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Update on the Main Bathroom – Week 5

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Our main bathroom has come a long way than what it used to be but it is still not quite what to what I imagined. We are already in week 5 of the ORC Challenge, and while I would like to admit that I got it all together, I don’t. When I decided to do the challenge, I figured that I already had a head start since we were in the process of redoing the bathroom. But I am here to tell you, head start or not, I am still trying to figure out a few smaller things for this bathroom. 

But on a good note, most of the bigger problems we intended to fix is already completed. The lighting is already making all the difference and we have installed these medicine cabinets. 

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We bought these for a very reasonable price at Home Depot and again chose white to brighten up the space. Too much white? Nope! We like it!! And we decided to place one cabinet over each sink rather than one large one like we had previously.

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Medicine cabinets are out of style you may say. Maybe so. Or maybe not. But we have a good reason for choosing cabinets over just mirrors.

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One of our reasons being that we wanted a place to store daily cosmetics and so forth. Our vanity has no drawers as you may have noticed in the first photo above. And I prefer not to have a cluttered sink with all kinds of skin, hair, and body care gracing us when we enter the bathroom. Having the medicine cabinets gives us some place to organize our daily stuff without the clutter.orc wk5 cabinet

I have been busy trying to figure out the placement of the items in there since the spacing within the shelves are not very tall. But hey, now we have more sink and bathroom closet space. We can hide some of the items that occupied said spaces in the cabinets. Pretty organization, easy access.orc week 5

I have also being busy organizing the cabinet under the vanity. About the vanity, our original intent was to leave it “as is”. But there is some talk about painting the exterior. We’ll see. It is not a huge complicated vanity (image above) so painting should be easy.

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And as far as decorating the bathroom goes, I am currently experience a dilemma. I picked up these few pieces at Walmart (hey, no point in pretending)! But I am wondering if a different color would be best. I did a Mood Board as to what I wanted it to look like here. But now I am reconsidering colors.

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My next dilemma is the wall above the toilet seat. I am debating whether I want to add a floating shelf, a large photo, two smaller photos, or a sign. I have to admit that my bathroom decorating struggle is real:)

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So there you have it for week 5 of the ORC. We have come a long way, though. And those weeks surely flew by quickly. Week 6 is the big reveal and I have begun to tell myself that there is no point in choosing pieces that we do not love for the bathroom. We will show what we have even if it means we have to finish some things afterwards.

You can always see the plans and progress of the bathroom by clicking the following links:

  •  Week 1 – Plans 
  • Week 2 – Progress with Lights and Mood Board
  •  Week 3 – Removing the Wallpaper
  • Week 4 – Painting.

And if you need more ORC challenge room inspiration, go check out those participating by clicking here for designer rooms and here for other guest participants rooms. 

What do you think so far? If you are participating in the ORC, how is your room coming? I would love to know your thoughts in the comments!

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13 thoughts on “Update on the Main Bathroom – Week 5

  1. Hi Zan…your bathroom has come a long way from the peeling wallpaper! I have medicine cabinets above the sinks in my bathroom, too, and I love them! So much space for storing things in easy reach of where you need them. I would go for the large picture above the toilet.

  2. You’ve got this! Our bathrooms are small, so we went for shelving above the toilets for extra storage, but if you don’t need that, photos/art would look great here. Love the paint color with the white accents too.

    1. Thank you Jenn! The white paint is really working well; I could not agree more! We don’t need the extra storage above the toilet seat so we will see how it all plays out!

  3. Zan your storage looks great. I canโ€™t wait for the reveal! I love the direction the space is going in. As a fellow ORC participant itโ€™s been wonderful to gather some fantastic inspiration. Iโ€™d love for you to share your progress at Thoughts of Home on Thursday. Our readers would love to see it. The gathering is at http://www.decortoadore.net

  4. It looks great, Zan and I get the whole “get the junk off the counter top” theme. It is so much nicer to go into a bathroom that has stuff all over it. Thanks for the inspiration!

  5. Small bathrooms are hard! Hard to decorate and to keep clean and clear. We have a couple of them and I often wonder where the builder thought we’d keep things. A medicine cabinet is wonderful.
    Happy Thoughts of Home. We are so glad you joined us. ๐Ÿ™‚

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