We made significant progress on the hall bathroom in August; it's received a fresh coat of paint and a new mirror above the vanity. I decided to paint it Hollingsworth Green to match the guest bedroom, seeing as how I had about 2/3 of a can left over and it seemed like a shame to waste it.
I actually painted the room a few weeks ago, but it's taken me a while to decide that I like it (and hence post it). Plus, when I taped the wall off to paint the trim, the tape pulled some paint off, so I had to patch and repaint a few spots. The color comes off a bit mintier than I had wanted, and at first I hated it. Funny enough, though, it looks better now that the hallway has been painted Wickham Grey, because now the color goes from gray to green, instead of from off-white (the former hallway color) to green. Adding the new mirror helped tremendously as well. The previous owners, when redoing this bathroom, had installed a series of three oval mirrors to fill the space on the wall. They weren't terrible, but both Nick and I thought one larger mirror would work better. We found a nice one at Home Depot that was reasonably-priced, but installing it took some work since the D-rings that came pre-placed on the mirror were far too high up on the back of the frame. He installed it Sunday morning though, and we both really like it! As an unexpected bonus, the dark wood of the mirror adds some gravity to the room and mellows the brighter green of the walls nicely. I'm going to hang some artwork in a dark frame as well (perhaps black and white photos) and buy some towels in either a dark purple or a dark grey to further mellow the room.
The green does not show up terribly well in the photo below, but it does showcase the mirror change nicely. You can actually get a decent feel for the green by looking at the reflection of the wall in the mirror. Old look on the left, new on the right.
So that's the bathroom redo. The next room to be painted will be the dining room, also in Wickham Grey....probably not until October, though.
On tap for next weekend (tentatively) is a redo of our front walkway. It is currently inhabited by large concrete-type pavers that I would like to get rid of for two reasons: a) I do not find attractive, and b) I keep turning my ankles on them. However, the previous owners left us a sizeable pile of irregularly-shaped slate pavers, and I think it might be enough to make a new walkway. Perhaps something like one of these that I dug up on the internet...?
We shall see - stay tuned!
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