Making a Trendy Bathroom for Cheap!

Happy 16th Anniversary Mom & Dad!

My parents are such great people. They have both worked hard for me and my sibblings our whole lives. Without them we wouldn't be the people we are today. So for their Anniversary we wanted to really give back. SO... We redid their bathroom!

Now i have some amazing skills, (pats self on back) and I have great friends and family that go along with my crazy. So putting this back together was alot easier then you would think. We had a 100.00 budget and we didn't break it! Thats right, we fixed this bathroom in 6 hours and with only 100$. And i'll walk you through how.

First you need a bathroom in NEED of love...

OK, This WAS my parents bathroom. Everything had rust, and was falling apart. Dirty and broken. So many things in need of replacement. Hard water, chipping paint.

First thing we did was strip everything. We used paint scrapers, and Lysol 4in1 with bleach, and old wash rags. Prep and cleaned everything. That was the most time consuming part.

Once we were done with that, we laid the first coat of "Tuff as Tile" on our bathtub. That takes 2 hours to set.

We then set to work on the walls. We used Valspare Paint with Primer, Semi Gloss. I picked a Dark Brown so that it would hid the current stains and would hide any future stains and imperfections.

After the paint was on the walls we laid a thick coat of "Tuff as Tile" on the tile walls surrounding the tub.

Then we set to work finishing the final coat on the tub.

We wanted Matching and Updated Decor and Accesories. I got the flowers from the DI as well as the shower curtain hooks, and the wroght iron candle holder.

The shower curtain, towels, rugs and towel hooks were purchased from walmart.

Here is our Cost Breakdown:

• 3.00/ Western Horse, Shower hooks/ DI
• 11.98/ 3 White Bath Towels/ Walmart
• 3.98/ 2 Beige Floor Matts/ Walmart
• 1.50/ Floral Arrangement/ DI
• 2.00/ Vanilla Pillar Candle/ Walmart
• 0.30/ Assorted Ribbon/ Heartland Paper
• 15.00/ Golden Rose Pattern, Shower curtain/ DI
• 1.00/ Rose carved, waste basket/ DI
• 1.50/ Wroght Iron Candle holder/ DI
• 35.99/ Tuff as Tile Refinisher/ Lowes
• 26.87/ Valspar, Paint W/ Primer, Semi Gloss, Deep Brown 1 Gal / Lowes
• TOTAL: $103.12

So we went slightly over... But those Horse hooks were a NEED ;)

 

 Our Finished Product turned out better then we Imagined. And my parents love it. :)

The Biggest DIfference is that tub! wooh!



4x4 Pumpkins

So i know its a bit early but fall is fast approching. In honor of that i want to get started on my fall decor. And one of my favorite things about fall and autumn... PUMPKINS!! Man i love pumpkins. So to start out my "Making Trendy" class i thought we would do some easy wood workings.

Ok, The pumpkins that we are making on August 13th are simillar to these ones.

The stems of our pumpkins will be slightly different though. and I wll be teaching how to add a rustic touch to the pumpkins.  Space is limited so the quicker you sign up the better. After all, this is taught in my home! If you don't live in the area but would like to own a set of these, email me at Shaehales@yahoo.com and we can set something up :) Thanks!

A little of what i can do...

So i wanted to give everyone a heads up about the kinds of things that i can make... EVERYTHING. Ok, Now that you know that, let me show you a few of my favorite pieces...

This is a set of name blocks that I did about 8 months ago. I love the colors that were chosen by the customer, and I loved making them. One of my favorite sets made.

I made this blanket when I was pregnant with my son. I love the swirl. It was so simple but it turned out great and was alot of fun.

In our old apartment, we had this huge window that was just screaming "do something creative with me!" And so I did. The hanging window ornaments turned out great and were a nice addition to the house.

The Boo Frames. These were made on a whim, and I had so many requests for these after. Their one of my favorite Halloween decorations. I love them.

These were made for my son's room. I think its a fun twist on the old name hanging. and yes, I made the Name Hanger too.

These were kinda fun too. My clover welcome sign. Super fun and super cheap to make. Love it.

Last but not least! My Simple green wreath. My favorite part is the long ribbon. I think that I may just add a wider ribbon some day...

Well now that you can see a bit of what I do, I'd like to remind everyone that i'm going to be teaching a "make & take" on alot of fun and trendy items.  So keep looking and add this Blog to your favorites!