Bathroom Redo on a Budget - From "Kill Me" Green, to Pink...

Soooooo, After messing around with paint colors from since time began... 

I finally picked a color for my

extremely green bathroom...

I know the color i picked will be such a total surprise to you... 

Pink

ok, so you're not surprised

I love love pink, but i have discovered you can hate it real fast when it's on your walls... 

but i found this inspiration bathroom ( in the previous post) and i couldn't resist

Of course, i discovered, the hard way,  again.... that the color match from the computer, was HORRIBLE glow in the dark peach on the walls...

I'll show you...

Below is the color of the bathroom, with the peachy pink test color... 

i was so mad it looked that awful, that i painted it back to the green!

Then i thought about it for awhile, and tried to figure out what in the heck was going on, why did it look so bad!!!??

and i decided, since there is absolutely no natural light in the bathroom, maybe i needed to go with a more lavender pink, not a peachy pink...

got a sample, tried it out, and hmmmmmmm.... maybe not so bad

It almost seemed neutral, and was very soft...

the next problem was that when i started to paint the walls this shade of pink, the lavender countertop all of a sudden showed up!  Why in the world would anyone put a lavender countertop on anything...???! 

 I never really noticed it when the bathroom was green...

crap! so now what???

What i would really love to do would be put a cool old vintage piece in here and all that...

but for now, i decided to just paint it!

 after Amy from Maison Decor suggested decoupage... i got an idea... 

i would paint the counter a cream shade and paint some Frenchy looking script on it

cheap, fast, and easy!

So that's exactly what i did!

What i think it says, because i used google translator, 

is 

"The little pink washroom"

or something like that...

It could say "you need to wash your little pink ass" for all i know...

i really hope not

in progress...

all done...

well sorta, i would like to get a cute little faucette with white handles...

but the thought of me and mr. fractured and plumbing scares me

so we'll see about that

below with the wreath all lit up... 

the wreath hides the huge washer plug in the wall and the hose thingys

I usually leave the overhead light off, the ambient light from the little lites on the wreath are nice when you're in 

"Notre Petit Chandre Le Lavage Rose"

(it's just too dark though to show you in a photograph with the lights off)

in the corner is this old wooden thing i found at Le Dump, and painted years ago, and on top an old rusty chandy that needs to be rewired...  

I may have to repaint this piece... i don't know ....

It holds fingernail polish, and glass jars, and bits and bobs of things...

This is a very tiny bathroom, and it just kinda tucks out of the way behind the door

One thing that's cool, is that the pink is a more flattering color, and the soft glow from the pink radiates out into the hall.. 

Did you know that some decorators actually color coordinate wall colors to their clients skin tone...

isn't that cool!?

anyway, the color flows more with the colors and touches of pink already in my house

color is such a fascinating thing to play with,  

and be befuddled by...

So, it's not a 'rock your world' makeover... 

after all, i'm just an ordinary girl, with an extraordinary lack of money, working full time, and living in a little box of a house with particle board cabinets...

Who knows, one day i might even be living in my car, 

but you damn well better believe, 

if i live in that car

i will probably paint it pink

...the end...