A Complete Bathroom Makeover Fail. Do you ever have a great plan and find out it isn’t going to work? That’s what happened with my inspiration for making over the hall bathroom in my previous home. 
I really had to laugh when someone left me the comment about how effortlessly my makeovers are and how easy I make them look. Well, maybe I only show you the good stuff, but it is never easy and I have had more than my share of fails. One that really comes to mind is my Hall Bathroom Makeover from my previous home. I thought it would be fun for you to see how things really don’t always go so easy.
(2015)
Ok, I am still struggling with this hall bathroom. How can one simple little bathroom be such a pain? First off, the first coat of white didn’t cover the gold color that was on the walls, so I needed to do a second coat. Off to the store for a gallon of paint (which by the way is really expensive anymore). I bought the same white that I have been using in the rest of the house – SW Reliable White. Painted it the second time and it looked pink, even changing the light bulbs it was pink. Not a good thing, so back to find a different color. This time we matched the white to the white background color of the black and white fabric I wanted to use. Another day of painting and the room was a yellow/green color. Not pretty. Back for the next go around to the paint store. I took a piece of molding that I had and had them match the color. Now my room is white, but boy is it white. (really, really white). Actually, it is really a nice white, I am just not used to such a white room. Now, this is 4 days of painting this bathroom 4 times. Ughhh!!!!!!
Here is what the bathroom looked like before I started this project. I wanted it to have a cleaner less fussy vibe, so time for a change. 
Check out how I finally pulled this bathroom together here. Welcome to Home & Decor Encore! My friends and I have been blogging for many years, so we have a ton of fabulous content from the past. Home & Decor Encore is where we dig into our archives and bring back some old posts that we can update and make fresh or ones you might have missed or are new to you! Doreen from Hymns and Verses, keeps it all put together and us all organized. Be sure to check out what my friends are sharing this week.
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Marty, I love the hall bath from your previous home. Can that material still be purchased? If so where can I find it? The yellow and black paisley
I found it at JoAnn’s, but that was 6 years ago. Not sure if they still have it. Thanks, Marty
My bathroom fail was a lesson learned! I spent the day taping off, taking down curtains, then painting with white paint. The next morning while putting it back together, I discovered the new paint was peeling off the wall. I spent that day scrubbing the water based paint off the oil based paint that I had just covered. After scrubbing all day, I decided it didn’t really need to be painted after all. But it was frustrating to know I had spent time trying to give it a new coat of paint which it really didn’t need. Lesson learned!!