She already had a gorgeous bed set given to us by my sister. We found the perfect purple paint at Lowe’s, and I had been taking weekly trips to the Goodwills in our area. I was looking for anything that screamed “I am 6 years old!”

Start scrolling to see what I found!!!

The top 4 things I wanted for the kids’ bedrooms:

• Walk in closet
• Lots of natural light
• Built in closet system
• Window wall built-ins

Picks with our contractor:

Flooring:

The carpet was purchased from Royal Flooring for those that are local. We purchased the Royal Charity pad for under the carpet and we get so many comments on how “Soft” our carpet is. The way the sales rep at Royal Flooring explained the pads to use is this: The most common is “Good” which they sell, but then they also have “Better” aka the Royal Charity Pad and “Best” aka the Royal Courage pad. We chose to have the “Better” option installed in all carpeted areas of the house except the main living room where we splurged for “Best.”

Mystique
color Pearl Ash
Royal Charity carpet pad underneath

Paint:

As part of the makeover we took our Pure White walls by Sherwin Williams and painted them Purple Hibiscus found at Lowe’s. We did an eggshell finish on the walls. The ceiling and all the trim are still Pure White by Sherwin-Williams in different finishes.

Lowe’s Purple Hibiscus

Window:

I thought I would add in a side note about the kids’ bedroom windows. We have black frames on all the windows on the outside of our house. In the bedrooms we did not want the windows framed in black because we did not know how we would style the kid rooms. Turns out you can purchase windows framed in black on the exterior and white on the interior ANNNNDDDDD it is actually cheaper than having a black frame on both sides.

Our own picks:

Lighting:

It is what it is… I wanted a flush mount white fan with a light and no remote. Turns out that is not a popular choice and I had to get a fan with a remote if I truly wanted the flush mount. Fans in the bedrooms are a necessity for our family but interior designers hate them. I received some advise from a designer that the fan should “Blend in” on the ceiling. Meaning it should match the ceiling color and be as plain as can be (hence the flush mount). I decided to take this advise and compromise my wish for a remote free fan. In general these fans are not too bad. There is a delay in flipping the switch on and them actually turning on. I’m not sure if this is a wiring issue or something with the fan itself. I do like that you can change the temperature of the light and dim the lighting. We have the light on a soft yellow light and dimmed so at night we can keep our bodies in nighttime mode. We could change it during the day but instead just open the curtains for the natural light. The fan can rotate in reverse during the cold months which we currently have it doing in the nursery.

Home Depot 52in Fan with Light

Bedroom “Hardware:”

I want to rave about the curtain rod for a second. It is a double rod so I have boring room darkening curtains on the inner rod and pretty long blush curtains on the outer rod. The rod was super easy to install. The length options were fabulous so I bet there will be one that fits your window. They also have more finishes available other than white.

To save money on our new build we had them leave all the closets empty and we designed and put in our own shelving. I know wire racks are not glamorous but in a kid bedroom I didn’t mind. My mom and I cut and racked our own design. I highly recommend going to The Habitat For Humanity Restore and you will find the wire shelves and all the accessories for super cheap. They always seem to be for sale on Facebook Marketplace too. This bedroom closet is the second largest of all the bedrooms. We left one side of the closet free of shelving and are currently storing all the large baby Items our daughter is too little for right now.

Amazon Curtain Rod

SHOP HER BEDROOM

Similar items to what I found at Goodwill

Similar items to what I found at Goodwill

Similar items to what I found at Goodwill

Her room is so cool with the lights off. The glowing stars were a gift from her Grandparents a couple years ago. She had them all over her walls prior to the makeover so them being up on the ceiling added to the surprise! They power up from the ceiling light being on in her room or from the sunlight that shines through her window. They last for about 15mins once the light source is gone. Enough time to star gaze and then go to sleep.

The neon “LOVE” sign was in the Target $1-$5 section a couple years ago. Though I did see an identical one at the @Home Store so I linked it.

Let’s see what else is lighting up… Her clock was a hand-me-down from my sister. I wanted Briar to use a clock for time reference and maybe the alarm in the future. This one is nice because the light turns off when the commotion is over. It will light up with a tap or if it senses motion by the desk.

