Staging: Goodbye Pirate Ships!

There was a lot going on in this bathroom that made it a hard sell. Obviously, it had been decorated for young boys. That is too specific when selling your home. The hall bath needs to appeal to a general audience. Also, the wallpaper was peeling, and there was just NOT a cohesive color story going on. Gray walls, pinkish floor, soft yellow counter top, tub, surround, and toilet, and white cabinets. When selling your house, I always recommend that rooms (especially small ones like baths) be simplified down to 2 or 3 colors. In this case, I peeled down the wallpaper, which had been glued directly to fresh drywall and therefore tore up the walls. Instead of paying to have the room floated, I opted to use this new texture to give the room character. Since the house is in southern Louisiana, a stucco texture was in keeping with local decor and gave the room a little New Orleans flare. I chose a paint called Cream Puff that matched the soft yellow color of the fixtures and added dry sand to it to create texture. The cabinets were slightly scuffed and scraped, but instead of repainting them, I got out my sander and roughed them up some more. New toilet paper holder and towel hangers from Hobby Lobby made the room even more New Orleans chic. Some bold blue accessories continued the home's color story into this room and complemented the soft yellow. I white frame made out trim boards from Lowe's made the mirror feel finished and turned it into the only artwork the room needed.

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