Bathroom Renos...Day One

We're sprucing things up in our bathroom! Out with the old and in with the new. Unfortunately we haven't bought any of the new yet, but at least we know what we want.

This is our bathroom now (well this morning actually).

We want to replace all the tile behind the sink and toilet with a white back splash sort of thing, like wainscoting, or barker board or something. We've also considered flat pine boards painted white as well. We haven't quite decided which option we'll be going with. We'll also be painting the bathroom with a color we've picked out called Hacienda Clay. I've looked it up online and the color is not the same as the swatch we have, it's a browny orange I guess. So that wall behind the sink will be half painted and the bottom half will be white with some sort of molding in between to make it look pretty.

We are also going to rip up the tile on the floor (yep it's the same as the stuff on the walls) and put in laminate flooring. We'll paint the baseboards white as well and add a nicer trim between the walls and ceiling. We'll be giving the ceiling a fresh coat of white paint as well.

We've thought about these plans for a while, but that has been as far as we've gone, lol. So today I started ripping down the tiles! If our bathroom looks horrid we're more likely to finish it right? The tiles on the wall and floor and the peel and stick kind so they were relatively easy to take down. When removing them though, I've discovered that there must have been some other type of tile there before. The wall is in pretty rough looking shape. Luckily with our plans it will all be covered up. If all goes well we'll get the paint tomorrow and whatever material we are going to use for the wall. I'll TSP the walls tomorrow and then paint Tuesday. Then this weekend if we have all the material we'll put up the wall behind the sink and install the flooring. Then if we have time we'll replace and paint the baseboards and put the molding in between the walls and ceiling. I hope we can get it all done....I hate the thought of living in half renovated rooms, lol.

This is what my bathroom looks like now:

We also have plans for some new furniture shelving in here. We know where we are going to get it from, but we'll wait until it goes on sale again usually advertised for 40% off every few months, so I can wait a bit for that. The new shelving will be a chocolate brown color and should look great with the Hacienda Clay and the white half wall.