The curtain lights were a Goodwill find. They are battery operated but I did find the same company makes a USB set and they are controlled by remote.

We just couldn’t leave Elsa behind. Briar has had a few Frozen obsessed periods of time in her life. Last Christmas was one of them, so Santa gifted her Elsa. She is great quality and peeled off the wall with no damage so we could paint. After the paint dried we put her back up and she sticks just as well as she did the day we opened her.

Briar’s dresser was a hand-me-down from my sister. It is such a gorgeous bed set. If you want to try and find pieces of it I was able to locate some from local sellers and small furniture shops online. You just need to search “Ashley’s Catalina Antique White” My sister gifted us the bed headboard, the dresser with an attached mirror, and two night stands. We added the butterflies to both the mirrors in this room. Briar had the butterflies in her room at our old house. They are elegant little things.

This Jewelry box was something my mom had stored away in her basement. We are not sure how she ended up with it but she has had it there for years. While we were decluttering she offered it to Briar. I did not think much of it until I looked it up to link in the blog. I was surprised to find that this jewelry box runs about $70 and up. Personal opinion: it is not worth that kind of money. Especially in a little girl’s room where self crafted bracelets and teddy bear earrings fill the drawers.

This is where the money was spent for this room flip. Rumi and friends cost a pretty penny. When Briar first brought up that her room was not decorated and she wanted to hang a picture on her wall, I asked her what else she would want in her room if we decorated it. Her thoughts were to have purple walls and Kpop Demon Hunters. For my search I was trying to find the Huntrix gals the same size as the Elsa wall decal we already had. This was the only one I found that was about 42inches tall and would go on and off the wall easily.

Our daughter is the queen of trinkets. She could go to a garage sale and buy all the “Old lady” knick knacks and think she won the jackpot. For the sake of this room flip we slimmed down her collection. We have not gotten rid of them yet. The stuff is just hidden for awhile. If she never asks about it all then it will eventually go bye bye. I think we are already in the clear though because since these photos were taken she has already collected new knick knacks as birthday gifts. These three shelves are filling up fast! That was the point of putting these shelves in. As soon as I found them at Goodwill I knew what we would use them for. Heck as soon as I found them I started looking for my own trinkets of choice for her room too. After a few different trips to thrifts stores I found this ice cream cone and saucer set, which I planted a snake plant in (very easy to care for and they are known to detox a space). I found a little flower candle, a purple ceramic boot, and a horse piggy bank.

The most notable compliment from this side of the room is that we painted the shelves the same color as the wall. Family and friends are loving it!

Also can we get a pat-on-the-back for keeping this fish alive for a whole year!! (The fish was Briar’s bday gift last year from Gammy) I give kudos to our sink water’s reverse osmosis system haha.

If you grew up in the 90s and early 2000s you might remember bedroom walls covered in posters and magazine pages or actual printed photos of friends and family taped up. That is what I pictured when I thought about doing a canvas collage. I wanted it to be mismatched and random things she likes. What better place to find these than a thrift store. Children’s bedrooms are always changing as they grow so there were so many canvas each time I went. It was just a matter of finding the canvases that matched Briar’s loves.

I personally thought the flamingo basket was cute. Not sure how Briar feels about flamingos but it had four sections and was super cheap so I purchased it. I figured I could fill each section with some cool markers to make it more appeasing to her. Which I did!! These metallic outline markers are pretty cool! I filled another section of the flamingo basket with chalk markers because of what I am about to tell you next…

This computer is a dud and it had been sitting in our basement for quite sometime. During that time Briar used it to pretend to go to work, to play library, and be a teacher. We decided to move it to her room since we were going to switch out one of the night stands with Rob’s childhood desk. We cut off all the cords and spray painted everything hot pink. I then decided to cut a black dry erase sheet to fit the screen so she can change the scene with whatever she is playing using the chalk markers.

Rob’s childhood desk was oak but we refinished it using Retique It. I highly recommend using Retique It if you do not want to have to strip and sand down to the natural wood.

The pantry is small but there is enough going on to give it it’s own page. I have all the details and links below.

