A modern farmhouse bathroom makeover reveal jam packed with ways to give rustic charm to a builder grade bathroom on a budget.
Boom shakalaka! It’s one of my favorite kind of days. Reveal day!
I have a tendency to string you guys along through every room makeover it seems. Every single time, it takes longer than I expect to get to the reveal. But it always pays off to take my time.
When we first moved in a little less than two years ago, this bathroom looked like this:
This space is technically Olivia’s bathroom, but since it’s also the one our guests use when they visit, I didn’t want to girlify it up too much. Still, it needed something besides the bare minimum we had going on in here.
My absolute favorite thing to do in most of our makeovers is mix lots of textures to make everything feel more cozy and balance soft, feminine features with the more rough, masculine pieces.
I love how this one came together! My pictures really don’t do this space justice since it’s quite a challenge photographing in a room with no windows.
A lot of leftovers really ended up in here by accident. I hung up that ruffled shower curtain that I once used a few years ago as a photography backdrop when Olivia was a baby. We had fun photoshoots all the time with it.
I put together a towel rack using scrap wood pieces from our garage that were leftover from our master bathroom plank wall. Those doorknob hooks make me smile every time I walk in here.
Even our cabinet paint was reused from a leftover quart. Yay!
I knew I wanted some chunky rustic shelving in here too, so Robert whipped these up in an hour or two from plans I found on Shanty 2 Chic. They’re so great for beginners!
Once they were up, I stained them with a coat of Minwax Walnut, went crazy with the mouse sander to rough them up, and sealed them with a matte polyurethane. I absolutely love how functional they are for keeping all of the guest amenities in plain sight while still looking farmhouse-y.
And do you want to know a dirty little secret? That brown apothecary bottle is a Halloween decoration I found at Homegoods. It has a “poison” label on the front. I just turned it around and planned to fill it with bath salts. It’s too cute to hide away for winter, spring, and summer anyway, right?
Lately, I’ve been finding so many great organization containers at Walmart, and I couldn’t resist scooping up that chicken wire basket and glass jar for soaps. I’ve learned I can’t shop for groceries at Walmart. I get too tempted to venture to the home side of the store.
Since we madeover our master bathroom, I’ve realized how much I like storing things in apothecary jars.
1. They make a dollar bag of cotton balls look uber fancy. (How is that possible?) And 2. It helps me keep things out of Olivia’s reach. Several times, she’s made a game out of throwing our Q-tips ALL over our bathroom floor. Yay. Glass jars up on shelves all day every day!
If she Houdinis her way up to this shelf, I’ll be shocked and amazed…and in major mommy freak-out mode.
One of my favorite finds in here was this bathroom mirror I picked up for $24! You can see all about that in this post. I don’t think I’d be able to frame our existing builder grade one for that!
I was thrilled to find this vanity light to replace our basic one too for a pretty good price. Those shades set a really pretty ambience in here when it’s on.
Side note: I pretty much always make it my rule to stick to bright white towels and sheets in our house. White just feels clean to me. I can bleach all of our linens in hot water and keep them smelling fresh. Plus, white towels are better for your skin anyway.
If you followed along on our Trash to Treasure project this month, I pulled these art pieces out of our thrift pile for a little typography makeover. It was totally free!
I am still soooooo excited about our faucet in here that Moen provided. I just want to pet it. Is that weird? Don’t answer that.
Another huge change in here was painting these cabinets using the same cabinet paint from our master bathroom. It’s Benjamin Moore Winter Gates in semi-gloss. Also aren’t those spigot knobs darling?
These handles I picked up along with the knobs at Hobby Lobby work beautifully with the mirror too.
There were some things I didn’t stick to in my original bathroom makeover plan like adding subway tile and board and batten in here, but I’m really glad I didn’t make things more complicated with those. It might have been too much if we had gone that route.
And here’s the entire budget and source break down. Believe it or not, this one cost more than our master bathroom makeover! But we had our lighting and faucet to contend with in here, and that’s always a bigger chunk of the budget. Still, we managed to pack in a big transformation for a fairly small price tag.
Source List: (Affiliate links are provided below. For more information, see my full disclosure here.)
- Wall Paint – Sherwin Williams Sea Salt color mixed into Valspar Signature satin paint $29 (after a $5 off rebate)
- Cabinet Paint- Benjamin Moore Winter Gates color mixed into Valspar Signature semi-gloss paint $37.50 for all supplies (DIY tutorial here)
- Cabinet Hardware- $18 for all knobs and handles together (On sale at 50% off at Hobby Lobby)
- Sink Faucet- Moen Vestige Centerset Faucet $216 normally (Provided by Moen)
- Light Fixture- Allen + Roth Hainsbrook Vanity Light $70 (Bought on sale at Lowe’s)
- Typography Art- Free! (Tutorial here)
- Shelves- Built for $15 and stained with Minwax Walnut (Using these plans I found on Shanty2Chic)
- Spray painted shower fixtures- $35 (DIY tutorial here)
- Bath mat- $8 (Bought on clearance at Hobby Lobby)
- Towel Rack- $44 (DIY tutorial here)
- Mirror- Distressed White Driftwood Mirror $24 (Bought with a coupon at Kirkland’s)
- Shower curtain- already owned (Similar one here)
- Boxwood plants- $6 each – clearance aisle of HomeGoods
- Towels- Walmart 4 for $16
- Washcloths- Walmart 8 for $4
- Apothecary jars- Homegoods $12 and $10 (Similar ones here)
- Brown glass jar- Homegoods $4
- TP chickenwire basket- $7.50 Walmart
- Glass soap jar- $12 Walmart
- Wire basket – already owned
- Galvanized watering can – already owned (Similar one here)
Total: $584
If I forgot anything in that long list, let me know and I’ll add it in. Hopefully, that covered it.
