$100 Half Bathroom Update: Paint and an Updated Light Fixture

Hey guys, welcome back to our $100 half bathroom makeover. We will be sharing updates every Wednesday for the month of March and also are linking up with some other wonderful bloggers at the bottom of each post.

Last week, we shared our design plan for the half bathroom. As a reminder, this is right off the kitchen and our only downstairs bathroom.

After an Instagram stories poll, I decided to paint the space Watery by Sherwin Williams in an eggshell finish! It’s the same color as our front door and our kitchen island, and I love how it ties the space together. It’s a bright color, but I think that it works in a space this small.

We taped off and painted the space and painted it on Thursday night. It was so small that it was an easy week night project, though we did use a FULL quart of paint. I always need more paint than I think I will. We painted up to about 2″ from the ceiling since we will be running crown molding in here. We paid $$$ to have these ceilings done so I didn’t want to risk getting paint on them!

In addition to painting, we also got to work replacing the fixtures with ORB ones. We decided to spray paint the existing toilet paper holder and toilet flusher to save budget (to be pictured next week as they aren’t up yet). We also already have an ORB faucet so we will be installing that hopefully in the next couple of days. Here is the pineapple towel ring that I used, swiped from my Etsy inventory. I used brass screws but will touch them up with orb paint. shocker 🙂

I also decided that I wanted an ORB light fixture. All of our kitchen light fixtures are already ORB so it will help tie the spaces together. However, with the $100 budget, there was no room for a new fixture. Instead, I grabbed the above mentioned can of ORB spray paint. We actually painted it directly on the wall since we were going to paint anyways. So much easier! We also swapped out the existing 90’s glass shades for the seeded glass ones just like we did upstairs. A lot of our light fixtures have seeded glass so it was all about tying the spaces together. Pretty good for under $10 total!

I am in a wedding this weekend (yay!) so we will see how much work I get done on this project. My goal is to have the faucet in, the newly ORBed fixtures mounted, and the mirror done for next week’s update.

Wish me luck & pop over to check out the other $100 room updates:

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Morgan

Hello, I’m Morgan, half of the creative force behind CharlestonCrafted.com! With a passion for DIY that dates back to 2012, I’ve transformed three homes and now I’m dedicated to helping others craft their dream spaces. Let’s turn your house into a home together!