The top 4 things I wanted for the Pantry:

• Enough space and outlets for the microwave and toaster
• Enough space for food prep (a butler’s pantry)
• Big enough to have a back stock of food
• Pretty inside because I don’t think the door will ever be shut (we ended up not bothering to put a door on)

Picks with our contractor:

Flooring:

The pantry tile was purchased from Royal Flooring for those that are local. I wanted a floor change from the kitchen to show it is it’s own space regardless how small it is.

Reflex Hexagon Tile
color Night,
Grout color Warm Gray

Counter:

It was decided to put in a wood counter top. We were not really a part of this decision. It was a standard thing our contractor put in and we didn’t really think about asking at the time. It looks great so I’m not complaining. After it was put in we had it stained the same color as the stair railing in the living room. The stain is a special mix designed to look like “Special Walnut” on the type of wood they used. I am drawing a blank on the wood in our home. We have extra stain which you will see came in handy because I stained some of our baskets to match the counter.

Paint:

The entire pantry is painted the same color as the rest of the house, Pure White from Sherwin Williams. There is trim along the floor but no door. We have an arched entry into the space to dress it up a bit. Due to having our microwave in the pantry I figured a door would just get annoying. Everyone is always saying they could never not have a door because their pantry is a mess. I get it. Our old pantry was much smaller and because of this we did not have any sort of system. The food just laid out. Our old pantry also had a door but we never shut it so everyone that dropped by saw the mess inside anyways.

Our own picks:

Microwave:

The microwave was part of the contracting bid but we decided with an open pantry we needed a pretty microwave. It ended up being much cheaper for us to pick out a microwave from Walmart vs purchasing one through the appliance vender our contractor used. Of course when you buy the Beautiful by Drew Barrymore brand it is easy to get carried away and before we knew it we had the Beautiful brand microwave, toaster, can opener, blender, electric kettle, crockpot, pressure cooker, popcorn maker, panini press and yes even the ice cream maker.

Beautiful By Drew Barrymore

SHOP THE PANTRY

Other Items I Considered

What you see in the images is pretty self explanatory but there was some DIY. The baskets on the first shelf from the bottom were lighter in color but I took the left over stain we had from our home build and stained the bamboo part of the storage cube. Changing these cubes was not the only makeover. I also changed the color of the crates up top. These came in a cherry wood color. I stripped that stain and painted two of them black and stained the other two, matching the rest of the wood in the pantry. I glued on a thin piece of wood (which I also stained) and used my Cricut machine to cut a black rectangle. The black rectangles are vinyl so I am able to change the label with a wet cloth as long as I write with liquid chalk markers.

The glass domed serving tray is up on a stand because it looks much better elevated in this way. I did see when I was making my links that this serving tray comes as a cake stand so anyone else making this purchase could choose that instead. I was not going to spend the money on a new one. I will link the recipe to the banana muffins I made because they are delicious. It is the crumble on top that takes it to the next level so do not skip that step!

The storage in this pantry comes from the height of it. We need something to reach the top shelves. With minimal floor space this step stool accommodates us well. I do wish it was a little shorter so the top step was level with the bottom shelf. Maybe I can cut the legs down someday. The part that I want to call out is the bottom step folds up. This prevents us stubbing our toes with the limited walking space.

I used a heat transfer vinyl for the gray baskets. The Cricut cut out the rectangles and I used my hair straighter to make them stick. The faux leather handles are sensitive to heat so I had to be quick and use a piece of cloth to protect where the hair straightener touched leather.

12 baskets and here is what’s in them

• Flavored Rice Pouches
• Mac & Cheese *Recommend the Smoked Gouda from Aldi
• Honey and Butters *Recommend Aldi’s Hot Honey and Oat Haus
• Protein Bars
• Tomato products: diced, sauce, crushed, paste
• Broths: beef bone broth, chicken bone broth
• Olives: green olives, kalamata olives, black olives
• Canned Meats: salmon, tuna, sardines & Tuna packets
• Candy *Recommend YumEarth Giggles & YumEarth Sour Littles
• Baby Foods
• Chip bag clips and koozies
• Birthday candles and cookie cutters

We do not transfer all the bagged and boxed items we purchase into pretty containers.You will find foods like crackers and cereals in their boxes, and bags of snacks for our daughters’ and snacks for mom and dad.

