Master Bath Reveal With Bead Board Ceiling

Hello sweet friends! I hope this Friday finds you well, and ready for the weekend! Isn't it about time for a break from the weekday rush? :)

So...

Do you remember how I said that I would show you pictures of the whole master bathroom when we put the fan up? Well, having been so busy with the bedroom renovations, I just now finished most of the little touches I wanted to add to the bathroom before showing whole room photos!

{Now I still have the window treatments to make, however, and a couple of small decorations I want to make, but I'm declaring the room officially finished!}

The facts about this bathroom:

It is a 3/4 bath that I think is actually smaller than our walk-in closet.

We had already replaced all the fixtures with exception to the shower, which will be a future project. We also replaced the pocket door, old window, and flooring, as well as removed the baseboard heater. We'd added bead board and chair rail to the walls and trim around the door and window...This was the major renovation, and it looked much better than it had!

But what this bathroom still needed was some character~ and not the kind that included dry rot and grime! I knew just what this small space needed, too. I had seen a gorgeous bead board ceiling done in a bathroom at House of Smiths last year, and loved how it looked! So I set out to make our very own bead board ceiling! :)

We bought two 4x8 panels of bead board from Lowe's, for about 24 per panel. I made a paper template of our ceiling, and we put it up to the ceiling to test it and make any necessary adjustments. We also marked exactly where both the light fixture and fan cut outs were.

{Ceiling before}

We traced the template onto the bead board, and used both a jigsaw and a circular saw to cut it out. {Well, actually my husband used the circular saw, the one power tool that scares me to death! I had my first try at the jigsaw. But I have to admit, I was so nervous I'd mess it up that he did most all of the cutting.}

The next thing I did was find the rafters, using a stud finder, and mark where these were on the walls so we could see where to nail once the bead board was up.

Then came the exciting part of actually putting the bead board up, but it was work! We were using one entire panel, plus a small strip of another, so we nailed the smaller piece in first, and then the 4x3 sheet.

That was the tricky part. I hammered while David held the panel up, then he hammered while I held it up!

Then came the spackling and sanding...not fun, but it looked so much better afterward!

This is how it looked after trimming it out, but before replacing the strange light fixture and old fan. I used "quarter round" for the trim between the ceiling and walls, and cut it on our table saw.

I used "quarter round" for the trim between the ceiling and walls, and cut it on our table saw.

This is how it looks now, with the new chandelier and new fan. I rather wish the fan could be somewhere other than on our bead board ceiling, but that is where it needs to be, so oh well...But compared to how the ceiling looked before, I am so much happier with how it is now! :)

One thing I have realized is that just because your bathroom is small doesn't mean it cannot be a room you enjoy being in! I was determined to make it as pretty as I possibly could. :)

So we replaced the faucet {again} with one that was much better made:

I painted the walls a beautiful soft gray, a color Jami from Freckled Laundry came up with to paint her living room. It was just the right color!

And a vintage mirror replaced the wall cabinets.

{Sewed a linen sink skirt...}

And tied chalk paint tags onto baskets...

The towel bars were sprayed white~

{The waste basket even got a fresh coat of paint!} ;)

And I must admit, with all of the sawing, spackling, sanding, priming, and painting to redo this little room, it was just such a treat to fuss over it a little, and have fun actually decorating!

So this is the bathroom before all of this:

And this is after:

{I am linking this to the following parties: Tatertots and Jello, The Shabby Nest, Under the Table and Dreaming, French Country Cottage, Chic on a Shoestring Decorating, and Funky Junk Interiors.} :)

Well, that's all for me tonight! I hope you all have a wonderful weekend, and thank you so much for stopping by! :)

Blessings,

Jenni