door or anything. it's all a bit weird. anyway, the bottom line is, it's small and slightly awkward. oh, and all the hardware & finishes (save the faucet) seem to be original to the condo (vintage: 1981). blah blah boring ugly brass faded wood neutral. ugh. not helping the smallness or awkward-ness of the space at all.

so. i decided to go the complete opposite direction. i wanted lots of color and pretty touches to make the space feel special and intentional, fun and personality-ful. (i just made up that word.)

for this bathroom my inspiration came from the packaging of a bottle of soap that my sis gave me a few years ago. i just loved the design so much! (see it here) so the shower half got painted the medium teal tone, as well as the walls around the vanity in the other half. the hallway got the lighter, minty green. and the final touch is red for the accessories. there's also plenty of white and silvery metal.

the whole bathroom isn't done yet, unfortunately (though the remodel is on the short list). but the shower half of the bathroom is almost there. (i still need to replace the exhaust vent, the switches and the door hinges, and also paint the ceiling & trim and touch up the walls. but anyway.)

so i recently added some art and little decorations. which is where this whole post started. now, to the pics!



teal wall, small white shelf, round red plate (which cost all of 98 cents thankyouverymuch), and the inspirational body wash package itself.



teal wall again, two small prints in white frames. on the left, a postcard print by yoshitomo nara, and on the right, artwork by yours truly. (it says "this is how i roll!". silly, i know.)



somewhat wider view. the bathroom had ugly sliding doors on the shower when we bought it, which we promptly removed and replaced with a curved shower rod and nice white curtain. please disregard the ugly exhaust vent and teal paint oops'ed on the ceiling. i also need to replace the switches, which are some kind of almond color with paint swiped all on them. sigh.

anyway, that's all i got so far. hoping to get the rest of the bathroom done soon, as well as the second bathroom too!