The little house here was on super sale at Hobby Lobby. I later found out it was part of the Halloween collection. In the tray I portioned loose leaf tea together: dandelion root and raspberry leaf (both really good for women’s health).

These are old OXO containers I have collected over the years. Their roll is to store our baking ingredients.

The crates hold things we stock up on like ketchup and taco bell sauce. Items I do not want anyone to eat because it is part of a recipe I am making that week. Produce we don’t care to eat cold like avocados and pomegranate and all the root vegetables.

The square shaped containers have been discontinued and honestly I have a guess as to why. My first order arrived with many of them shattered in the package. When they sent a replacement those too arrived shattered. I was allowed to keep what did not break at no cost but I gave up on them arriving in one piece. I think they did too.

Our container flow is this. We have staple items that are always in our pantry and those go in the containers. We do this because we buy several bags at a time and can consolidate those bags into one container. Having the clear containers at eye level allows us to see right away when we are running low. For example: Chocolate chips. Three bags fill the container and we always have them on hand because they are Rob’s choice of a snack at night and you never know when you need a good chocolate chip cookie. Another example is we buy a huge bag of baking soda to take detox baths, scrub the showers, wash our clothing and bake. We need a small container to keep a portion of it in the kitchen. Other small containers store things like mineral salt and whole peppercorns to refill our salt and pepper grinders.

Now I don’t really want to take the time emptying one box of food into another container for display, hence the big bins at the bottom to hide the not so aesthetically pleasing things. What I do do though is after I open a bag of let’s say walnuts for a recipe and I have just a handful left, I will take a small display container and fill it with the left over nuts. This way I do not have an almost empty bag getting lost under the large bags of chips and other snacks. Especially if it is something I do not use/eat often like walnuts.

The top 4 things I wanted for the primary bedroom closet:

• Lots of shelves
• Built-in dresser
• Jewelry display
• Opens to Laundry Room

Picks with our contractor:

Flooring:

The carpet is the same throughout the home so it can be found in our closet too. We purchased from Royal Flooring for those that are local. This carpet also has the Royal Charity pad under it so it is super soft.

Mystique
color Pearl Ash
Royal Charity carpet pad underneath

Paint:

The entire closet was painted in Pure White by Sherwin Williams. We did an eggshell finish on the walls. The ceiling and all the trim are the same color as the walls but in different finishes.

Lighting:

We have a flush mount ceiling light in the closet. I probably could have put a beautiful chandelier, but no one was going to see our closet. To save money it was kept simple.

Our own picks:

The entire closet design is from IKEA. We went this route after being quoted an insane price from our carpenter. We wanted the fancy things like built-in dresser drawers and lots of shelving. We had some other closet deign services come into our home but they too were very expensive for very little. I was very intimidated when we first logged onto the IKEA PAX SYSTEM design page. It turned out pretty easy to navigate. We just put in the room measurements and start adding what we wanted. The system will tell you when something can not be added in certain areas due to the current design or the size of the room. Keep in mind when you put in measurements that most closets have baseboards. We did not remove our baseboards so we had to subtract some inches off the size of the room.

For those that are local, we do not have an IKEA in Iowa, but we have a drop-off warehouse in Ankeny, Iowa that IKEA ships to and you can pick up your materials from that warehouse.

The amount of pieces this closet came in was very over whelming. The good news is once you build one piece the other piece is the exact same so it gets easier as you go. The drawers are all soft close too I should mention. This closet design has allowed us to get rid of our dresser in the primary bedroom giving us more space for other features in that room.

SHOP THE CLOSET

The bins on top of the closet shelves are memory boxes. I purchased the small ones off of facebook marketplace but then found the two larger ones that matched at the container store. Why do we have so much memorabilia? Rob and I each have a box of things our parents saved from our childhood. We have a box full of our wedding stuff. We have memorabilia from our parents’ childhoods and we have boxes and photos for our kids.

The gray linen containers on the middle shelf are Rob’s tie storage. They are a great way to store ties if you have a a large collection.

The ottomans in the center of the closet are from our old house. They too have storage so we store swimsuits in there.

