My house has been trying to recover from the 80's. It's been a long process, hampered by either lack of time or money. My master bath was one of the worst offenders. Something about that carpet (yes, in the bathroom) and those weird shell light fixures made me want to get in and get out of that room as fast as possible.
It has taken awhile, but my bathroom is now referred to by my daughter's best friend as "the pretty bathroom". Ok, I have two more bathrooms to work on, but that's on down the list.
The art happened on the mirror. One of those huge wall-to-wall mirrors that I did not want to try and take out. So I started gluing pieces of glass on it. You can see what happened. I'm pretty sure there's not another one out there like it.I should have taken a before picture, but just couldn't bring myself to do it. The walls were all white, the cabinets brown, the old carpet tan and those dangly shell light fixtures were just depressing. The room now has a light laminate floor, soft green paint and freshly painted white cabinets. The mirror mosaic is made of bits of glass and mirror. The glass has a mixture of textures and colors, mainly in greens, blues, whites and golds. I love it! My personal little spa. I even have a new toliet paper hanger. The first one in that bathroom for the 12 years I've lived there. It's the little things that make me happy.
You can see the lovely old fixtures in the photo to the left. I was soooo happy to have those go away. Below is a detail of the mosaic.
Anyway, it may not be for everyone, but I have been very pleased with the way it all turned out.
