That should be in Better Homes and Gardens.

What a beautiful space

Love your sense of humor with the accessories as well.

You are simply amazing!

My3

You are such an inspiration! Just LOVE your home and what a wonderful & unexpected project in your home.

Getting ready to open up our place in Biddeford Pool - I need to hire you for some creative energy in our place!

enjoy

Just incredible- again! Gotta go back and look again!
Thanks for sharing- very inspirational!

Absolutely beautiful. You have such a gift for decorating, and anything that you do looks so nice. I always look forward to seeing your projects. Beautiful wall paper and fabrics as well.

Amazing how good you have left. It's amazing what a person can do with some materials and expertise in decoration

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I love it all! It really did feel like a narrated tour, as you explained every picture. I, too, have an unfinished basement bathroom area.....hmmm....could I? You are an inspiration.
Dee

Marvelous!!! I love what you did and want you to help me shop from now on! :)

Gorgeous, all of it, a very happy space.

Thank you, all! Far from spa-like, which I know many people want, but once we set that new toilet on the old concrete floor, I knew I just couldn't put that gleaming Toto there alone... Then I realized that right there nearby, I had the makings of a vanity and a mirror, and the fun began! I was very lucky to get the bargains that I did. eBay and Craigslist have always been very good to me, with great buys on materials and a few accessories.

dee - I can't imagine that your 'area' is as rough as mine was before this, so YES, you can!!!!

What an amazing job you did! I am truly in awe of your vision and ability to not only score all of your "finds" at great prices, but to "see" how they will all work together so well.

My tastes runs towards the contemporary, and cleaner, more spare lines/decor, but I totally admire the space you have created!

Enjoy it!!! :-)

How fabulous! I love how you mixed patterns and materials to create a space that's welcoming and cozy. What a gift you have!

Love it! Especially all the accessories on the shelf.

Amazing... I love the sconces! Everything looks great and you and your friends are so very handy... we would never be able to pull something like this off!

I love it, as I always do with all of your projects.
You are an inspiration for me. I always feel happy looking at your work.
Can I ask how die you attach the stained glass, is it movable.
Thanks

Inspiring...thanks for posting!

lyban, I hate to admit that the glass is attached with Scotch 'strapping tape' - just a small 2" piece in each upper corner holds it to the window sash, and disappears. I elected to slide the screen up behind the top sash, so when I want to open the window, I'll lower the top sash rather than raise the bottom one.

Otherwise, I would have framed the glass, and drilled tiny holes through the frame into the top and bottom rails of the lower sash, and put small screws through, so it would slide up with the window. This way, it's very safe, and maintains the privacy I want.

What an awesome bathroom. You did a fantastic job!

As usual for you, a creative and absolutely inspirational transformation in that small space. I love the thought and attention that went into every single detail in your accessories, and the fixtures are fantastic! If you'd like to spend next winter in a warm, southern locale, I have several projects that could use your clever handiwork!

Great job!!!

Fantastic! I love how you brought all those recycled treasures together in such an attractive way. And I want "Jimmy" to come to my house!

wonderful!

ML

Brillant project -- and fantastic results from all of your planning and hard work! :)

Well done indeed! :)

That looks gorgeous! You're really talented at putting things together. I'm always so impressed with what people do here.

You have amazing creative instincts and also the determination to carry through on them. Just wonderful.

What wonderful collections, and a wonderful dog, to boot! I love it.

Perfect!!! :)

Fabulous job! Love the colors in the paper and the fabric (and I am crazy for paisley!).

On the wall to the left of the toilet would be a perfect spot to wall-mount a magazine rack for "the office". LOL

les,

Jimmy tried to convince me to have an outlet put there, so he could have a small table and vintage lamp next to his 'office chair'. I did put a ceiling fixture right above the toilet so he'd have plenty of light. His reading material is stashed in the vanity drawers!

He has seen my collection of vintage lamps and several would have been perfect. That's my only regret, as it would have been fun to put something there. He also wanted an outlet under the window so I could put a candle there for the holidays. I told him that I don't put them on the back of the house, as no one would see them, but he thinks I should start with one there. :-)

Stunning makeover. Thanks so very much for sharing all the pictures along the way. As others have already said, but it bears repeating, you are an inspiration!!

A woman after my own heart!

I say poverty is the mother of inventive building & decoration.
It's fabulous to see someone who might not be necessarily motivated by poverty, decorate so inventively and very beautifully.

How very fun. I'll bet Jimmy loves his new room and sure won't complain when you decide to move onto another! :)

Please come to my house....

Amazing job! I looovve that paper! I never tire of paisley!

Absolutely gorgeous. I love your sense of design, and this is a magnificent little bath.

Incredible space...adore the wallpaper!

Unbelievable! Fabulous! And that wallpaper is gorgeous!!!! Can't believe it's in a cellar. Looks spectacular!

Your new bathroom looks amazing! Love the colors and creativity. Great job!!!

So pretty! You did an amazing job, as always.

I have to ask - are you going to be finishing the rest of the cellar, or just have a beautiful powder room down there!?

That is really inspiring! Great job!! Enjoy your new bathroom.

Wow, you have an amazing vision for putting all these items together in such a coordinated way! The mirror is a piece I would've probably overlooked, but how it works in that space!