I love these shoe racks that allow me to stack each pair. I added many shelves to our closet, but I have too many shoes I guess.

There are gaps on each end of the closet because nothing from the PAX system would fit there. I installed this folding clothes rack on my side and I hang the items that I still need to model for you all on LTK. Below the rack I store my suitcase and duffle bags. Rob also has a suitcase stored in the gap on his side too.

The top 4 things he wanted for the gym:

• Smith machine
• Cable system
• Dumbbells
• Blacked Out

Our Picks:

Lighting:

The builders set the gym up with your basic garage lighting. Two spots to screw in a light bulb. We added our own lighting once we moved in. The lighting we chose made this gym SO COOL! It is called Hexagon Garage Lighting. You can make it as big as you would like. For their power we purchased a plug that screws into the old light socket and this allows the light switch on the wall to control the hex lights above.

Amazon Hex Lighting

Amazon Light Socket Outlet

Mirror:

Mirror was purchased off of Facebook Market Place. It fits perfectly within the width of the squat rack. We hung it to the wall using these clips.

Elbows Deep In This One:

During the build Rob was not sure if he wanted the gym drywalled or with plywood. We decided to have them leave the walls and ceiling bare and just insulate them at that time. This meant that once we moved in we had to finish the walls ourself. We decided on drywall and Rob, who had never drywalled before, took on the task. It was not easy and the walls are a little rough, but somehow it just adds to the atmosphere.

We of course had to paint the place ourselves too and we chose to do the Tricorn Black from Sherwin Williams that has been used throughout our home. We picked it in a flat finish to help hide flaws in the wall but also because we were painting everything in the room black. Just like our powder bathroom, it had been recommended to us that if an entire room is one color flat is the best.

Home Depot Paint Sprayer

The floors were left cement by the builders just like a typical garage. Rob purchased “horse mats” and cut them to fit the room. These are very heavy, durable, mats that we highly recommend. In fact, the store clerk said that he sells more stall mats for gyms than actual horse stalls. We purchased from Tractor Supply for those that are local.

4×6 Rubber Stall Mat

The garage door that the builders put in is manual lift, but for Christmas my mom gave Rob and I an automatic garage door kit so we are having that installed.

The garage is insulated but is essentially a four seasons room. Whatever the temp outside the room is pretty similar. We are just entering the hot summer so I am not sure how this will go, but for the winter we used this heater. We had to keep the room at 60 degrees to maintain a healthy cable system.

Amazon Space Heater

SHOP THE GYM

This squat rack is insane! It has a smith machine, cable system, leg curl and extension attachment, a leg press attachment, and more. We have limited space in the gym so we could not buy a ton of machinery. We made a large investment into this rack so that it could all be one. The bench and the cable attachments were separate purchases from the squat rack. The attachments are great quality and the bench is so good and adjustable. I will say the bench is wide. Meant more for Rob’s stature than mine, so lifts like incline reverse flys are not as comfortable for me.

The dumbbell situation was the same as the squat rack. We wanted weight options but did not have a lot of room. We decided on adjustable dumbbells. At the time of purchase there was a deal on the cart too so we made another large investment for all of it. The weights sit on top and we have some other workout equipment I shared below.

Some minor notes here: The rug would not stop bunching up on the carpet so I had to purchase a grip pad for it. It sort of worked, we still get some folds here and there. The blackout curtains are SO GOOD, but I did not like the rings. I ordered a longer size and then hemmed the curtains eliminating the rings. I purchased the floral wall decals from Kenna Sato Designs, but I did find the same ones on Amazon and linked them. This is an awesome solution if you want a decorated wall but do not want to paint or damage the wall.

The top 4 things I wanted for the kids’ bedrooms:

• Walk in closet
• Lots of natural light
• Built in closet system
• Window wall built-ins

Picks with our contractor:

Flooring:

The carpet was purchased from Royal Flooring for those that are local. We purchased the Royal Charity pad for under the carpet and we get so many comments on how “Soft” our carpet is. The way the sales rep at Royal Flooring explained the pads to use is this: The most common is “Good” which they sell, but then they also have “Better” aka the Royal Charity Pad and “Best” aka the Royal Courage pad. We chose to have the “Better” option installed in all carpeted areas of the house except the main living room where we splurged for “Best.”

