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I’ll be honest. We started this quick and easy reno months ago. MONTHS ago. We pick away at things when we have time. \u00a0It didn’t really take any time at all, but just to get to it seemed to take us a while. It’s how we roll. As many of you know we have been slowly changing the colours in our house. We recently painted the kitchen (you can see that change here<\/a>). Up next was this bathroom. Small inexpensive changes have made me happy.<\/p>\n

This half bath\/laundry room on our main floor has been painted twice since we moved in 4 years ago (sorry hubs) but, since I’ve started painting everything light and bright I felt I needed to paint it again. This time I painted it myself (I’m not usually the wall painter – go figure) but hubby did the plank wall for me. He’s really a keeper!<\/p>\n

This is a hard-working room..for real people, this half bath sees a lot of action in the run of a day. Laundry, dogs drinking stations (we have 3 now..another interesting story), hubby has a saltwater aquarium and this is where he cleans and mixes and does all his messy saltwater stuff (I truly have no idea what he does, but its messy, and salty) and bathroom is off the back entrance which for some reason living in the country makes it a busy spot, and the vanity houses all our cleaning supplies so its well used.\"1\/2<\/p>\n

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I’ve\u00a0wanted to update this room a little forever but didn’t have a budget. At all. Zippo. Nada. Nothing. Rien. Whats a girl to do? Paint!! Paint changes everything right? So, using leftover paint from the main floor paint job, I painted the walls and instantly felt it was light and brighter. Phew!<\/p>\n

I love a plank wall as many of you know. So using the same technique we did here<\/a> in the shop we put up a free planked wall. (I’ll do a complete post on this later). We had a piece of plywood in the garage. Ripped it into 6″ sections, nail gunned it to the wall and bam. We had a plank wall. I used my go to\u00a0Miss Mustard Seed’s Milk Paint<\/a> in Trophy to stain the wood once it was up and I freaking love it!<\/p>\n

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Don’t laugh, this next dorky picture was one I posted on Instagram (hey are you following me? You totally should) anyhow..I came home from the Toronto Home Show (about that here<\/a>) and was exhausted but so inspired I wanted to start this wall. So I mixed up some Trophy as stain and slapped it on the plank walls. Swoon. Love. It. Oh – and easy peasy. (see our cottage plank wall here<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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I’ve wanted to update that vanity since we moved in, so I used my Fusion Mineral Paint in Algonquin and voila – instant update! This was an easy project guys! WHY did we wait so long?? I will do a cabinet painting how-to soon, but seriously, this was easy folks. It’s been finished a month and no scratches, dents or issues in this busy bathroom vanity. I love our Fusion Mineral Paint<\/p>\n

\"Fusion(ok ok, who noticed we are missing a piece of hardware? UGH, driving me mad, we somehow lost one and I was waiting until we found a replacement to take these pictures, but I took the pictures anyways but we have since found the knob – don’t you feel better?) Driving me mad about the picture, but I’m too lazy to take any more. So, um sorry!<\/p>\n

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I didn’t like how the clock looked in here, so I literally took it off the wall, gave it one coat\/wash of Raven Fat Paint<\/a> and voila, instant update. (shh…I didn’t even top coat it, don’t tell anyone)<\/p>\n

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I had the light fixture leftover from the shop reno. It was suppose to go outside the shop but didn’t fit, this light was only about 30$ from Lowes. So technically this was one thing we would have had to buy.<\/p>\n

We updated the mirror by taking off the frame that was there and replacing it with barn board. LOVE this update. It instantly gave the room the modern farmhouse feel we wanted.\"Barn<\/p>\n

The little basket in the corner on the floor I just picked up from Sherry at Stars and Stitches. \u00a0I can’t remember how much, but it was inexpensive. The artwork is all from my Grandmother, the geraniums picture hung in her kitchen my whole life and I love it, the lil curtains are actually Ikea dish towels and were 69 cents each. Seriously. 69cents (I honestly didn’t think anything could be 69 cents anymore but there ya go) I had the rod there before and they are just clipped on. (we never close the curtains as we live in the country with no neighbors, they are only closed when our towny friends come and freak out over open windows in the country ha ha) True story.<\/p>\n

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The deer head was a diy and you can do one yourself see tutorial here<\/a>. The Sandwich board mat we sell at the shop. It’s bamboo, rugged and lined on the back. Holds up to dogs, hubby, laundry room floor mess, and all the shenanigans that go on in here. I love it.<\/p>\n

That’s it, seriously, almost zero cost, and really it only took about 4 hours of work. Funny that it took us forever to “get to it”. We worked with what we had and made a big impactful change. What do you think? Its not my dream bathroom, but its way better than before. A bathroom update with just a little work. We have decided to replace the countertop and flooring at some point, maybe, who knows, but if I wait until “everything is done” nothing would ever get done. So we go with the perfectly imperfect as is look. Small changes make me happy.<\/p>\n

What small changes have you made around your home lately that make you happy? I’d love to hear.<\/p>\n

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Have a wonderful day friends. As always, I’d love to have you leave me a comment and let me know what you think.<\/p>\n

Cheers,<\/p>\n

Wendy<\/p>\n

You can pick upi Fusion Mineral Paint, FAT Paint and Miss Mustard Seed’s Milk Paint at our store 179 Bonaccord Street, Moncton NB<\/p>\n

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Not local? Here are some altrnatives<\/p>\n