Good morning, everyone!

allison,

The 1/2 bath might be considered a 'folly' down there! I do have a small area around it somewhat finished, but the rest of it will always be a spot to work on my many hobbies, like furniture refinishing, messy crafty stuff, you-name-it.

I also have a doggie door in the opposite 'working' side of the cellar, that goes to a former garage under my office, which I made that into a wood working 'shop' years ago. Another doggie door in the shop takes them out to their fenced in area of the yard. The cellar and the shop are valuable real estate to me, just as they are.

I do have 3 windows and a door with glass in that 'living' part of the cellar, as well as a wood stove, and an armoire with a TV it in. It's cozy in the winter with the stove, and cool in the summer and the couch down there is great for naps! These pics are of my former LR sofa down there and a 'reading' nook with big chair. Not much decorating has taken place yet!

The door you see on the right in this pic is to the 1/2 bath.

This is the reading nook which faces the wood stove. Being a dog lover, I got this original oil painting of a Springer from eBay for $21.49!

His eyes are a perfect match to the Behr 'Cork' paint color.

And this is Ikat fabric called Casbah, that I got at 1/2 price at Ballard Designs. I might make sill length panels for the 1/2 bath for fall and winter from it. The way it goes with that paisley wallpaper is the stuff that (my) dreams are made of. I'm happy to see so many paisley lovers here, as I have always been one, and I LOVE to mix patterns in a room, even a small one like this.

I'm glad that others are inspired by my 're-cycled' bathroom! I'd never have done it if there hadn't been a rough one down there to start; but I just replaced that with one that even I'll use. No more storing tires and hoses in this one.

OK...WOW!!!!

Decor and design-wise, it's a really lovely space. Amazing transformation of a very dreary utilitarian space to a beautiful functional room.

That being said, what I really love love LOVE is that it's personal and meaningful. To a stranger, it's a pretty room, but to friends and family, it all means something, and that makes it magical. Anyone can hang things on the wall, or buy things from a store or catalogue, but when the things are collected from different places, and they all have some deeper meaning, AND they all work together, well, that my friends, is just magic.

I have to say that I'm a junker/ebayer/recycler, too, so I totally appreciate all of the footwork that went into getting everything in the room. The stained glass story is neat. Did the seller get to see it in the room?

Ok, I see now. Looking at the "The overall area before shower floor was sledge hammered out" photograph, it appeared like the entire area was unfinished. Workshop/craft space is always good. We have several areas for this too. Better than outside, the garage or in finished spaces.

Franksmom, YES! I try to do that in every room - make it have meaning to me, and in this case, those who contributed to it, also.

We worked on that little space off and on for 4 months, and the guys just loved seeing the flocks of turkeys outside the door. I bought grain and seed for them, and Jimmy would throw out a bucket for them each day, hence the wild turkey litho.

I used to fish and tie flies with my Dad, so I loved having a place to put the creel, the flies, and the antlers. My in-laws were the best, so having that mirror from them is wonderful. I loved restoring that $30 bureau for the vanity, and Jimmy is so happy with his first tile job, and rightly so. I think about the friends that were here working on it, and I stand in the doorway and just smile.

And, the stained glass seller has that photo above, and she knows she is welcome here any time to see it in person. I think it was the crowning touch of the room. :-)

This was taken in early April, when they were down by my shed. Those 3 toms were like synchronized swimmers. They'd walk shoulder to shoulder and it was like they were connected - very funny to watch them perform.

Fabulous job on the bath, it is gorgeous. Love the turkeys too.

Franksmom said it right. It is because each item was chosen with such thought that the room is so special. Dh & I have stories about many elements of our reno that others may not even notice, but the history and bargains are what make it so endearing to us.
Anyone can decorate a space, but it takes love to decorate a home!

I can't think of any superlatives that I can add. I love your new bathroom and all the thought that went into the decor. Thank you for describing your process. It is an inspiration to all of us. Just beautiful.

I'm a lurker who's admired your style, energy and thoughtfulness in decorating. I know it is not serendipity, but the uncanny ways in which the colors, patterns and stories connect to each other in every room in your house makes it look like it is serendipity. And the way the perfect thing for a particular spot in your house "finds" its way to its place in your house is simply magic!

Sigh...You ALL have made Jimmy (who stopped in for a brief visit yesterday) and I feel so good about our project. I read him your comments and his smile just got bigger as he heard them.

I met him over a year ago when he was here to replace some rotten clapboards. That project grew, and we became good friends. He likes to walk through the house and inspect things and ask how I came to have them. He enjoys the stories of where things came from, and HE is a great Goodwill shopper! I was thrilled one day when he arrived and shyly gave me this Goodwill find. A silver plated engraved tray with much of the silver polished off. He knows that I collect tole trays, and love patina, and thought I'd like it. I love it, and especially the thought behind it.

He also surprised me with two shelves made from scrap wood. I painted and aged them. It's been great to see his confidence grow as he's worked on projects here and gained more experience. Three people who have seen the bathroom in person have said that he and I need to become partners in a business where I 'design' and decorate, and he does the building. None of them knew what the others had said, so Jimmy was very happy to hear that come from 3 different sources. Here are the shelves he whipped up from scraps.

This one is done in a Ralph Lauren Ooops paint from HD. I did a black glaze on it.

This one is done in BM Wythe Blue, and I made a glaze of burnt umber. The vintage brass tea set was 99 cents (with a tray) from eBay!