Mystique
color Pearl Ash
Royal Charity carpet pad underneath

Paint:

The entire bedroom was painted in Pure White by Sherwin Williams. We did an eggshell finish on the walls. The ceiling and all the trim are the same color as the walls but in different finishes.

Window:

I thought I would add in a side note about the kids’ bedroom windows. We have black frames on all the windows on the outside of our house. In the bedrooms we did not want the windows framed in black because we did not know how we would style the kid rooms. Turns out you can purchase windows framed in black on the exterior and white on the interior ANNNNDDDDD it is actually cheaper than having a black frame on both sides.

Our own picks:

Lighting:

It is what it is… I wanted a flush mount white fan with a light and no remote. Turns out that is not a popular choice and I had to get a fan with a remote if I truly wanted the flush mount. Fans in the bedrooms are a necessity for our family but interior designers hate them. I received some advise from a designer that the fan should “Blend in” on the ceiling. Meaning it should match the ceiling color and be as plain as can be (hence the flush mount). I decided to take this advise and compromise my wish for a remote free fan. In general these fans are not too bad. There is a delay in flipping the switch on and them actually turning on. I’m not sure if this is a wiring issue or something with the fan itself. I do like that you can change the temperature of the light and dim the lighting. We have the light on a soft yellow light and dimmed so at night we can keep our bodies in nighttime mode. We could change it during the day but instead just open the curtains for the natural light. The fan can rotate in reverse during the cold months which we currently have it doing in the nursery.

Home Depot 52in Fan with Light

Bedroom “Hardware:”

I want to rave about the curtain rod for a second. It is a double rod so I have boring room darkening curtains on the inner rod and pretty long blush curtains on the outer rod. The rod was super easy to install. The length options were fabulous so I bet there will be one that fits your window. They also have more finishes available other than white.

To save money on our new build we had them leave all the closets empty and we designed and put in our own shelving. I know wire racks are not glamorous but in a kid bedroom I didn’t mind. My mom and I cut and racked our own design. I highly recommend going to The Habitat For Humanity Restore and you will find the wire shelves and all the accessories for super cheap. They always seem to be for sale on Facebook Marketplace too. This bedroom closet is the second largest of all the bedrooms. We left one side of the closet free of shelving and are currently storing all the large baby Items our daughter is too little for right now.

Amazon Curtain Rod

SHOP THE NURSERY

Other Items I considered

Other Items I considered

Other Items I considered

The cutest little lamp from Target steals the show here. Instead of plugging it in I put a remote lightbulb in it. I can turn it on from the rocking chair and change the light to red for middle of the night feedings. It is the perfect placement in the room. I can see when breastfeeding and also when her diaper needs changed in the night. I struggled with what else to put on top of the dresser. I ended up putting both my daughter memory books her beings I still access them for year to year updates. I really like this memory book from Kept because you can tell stories about your child. I add photos, unlike the way they advertise it on the website. I also added books Rob had growing up. His mom saved them for him. I guess they are considered “Vintage” now. I did find some for sale on Ebay. The final addition was this beautiful frame. It holds a 4X4 photos and it is so pretty in person! I will link Raya’s photo info here incase that sparks your interest.

I love how colorful all these books look together! These are some books I have that are very baby specific. Though my daughter does still love some of these Lovevery books. There are live photographs rather than drawings, which I have heard many moms say their kids relate better with! My favorite books are at the end by Natalie Marshall. She has one for just about every holiday. You should also know that these books ends come in many designs. Though they are not a high dollar item, I have to say I was shocked by the quality. I expected less.

I am obsessed with these sheets! The are so pretty and I found them in a bigger size for a queen bed. This print also comes on a silk pillow case and a body pillow case.

We used Rob’s childhood bedroom set (minus the bed) for our nursery furniture. I wanted to change the handles to make it a little more feminine. I settled on these flower knobs from Wayfair. They were not my first choice when trying to dress this dresser, but they turned out amazing and I am so glad I ended up with these rather my top picks.

