The Bathroom Update

Ever since we moved into our apartment over a year ago, I've been fighting tooth and nail to win over some "Jenn only" space. Bobby has his own "man cave" (aka, the third bedroom), and even Marco has his own bedroom. The original plan was to have a kick ass walk in closet to myself... However, with the purchase of this apartment (and some furniture we never had living in tiny downtown Vancouver apartments), and with the wedding (and upcoming honeymoon), spending $1000+ on a custom closet isn't high on the priority list of things to buy.

So... I've decided to re-vamp my bathroom! Not a complete overall (eg: painting, etc), but more of an 'surface' touch up.

I wanted to achieve two things in this bathroom re-do:
1. I wanted my bathroom to be more "girly"
2. I wanted my bathroom to be more organized (see below)

Before: Ahhh clutter everywhere!

Before: We got this shower curtain as a Christmas present a few years back... its nice... but I am over it!

Before: Poor use of large space

We got a Winners/Homesense giftcard from my coworkers as a wedding present and I decided to use that towards this project.

The first thing I purchased was a smaller toilet paper storage (from Winners - its a 'stackable basket').

After: Better use of space... but I am still brainstorming ways to better utilize this space.

The biggest purchase I was going to make was a new shower curtain. I have been wanting a "ruffled" shower curtain ever since seeing one at Anthropologie, but their version was too expensive (over 100$) which to me is insane!! So I've been looking and looking and I found out that Bed Bath and Beyond sells one!! And it's all white, the way I want it!! :D I have a 20% off coupon at Bed Bath and Beyond too so this shower curtain would've cost just over 60$, which is still a bit expensive, but good enough. I was previously going to buy a similar shower curtain on Amazon.ca but I was hesitant because I was worried the quality would be terrible and I wouldn't be able to return it... So I went ahead and reserved the shower curtain at the North Van Bed Bath and Beyond location.

This morning, before heading to North Van, I hit up the bank to pay off my Visa, and then Winners to return something. I decided to have a look around to see if I could find other things for the house... and I stumbled upon this gem:

After: New shower curtain!!

This shower curtain is by Cynthia Rowley and it only cost 25$ ("free" since I have a gift card)!!!! So crazy!!! And its such great quality!! I am obsessed ;)

Side note: Needless to say, I canceled the Bed Bath and Beyond Order!

After: Counter all clean - also still a work in process. Still brainstorming how to store my hair dryer and flat iron.

After: white tray to hold all the potions I use to keep my skin young/acne free ;)

So all in all, I've spent just over 60$ (the toilet paper basket was 16.99$, the shower curtain was 24.99$ and the white tray was 12.99$) - which is what I would've spent just on the shower curtain at Bed Bath and Beyond. And since I used my giftcard, all of this was free :D

I still have some money on the giftcard to help with storage issues... and maybe splurge on a super awesome bath mat!

So happy with how this project turned out! Can't wait to shower tomorrow ;)