This is the long wall in our en suite bathroom. Do you see the problems?
1. BORING
2. OVER-LAPPING TOWELS EVEN WHEN THEY ARE FOLDED
A few years ago I painted the walls a soft gray-blue colour, which I still love, but we had never got around to making any other improvements in the bathroom or even hanging art on the walls. In short, this bathroom just does not zing!
I have been pondering what to do to fix the problems with the long wall. And I think I may have some solutions.
Since it is a bathroom, I didn't want to hang any art that cost too much or would be damaged by moisture. My solution was to frame six black-and-white photos, taken at the cottage last summer. That way we would enjoy looking at them, but I could easily replace them if they got damaged by humidity. See here they are in their white IKEA frames, just waiting to be hung up in the bathroom.
The builder's basic towel rack is one huge obstacle to any change in the bathroom. How to remove that treasure? Anyone know? There are no screws so I'm thinking it will be a demolition effort with a big hole in the wall.
I have been pondering what to do to fix the problems with the long wall. And I think I may have some solutions.
Since it is a bathroom, I didn't want to hang any art that cost too much or would be damaged by moisture. My solution was to frame six black-and-white photos, taken at the cottage last summer. That way we would enjoy looking at them, but I could easily replace them if they got damaged by humidity. See here they are in their white IKEA frames, just waiting to be hung up in the bathroom.
The builder's basic towel rack is one huge obstacle to any change in the bathroom. How to remove that treasure? Anyone know? There are no screws so I'm thinking it will be a demolition effort with a big hole in the wall.
This got me to thinking about how to deal with the large hole in the wall I will be making, since I don't seem to be able to patch walls so they are perfect. One idea would be to put raised panels on the wall. That would have the advantage of adding some interest to the wall, while partially covering the badly-patched-previously-demolished wall area.
Source: Style at Home magazine
Source: Chris at Just Beachy
While I love the look of raised panels - a lot - I was still worried about how smooth the patch on the wall would be when we take the towel rack off, and it would show between the raised panels. So plan B would involve installing beadboard on the lower part of the wall. This would have the advantage of fully covering any ghastly drywall patches, while still adding some interest to the wall. A mini-ledge along the top would finish the top edge as well as giving a perfect spot to sit the photo frames (notice in the bottom inspiration photo they have done that).
Source: Chris at Just Beachy
Source: Country Living
I'm definitely leaning toward the beadboard as I think it will cover more of the imperfections. What do you think? Do you prefer raised panels or beadboard?
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