The top 4 things I wanted for the main bathroom:

• Skirt toilet
• Dark and moody
• Not the traditional vanity lighting
• Floating vanity

Picks with our contractor:

Flooring:

The powder room tile was purchased from Royal Flooring for those that are local.

Reflex Hexagon Tile
color Night,
Grout color Warm Gray

Vanity:

We decided not to put cabinetry in the powder room. Instead we designed a floating slab of quartz wrapped around the sink. The front of the vanity is called an apron. It is 12″ to make sure the underside of the sink is covered. We purchased from Fox Counter Tops for those that are local.

Quartz
color Cascade

Mirrors:

I wanted a mirror that spanned from the top of the vanity to the ceiling. I was going for frameless but the contractor, for installation purposes, asked to have a thin frame around it.

Plumbing:

The plumbing was picked through Plumbing Supply and we went with a matte black. All the faucets in our home have a hose that detaches which is amazing for cleaning. This was a pleasant surprise as we chose to go budget friendly on the plumbing and picked the least expensive black faucet.

One thing that was insanely priced was the toilets. We wanted to order a skirt toilet which was going to cost us about $500 and then they were going to charge us separately for the soft close toilet seat and a separate expense for the black lever. We were very fortunate that our contractor entertained the idea of us bringing in our own toilets. He asked the plumber if he would be willing to install a toilet supplied by the client and he agreed to do it. With that we found a skirt toilet with a soft close lid at Home Depot. I found the least expensive black leveler at Home Depot as well and the plumber switch those out for us.

Sink faucet

Home Depot toilet tank lever

Home Depot skirt toilet link

Paint:

The entire powder room, from the ceiling to the baseboards, is painted Black Bean by Sherwin Williams. It was highly recommended by the painters to use flat paint in this room because everything would be the same color. This is the only place I allowed flat paint. Otherwise I am very against it. If you know, you know.

Our own picks:

Lighting:

I found the perfect chandelier right away and just needed to find the right bulb. I wanted the lighting in this room to be moody. My first bulb pick I loved, but I knew my elders would complain. It was a very amber light and 10watt. This light bulb had it’s own art to it that matched my soap dispenser. I decided after a few days of having the lights up that I would get light bulbs less amber in color and a wattage of 15. I am still very pleased with the turn out!

Amazon powder room light

Bathroom hardware:

Amazon toilet paper holder

Hobby Lobby door knob but used as a towel hook

SHOP THE POWDER ROOM

Other Items I considered

Other Items I considered

The foam soap dispenser is so beautiful but it only came with a chrome pump. I did find a perfect fit from Walmart that I was able to swap the chrome for gold. The hand towels were from the @Home store. They were a perfect price and fit, but when it came time to hang them that I wished they had a loop. I found a seller on Etsy that sells the loop separately. I purchased from her and sewed them on myself. The most perfect towel hook I found wasn’t so perfect once I found out it was HUGE so I had to return it. I could not find that perfect fit as a towel hook so I went for a drawer knob from hobby lobby and it worked great.

The amount of trial and error that went into putting a plant together was ridiculous. Im sure no one else would have spent as much time on it as I did. I purchased these final faux fillers from the @Home store. The peach colored blossoms were found on the floor and given to me for free beings they had broken off which ever faux plant they originally came with (no one knew).

This stool has storage and that’s what won me over. I wanted a nice stool so kids could reach the sink but then to have storage for toilet paper and extra hand towels was a bonus! I did have to add felt pads to the bottom for it to slide easily and not make an awful noise with movement.

The motion sensor on this toilet paper roll is awesome. It adds an extra source of light for my “Moody” bathroom and I purposely put the trash can under it so there was a light source for others to find it. My sister made a great point that seeing into the trash at someone else’s house especially if there are feminine products involved is kind of gross. She kindly recommended a lid on the trash. I had to agree after she made that point, so I purchased a soft close covered trash.

The photo in this frame is actually Rob and I. I found a preset that made it darker and then ordered an 8×10 on Shutterfly.

I got excited for next Christmas and ordered this Rudolph print for next year to put in the frame during the holiday season. Welp we are snowballing now, because you should also know that I want to order ceramic trees to replace the floral arrangement here next Christmas, get a Christmas hand towel, and I will use red foam soap instead of the orange I have now.