Chestnut Suite Bathroom

We've been slowly working on indoor renovations - most of this has to do with the bathrooms which we estimate we last decorated circa 1964.  The Chestnut Suite bathroom is actually one of the better ones as the tile is at least white, not, you know, salmon pink or mustard yellow.  It could still use a little livening up, though, so we got to work.

First, the before shots.  Well, Victor got a little excited about ripping the old sink out, so these are more like "middle" shots, but you get the idea.

We took out the wall mounted sink, the medicine cabinet with built in lights and the yellowing mini blinds.  The whole bathroom is more or less white at this point.

Victor built a new vanity and a wall shelf as one of the two major problems in this bathroom was storage.  He also cut down one of roughly 73 full length mirrors hung throughout the house and framed it to make a new bathroom mirror.  All the pieces were painted a light violet and then white washed.

Installing the new vessel sink and tearing out the old mirror, which may or may not have involved live wires.

We painted the walls and ceilings the same violet as the base coat on the vanity and shelf and then added a dark brown stenciled border across the top.  The window and door frame were also painted dark brown and the globe for the overhead light was replaced.

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A new mini blind completes the window, and while I would like to say we matched the frame and the shade on purpose, that was complete dumb luck.

We are also going to replace the current doors with sliding barn doors to help open up the space a little more, but this is pretty much completed.  One bathroom down, just four and a half more to go.




We anticipate reopening the Red Leaf River Inn in the Spring of 2015 and hope you will follow along as we renovate and restore this beautiful property in Waynesville, NC.  Find us on Facebook and Google+, follow us on Twitter @RedLeafRiverInn, or visit us at our website.