Transformation Time!

Happy Saturday!  It's time for actual paint!  I absolutely love how transformative a simple coat of paint is.  I get super excited (and sometimes a tiny bit terrified) just prepping for it.  Today, we finished painting the upstairs bathroom.  Just as a reminder, this is what it looked like before:

First, I went ahead and painted the ceiling and the short wall with semi-gloss in white.  Since it's a bathroom, I want a paint that's going to hold up to moisture and whatever else life throws at it.

 

It's white, so it kind of blends in with the primer, but it's shiny. (=

Once that dried, I moved my tape lines to protect what I painted in the morning, so I could start putting up color.

Hubs helped again with taping the high up spots.

I'll let you in on a little secret.  I do not spend piles of cash on paint.  I visit paint websites to find colors I like, and then I find the cheapest paint in the finish I want (semi-gloss, satin, etc.) in a trusted name.  In this case, I went with Glidden paint in semi-gloss.  The color I chose for the bathroom is Gulf Waters by Behr.  It's bright, but not too bright.  And since I kept the short wall white (and all of the trim), it doesn't overpower the small space.

Time to remove the tape!

Isn't that better?