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BEHR bathroom wall paint from Home Depot

Thanks for following along with my role as a guest participant in this season’s 8-week extended One Room Challenge event! If you’re new to Dream Green DIY, hop over here to find out a little more about me. You can click those links above if you need to catch up with this year’s progress as we refresh our downstairs hall bathroom, otherwise, keep scrolling to see what’s next in this room renovation!

So, last week was all about de–coloring our bathroom (i.e. repainting our dark brown vanity a fresh light gray) and this week is all about adding va-va-VOOM with a fresh pop of color. Basically, you have to find balance when it comes to adding color to a space, and for me that meant desaturating our vanity and giving the walls a nice bold hit of bright blue/green. I wanted the new wall paint to be the focal point, and I’m happy to report that “focal” she most certainly is!

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Green BEHR bathroom wall paint

Green BEHR wall paper

The color I chose for this bathroom update was a bit of a crap shoot since I ordered it “sight unseen” off the Internet. In other words, I didn’t sample it first. That’s typically how I roll around here, but I also was just feeling totally confident in my decision after seeing it used in this bathroom makeover by Dabito.

As you know, our bathroom is tiny, and I didn’t want to overwhelm the otherwise all-white space by filling it entirely with our new “Forest Edge” paint. Instead, I took even more inspiration from Dabito’s bathroom makeover by just painting the upper part of the wall. By the way, that big blank white space over the toilet will feel a lot more intentional in a few weeks when I share my “Big Picture” plan. I promise!

Since the wall wrapped around to the doorway by about a foot, I decided to go the extra mile and pull the color over to that wall as well. It only added about 20 minutes of extra work to the painting task, so it felt like a no-brainer, and I love how seamless it makes the blue/green color block feel, too.

Oh, and yes, as you can see in most of the photos from today’s post, we have a giant hole in the drywall. Reason being that we removed the old dated medicine cabinet that used to live in that niche, and since our new mirror covered the hole perfectly, it seemed like a wasted effort to redrywall it. The hole has actually proven useful, too, because we can easily access the electrical and see into the stud construction of the wall (more explanation on that in the coming weeks).

What do you think of our bold new color-blocked wall? I think it adds the perfect dose of personality to the space, and helps distract from the fact that we can’t completely gut the room in order to make it over. Paint really is the most powerful and most cost-effective tool we have in our DIY arsenal, am I right?!

Anyway, that’s all I can show you for now because if I share any more photos, I’ll spoil next week’s update: all new lighting! As always, thanks for following along with our mini refresh, and make sure you visit the One Room Challenge event website hosted by Linda, of Calling It Home, for even more design inspiration.

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*This post was sponsored by AllModern. All opinions are my own.

I thinkkkkkk it’s pretty safe to say that most of us could use a little extra TLC right about now. I’m doing pretty good, though (all things considered), and have lots to be grateful for—especially our cozy, comfortable home. I’ve found over the past two months stuck inside that refreshing rooms in our house goes a surprisingly long way in making me feel happier and more energetic, even if I use mostly what I already have!

For this month, I decided to focus on our master bedroom. It’s a space that has always felt calm and inviting, but I wanted to inject a little more personality into the room with bolder colors and more function through better organization and upgraded furniture. Like I mentioned in this post, I wanted to use mostly what we already had to refresh the room, but I did decide that a few new pieces were in order to make it look and feel its best.

So, I teamed up with AllModern again to bring this space full circle. Keep scrolling for all the details on what we’re reusing from other rooms in our house, and what we decided to add new to the room to bring a little joy to the space.

I went through my reasons for deciding on ordering a brand new dresser in my last preview mood board post, but the short version of the story is that I was hoping to find a different dresser than the vintage one I bought because that one wasn’t a great color match to the tall dresser my dad had built for me, and it was also just a little too formal for our casual boho-meets-mid-century-mod taste. I was hoping to find something a little sleeker and lighter, and this new dresser fit the bill perfectly.

To be honest, the new dresser is still a little darker than the light cherry wood dresser my dad made, but I can overlook that detail because of the gorgeous retro-inspired shape. I love the sleek, simple lines of the drawers and those cool tapered angled legs. It’s definitely a better fit for us style-wise than our old dresser (which we plan to sell when it’s safe to relax social distancing practices), and it’s way bigger, too.

I was surprised by how tall it is and how much John was able to fit inside the extra deep drawers. We’re planning on installing a new closet organizer later this month, and this bigger dresser helped free up a lot of space in our walk-in closet, which I’m sure will make that organizing project much easier to tackle.

The other major thing we did in this space was pull in the bright red rug we used to have in our dining room. This helped give the room lots more defining character, and it’s also much softer than the old one (which we moved to the dining room where softness isn’t totally necessary). I love sinking my bare toes into this rug every morning and evening, and especially love that it was free.

To help make the new rug feel more intentional, I ordered a taupe-colored tasseled duvet set for the bed and a soft blush pink ceramic planter to put on the new dresser (see it pictured above next to my favorite vintage vase find). Pulling those slightly warmer tones throughout the room helped make the rug feel like a nice complement to the space, and I was able to finish it off with a new Juniper Print Shop print that I framed and hung over the headboard.

As for the rest of the room, more bolder colored abstract art prints—another from Juniper Print Shop, and the other by Czech Republic artist Jan Skácelík—plus lots of live and faux greenery finished things off perfectly. While I loved the room before, it felt very subdued and almost a little “safe.” Now, with all the brighter colors I’ve added, I can’t help but smile whenever I walk past or sleep in the room. It’s my new favorite space in the entire house.

Big thanks to AllModern for helping to bring my vision to life, and feel free to check out my list of look-a-like resources below if you’re looking to nail a similar joyful look in your own bedroom space—I couldn’t think of a better time to treat yourself than now!

Williams Dresser // More Mid Century Furniture	Swing Chair // More Swing Chairs	Willard Terracotta Rug // More Rugs
Westerleigh Nightstand // More Modern Nightstands	Armando Table Lamp // More Modern Table Lamps	Fiber Wall Hanging // More Modern Wall Art
Fiddle Leaf Fig in Planter // More Modern Planters	Mira Accent Mirror // More Wall Mirrors	Hashim Floor Vase // More Modern Home Accents

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