Hall Bath Refresh

Our hall bathroom primarily serves as the kids bath. For the first 4+ years we lived in this home the walls remained the builders blah beige color.  We did little more than add a couple small fun art prints from Target and a striped shower curtain and called it good. Fast forward to my brother and sister-in-laws recent moving sale and this bath·tub plank art gave us the necessary push for a quick bath refresh. 

This could also read:

bath·tub

n. A vessel which receives overuse from one certain 3 year old toddler who takes up residence here multiple times in any given day

{no.lie! the child is bath obsessed}

Here is a quick view from the door straight ahead. 

The walls received a fresh coat of Behr Water Mark paint. 

I replaced the previous shower curtain with a simple white waffle weave that I scored somewhere along the way for $1. 

This white apothecary cabinet has been stored in our basement since the move in October 2009. I couldn't bring it upon myself to sell it and I'm so glad I didn't because it has found new life again.
Since taking these pictures I've since purchased new white hand towels and wash clothes to replace the previous creme & yellow colored ones. 

Our long term goals for this space are to replace the lighting & linoleum flooring as well as either add wainscoting or tile detailing on the walls. I'd also love to remove the mirror and replace with two separate beveled mirrors OR trim the mirror out similar to in our previous home. 

We replaced the previous over the door towel hooks with IKEA hooks we had on hand.

Note to self - Gabrielle needs a white hooded towel to match the others :)

{Yes, she is 9 and still uses her hooded towels. Read that as astronomical return on investment.} 

I bought several rug options from JCPenney but when I stumbled upon this set at Aldi for $9.99 I didn't blink an eye before returning the much more expensive options in place of the disposable affordable option.  

The last facelift I'd like for this bath is to receive is to paint the cabinetry. Our builder used very nice quality cabinets throughout the house but they are beginning to show water wear in this bath as evidenced by this photo. 

Office Overhaul

What started as a playroom overhaul led to me tackling our home office area.

This IKEA GLIS storage box is the culprit for my fit of organizational rage.

I had seen people using tackle boxes on Pinterest for battery storage so when the GLIS box was no longer in use in the playroom I grabbed it knowing it would be perfect for the job.

That simple 5 minute task of removing batteries from packaging and sorting by size led to this.

I really wish I had taken a before picture because although this picture is a hot mess of office supplies it was quite organized {in a not very appealing to the eye kind of way}. 

A quick trip to Dollar General and WalMart for the white storage baskets and drawers & an hour or less later and I had this.

Item Sources:

The fabric storage cubes were a garage sale find and were previously used to house puzzles and craft kits, the metal box is from my SIL and the two slim wicker baskets on the bottom shelf were purchased at Pier 1 Imports years ago. The multi colored mesh storage on the middle shelf are from IKEA and have been used and abused hard and have held up like new. 

 I printed out labels and ran them through my laminator before cutting and attaching with velcro.

This area in our kitchen packs a big punch with storage. 

It houses all our technology related disks and cords, vitamins and medications, flashlights & other miscellaneous items in the far left; batteries, camera and video equipment & bill related info in the middle and a large assortment of office supplies on the far right.