Raising Baitys | A Blog About Life in the Baity Family: {bathroom}

i have had this project done for a few days but have been busy getting things ready for the upcoming issue of <a href="http://www.lakewedoweelife.com/" target="_blank">Lake Wedowee Life Magazine.</a> i got this ugly 1980's brown shelf from the side of the road everything is left outside 24/7 thrift store on hwy 78 in oxford. (those of you from the area know which one im talking about.) i paid ONE DOLLAR for it....he really wanted 3 but i told him no way because it was dated and ugly. what he didnt know was i had plans for it to go into my beach cottage chic themed bathroom. i sprayed it with ocean blue then went over it with a coat of antique white to help hide the blemishes from it's age. it's not perfect...but for a dollar and a little spray paint it turned out really cute. <br />
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the frame to the right was also purchased at the same thrift store for fifty cents. the star fish was purchased at a souvenier shop for a dollar. this whole look only cost me $5 (the awesome white frame was a house warming gift from kirkland's) and the sand is from puerta vallarta. <br />
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$1 Thrift Store Shelf Makeover

i have had this project done for a few days but have been busy getting things ready for the upcoming issue of Lake Wedowee Life Magazine. i...

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like i said in one of my recent posts i am officially a homeowner. starting over from scratch is very overwhelming...but that's the thing...i get to start over! fresh new designs and decor! and by new i mean thrift store and yard sale junk turned into one of a kind pieces!!</div>
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my sad bathroom looked like it had been stripped bare (like the rest of the house) and it had no mirror. so i searched around on <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/amandalcausey" target="_blank">pinterst</a> at ideas...got prices at home improvement stores...and looked at yard sales/thrift stores...and i came to one conclusion... a good mirror is freaking expensive. so i decided to tough it out and wait. i only had to wait a few days because i found this on. at first it had a price of $20 and one of the thrift store workers heard me saying "i'm not spending $20 on this mirror. someone tried to paint it and did a crappy job even though its close to the color i want and it's too small." so she offered to mark it down to $5. so i jumped at that price and brought it home.</div>
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even though this mirror is smaller than i wanted ( and a good friend of mine offered me a larger one from her yard sale stash so ill get a larger one) the quality of the mirror was great.</div>
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i took the mirror out and cleaned the frame and mirror up.</div>
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since this is going into my "cottage beach chic" style bathroom ( if it actually ends up looking like that we shall only wait and see) i like the light blue/grey/green tones that go along with that theme. so i didnt have to worry about priming the frame since it is close to the color i wanted. i just mixed my paint and painted away. </div>
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after i got done painting 2 coats of blue it needed a little something else. since it is very weathered and it had a really cool design etched into the wood on the inside and outside edge i decided to accent them with a sea green color. then i accented the corners with a little as well. i attached a star fish i painted (its one we found a few years back) and a natural star fish that i purchased on a recent beach trip.</div>
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here is the end result.</div>
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i wont be hanging this mirror since i will be getting a new one to dress up soon. this one will go elsewhere in the bathroom to add "space" to the area...and so mr. b and i can both get ready at the same time in the mornings!</div>
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my next bathroom project will be attacking this hideous brass light fixture in the bathroom. im going to try and paint it with a white washed look.</div>
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Beach Bathroom Thrift Store Mirror Makeover

like i said in one of my recent posts i am officially a homeowner. starting over from scratch is very overwhelming...but that's the t...

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