The Girls' Bathroom Before & After pics... & More...

One thing the girls really were hoping for in our new house was a bathroom with two sinks.  Their old bathroom was tiny, so when we first looked at our new house and they saw that their bathroom had two sinks, they high fived each other and both said "YeSSssss!" Here's what it looked like before we moved in...

We were so happy about the two sinks that we didn't realize how little storage there is in this bathroom.  There are no drawers, only cabinet space under the sinks.  We need to get another wall cabinet to place above the toilet for a little more storage, but here is what we have done so far...

This was before we moved in because the carpet was still throughout upstairs.
And after...

I had been looking for a beachy type greenish blue'ish color, and found Zen by Behr.

 I loved it and couldn't wait to paint!

 We also couldn't wait to paint the oak vanity too!  
We chose Mine Coal by Behr for that and love the way it turned out.  I'm thinking about painting my kitchen island the same color.

 It's hard to see the grey but we love it.  We added hardware to the cabinets, switched out the door handle, and since the above pic was taken also added a tp holder on the side of the vanity too.  And added a tension rod to the window with a small valance.  Oh and we've had that window along with three other upstairs windows tinted too because the sun was brutal on this side of the house in the summer.  The tinting has helped a lot.

I love the mermaid art which reminded me of both my girls, constantly wanting to be in the pool.  I found those at Bed Bath & Beyond.  
So that's all for their bathroom so far.
We still need the storage cabinet for above the toilet, and some day we'd like to replace the vanity lights, builder mirror, and countertops/faucets.  

Mr. Hass also recently painted the linen closets upstairs.  Here's a pic of the one between our room and Claire's room from before we moved in...

 And this is the one outside the girls bathroom...

And voila!!!

 Big difference huh?!
I love how much paint can change things.
And hardware helps too.
I painted the girls oak toy box in the pic above by the linen closet too.

 I had some fun while painting and I shared this on instagram saying that maybe I should have done more "tagging" in my formative years.  ;)

Much better black.  
It has all the girls dress up clothes in it and they have been having so much fun with that accessible to them again.  
We were using the toy box to hold the tv in the loft until recently after I ordered a yellow media center and they were so happy to get their toy box back.  

I've impressed myself with this sudden urge to blog.
Hopefully it sticks around cause we're not done working around here, so there will be more before and afters to come.
I'm off to finish laundry and then later we are heading to my friend from work's house for dinner.  She wants to teach the girls and I how to make tortillas.
Can't wait!