What do you think?! That’s a big ol’ check off the to-do list! If you want to see any of the other makeovers we’ve done, you can find all of our room reveals here.
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Absolutely incredible Lauren- amazing job. I love it!!
Thanks, Krista! 🙂
Lauren, wow! What an incredible transformation! That paint on your vanity really brightened up the whole space. Everything works so well together and I love love love the hardware on your vanity! Thanks for sharing 🙂
Shonee
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Thanks, Shonee! I winged it with that cabinet color using our paint leftovers but I was so glad how it turned out. It was a happy little surprise. 🙂
Love it Lauren! Looks so nice 🙂
Thanks, Heather! I LOVE your kids’ bathroom too. My favorite ever!
It turned out great, Lauren! #nailedit
Thanks girl! I had fun pulling it all together.
I saw this project on the HomeTalk website. After seeing it on there, I had to come on your page and see it all. You did a really beautiful job in there. On the Hometalk site, you said you painted your shower facet and spout. Can you tell me what paint you used?
Thanks for the inspiration.
Debbie
Thank you, Debbie! And yes, I painted the shower faucet and spout using several steps to make sure it is durable. Here’s the tutorial post for how I did it: https://www.blesserhouse.com/2015/10/how-to-spray-paint-shower-fixtures.html
Great job ! you have excellent taste and talent to go along with it. Tell us about White towels are better for us ???? Thanks for sharing.
Thanks, Jean! I’ve heard from a lot of dermatologists before that white towels are better for your skin because you can bleach them in hot water and get them very clean. And for me, my face wash often discolors any colored towels anyway with a bleach effect in it, so I don’t ruin towels by buying the white ones. I stick with white sheets too.
What an update! I love a good makeover project. I am so smitten with gray vanities, love it!
Thanks, Amy! Me too. Much easier to keep looking clean than white vanities too. 😉
Talk about an incredible transformation! You took a standard bathroom and added so much style and personality and warmth. I think I may be obsessed.
Thank you so much, Katie! I’m a little obsessed with it too. 😉
It is so beautiful. I love how the feminine (like the shower curtain) is balanced out by the masculine/rustic. Love!!
It could not be any cuter, you did an amazing job. I would love being a guest in that bathroom. You may never get them to leave!
Thanks, Margie! I have a hard time leaving this room too. 🙂
Lauren I really love this bathroom….all the little details come together perfectly! It really inspires me to finally do something with ours….it is soooo boring!
Thank you, Gilly! I had a lot of fun pulling this space together. 🙂
Relatively new to your site and absolutely awed! Lovely job with the bathroom. Hubby and I are slowly working on getting our 90 year old farmhouse back to period. It is a part time ‘work in progress’ since we don’t live there yet and it is 4 hours away. I am pinning some of your ideas to use. Thanks!
Wow! That is definitely not for the faint of heart! Thank you so much for the love. I hope I can help out in some small way. 🙂
Oh it’s so pretty!!!!! I love it!!!!!!!
Thank you so much, Gina!
It’s so lovely! My favorite is the doorknob towel rack too!
That’s one of my faves too. 🙂
Beautiful transformation!
Thank you!
Girl, you’ve done it again!!! It looks super amazing and so well put together. You’ve totally captured that fresh farmhouse feel. I am so crushing on those spigot knobs and the handles. Cute, cute, cute!!!
Thank you!!! This one was so much fun to do. 🙂
Well Shakalaka Boom Bam – that is fantabulous! I think my faves are the wall paint color and the cabinet hardware. Seems like everything you do is adorable. But…that is why you blog and why I read it everyday! 😉
Haha! Aw thanks, Cindy! You’re too cute.
The whole room looks lovely and a big change from grader build. My favorite aside from that gorgeous faucet it the humble towel rack that is so rustic and gives so much character to the room along with the shelves. Oh and speaking of those shelves, put the jar with the soaps higher…always higher… My boys used to climb up on the sink to get at those things.
Thanks, Mary! Good tip. That lower shelf is still really high and out of her reach, but if she gets to that point, I’ll most definitely be moving it. Thankfully, shelves don’t seem to interest her. She leaves the ones in our living room alone usually. Drawers on the other hand she LOVES dumping onto the floor. Oh joy. Haha!
Oh my goodness….I love it! I think this might be one of my favorite transformation reveals!! I’m a “sucker” for anything farmhouse and just love everything that you incorporated to add to the space. It is light and airy, the colors are soothing & calm and it has so much farmhouse charm. Great job!
Thanks for sharing – it was definitely worth the wait!
Blessings,
Lanita
You’re so sweet, Lanita. As always. 🙂 Thank you!
Oh I love it! It’s cozy and country and really a little bit of everthing in there! Love the wire baskets, I had no idea Walmart sells them! And the cabinet colour is so so nice! You have a great taste & talent Lauren! Cheers & enjoy!!
Thank you so much, Katrin! Walmart has come up in the world lately it seems. 🙂
Hi Lauren! I love what you did with your bathroom. I was doing some research online as I’m thinking about spray painting my faucets and shower. How did it end up holding up?
It held up great! We moved out of this house last year, but it was still going strong when we left.
what did you use on the bathroom floor
Donna
Hi Donna,
we kept the same builder grade flooring that came with the house since it was only 2 years old.