this fantastic bathroom redo comes from rochelle greayer of greayer design associates in harvard, ma. inspired by a magazine clipping (below), rochelle decided to create her own lower-budget version of the sunshine yellow bathroom. rather than costly wallpaper, she used a bright yellow paint and blik’s iron vines decals ($60) to makeover the space. i think the result is really spectacular and it makes me want to get off my chair and do some work on our own bathroom. thanks so much to rochelle for sharing (you can check out rochelle’s blog here).
[rochelle's magazine inspiration clipping]
[images above: rochelle's bathroom "after"!]
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It looks beautiful! You picked a great Yellow, and I think it looks even better than the magazine!
awesome! really an inspiration to restyle my bathroom!
wow – that’s beautiful! I love before and afters and this one is lovely.
Very well done. The existing black tile accents are so nicely highlighted now, and in my mind make the design even nicer than the original picture which inspired her. Lovely work! Very inspiring.
I love this-it’s so inspiring!
I just received this from Blik: http://tinyurl.com/5qoyx3
I can’t wait to paint and put it up!
So cheerful! And that is the PERFECT yellow – not too cornflower, not too gold. Well done!
I love the walls, especially with the black floor and tile accents. (That picture propped on the toilet is an accident waiting to happen, though!)
Love it.
I love the prints above the toilet. Where did she get them?
Lovely! It’s amazing how the black accent in the tiles, which looked completely out of place before, now looks like the perfect accent in the yellow bathroom! I love seeing people successfully build on what’s already there, and that yellow is perfectly cheery. The only thing is the framed piece that’s leaning on the back of the toilet; I wouldn’t have done that.
I like Rochelle’s version much, much better than the inspiration picture. Well done!
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Lovely! It’s amazing what accent changes can do for the overall look. Well done!
I loved that they worked with what they had and created a look where the tile looks purposeful and spot on, not tired and dated like in the before image. love bright yellow in a bathroom, who knew? nice! Dd
crazy. I had just wondered aloud in my latest blog post about whether blik could be a good wallpaper alternative. i’m going to have to add an addendum about this post! http://www.voughtsathome.blogspot.com
What a great update for the space. It looks fresh and modern without a complete overhaul.
I love Rochelle’s bathroom. Well done and very inspiring.
Very nice !
thats such a gorgeous colour, I want a skirt in that colour!!
Beautiful! I would have loved to see just a slightly deeper yellow though, but that’s just me. Very inspiring!
Wowie wow wow. We are giving our small bathroom a makeover in February. I think I found my new paint color! Thanks for the inspiration!
hi – I am so glad you all love my bathroom so much!!
…and they frame on the top of the toilet is proving to be a pain, but because we have low ceilings, there isn’t room for all three prints to hang… I posted about how I did the prints (they were downloaded and printed for free) and what we will probably switch them out for (hopefully bfore the one on the toilet falls and breaks) at my own blog today (http://studiog.greayer.com)
thanks – Rochelle (the owner of the bathroom).
SO nice, SO smart!
WOW! Brilliant what a coat of paint, some new hardware, and accessories can really do. New room. Gorgeous!!!
oh– and the stool was a happy accident. I found it on ebay for 15$ and had planned to recover it but when it arrived I loved the fabric that was already on it more than my planned cover.
love the color and thanks for the link to your webpage where you explain about the prints!!!
Such a nice change!
I like Rochelle’s better than the expensive one in the magazine!
I agree, I like this better than the magazine version! Really lovely work.
Oh, I also really enjoyed seeing her inspiration, though. That’s a cool part of the B&A process we aren’t always privy to. :)
wow the transformation is superb. by the way I am a Restaurant Interior Designer
, as far as aesthetic beauty is concerned, from the scale of one to ten ten being the highest i would give it a 9.
I absolutely adore the white designs on the canary yellow walls.
rochelle- do you mind sharing the paint color with us? yellows are so hard to get right!
looks fantastic!
where did you get the wallpaper!?
Beautiful work!!
I’ve been looking for ages for a wallpaper just like the one in the magazine clipping – do you know where I could find it?
I have a leaning print in my bathroom, and I used some velcro hidden at the top part of it. It holds it against the wall yet removeable for cleaning the toilet, etc.
I’m so glad she kept the tiles and sink! They look great with the new wall color.
the wall paper is by farrow and ball – I forget the name of the pattern, but any wallpaper place that carries farrow and ball will have it. It is very pricey though…the per roll cost is in the high 100′s but F&B makes you order 6 rolls I think…so it wasn’t cost effective for my bathroom to pay nearly a thousand dollars and have 5 rolls of leftover wall paper.
The color that I used was custom…I took a sample of the wallpaper to my benjamin moore guy and he color matched it. I know they look different in the pictures, but that is purely a result of lighting and camera’s.
Question: did you regrout the floor or does it just look more defined because of the color changes?
Question: did you regrout the floor or does it just look more defined because of the color changes?
Question: did you regrout the floor or does it just look more defined because of the color changes?
Question: did you regrout the floor or does it just look more defined because of the color changes?
Question: did you regrout the floor or does it just look more defined because of the color changes?
gorgeous!!!!
It just looks more defined…didn’t touch the tile or the grout.
wow! i love this decoration…
this is a great example of how to work with what you already have. Bravo, it looks excellent. i should never have painted my bathroom green – next time it will be happy yellow.
What a lovely job, using intelligence instead of unlimited funds! So so chic and inspiring!
Oh how funny, I have the same exact three skeleton prints… but mine are old and taken from a book… found on eBay. Seeing this I am wondering if the seller just printed them out! But the paper looks old and the printing looks professional so hopefully I didn’t get scammed! =) They *were* cheap, so no great loss either way. I love your bathroom makeover!
Beautiful! It’s so refreshing to see someone do a bathroom (or kitchen) makeover where they’re willing to keep original fixtures and tile. I dislike the constant “out with the old and in with the new” mentality. Save fixtures and you maintain the vintage of the house. BRAVO!
thought you might want to know….this post lead to Better Homes and Gardens contacting me to do a photo shoot for theri magazine in the bathroom…The shoot was yesterday…so fun. I made a post about all the adveture today. Thanks for featuring the bath…will surely send more pics as I complete projects.
that’s awesome! congrats rochelle :)
I love what rochelle did to her bathroom! I sadly have some pretty UGLY pink tiles in my bathroom and am wondering what ideas you have for fixing a bathroom on a budget when the tiles are less than awesome!
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