Bathroom update

We're slowly making the house "ours" and putting our own mark on it. The first room we have mostly done is the main bathroom. Before it was generic builders beige, beige tile, and brown mirrors. I knew I wanted to paint it gray to pull out the gray in the granite counters, and we had decided on a gray/yellow theme. However, when we went on a shower curtain hunt we found a gray/black/red one that we liked a lot, so we changed up our plan. First, some before shots.

Sink before:


Tub before:


Curtain before (with a little of the new paint):


First I spray painted the mirrors. Before they were brown, but they were peeling and weren't in the best shape:
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Two thin coats later, they looked like this while they were drying outside:


In addition to the mirrors and shower curtain, we bought a rack for over the toilet (we have very little counter space), a red bathmat, and a couple of black towels. We spent Friday night painting, and Saturday morning I tried to tackle painting the ceiling white. I quickly learned that doing ceiling cut in work on a highly textured ceiling/wall combo is torture, so I abandoned that and painted the ceiling gray too. The gray reads a little blue in these photos, but it is a true gray in person. We're pretty happy with the sort-of finished product.

Full shot after:


Sink area after:


Curtain after:


For not a lot of money or work, I think it is a pretty big change. In the future we plan to rip out the beige tile and put in something gray or white, maybe paint the cabinets white, install cabinet hardware, and put in a new toilet. I'm keeping my eye out for some artwork and red bathroom accessories as well. As things change I'll share new photos.