Kids Bathroom Sneak Peek

Our kids/guest/upstairs bathroom has been a long drawn out project. Probably more than it ought to be but with Adam's long work days and me staying home with the kids all day, we are beat by the time we put them down. So, we usually save any work up there for the weekend. In an effort to try to speed the process along since I don't know how to grout tile (we just have a little area around the toilet), unclog toys from the toilet (she says she flushed 2 and attempted 3) and am tired of trying new ways to remove stains from cast iron (CLR doesn't work, any other ideas?), I decided to get a jump on decorating.


Yesterday, I got out my husband's jigsaw for the first time.


I've really loved all these whales I've been seeing on the internet and attempted at making my own. After drawing the whale on the board using chalk, I just sawed it right out! It was so easy!

I then applied two coats of blue, a darker shade first and lighter on top and sanded it down to show all layers including the white base that I started with. We also painted the wall up top Filtered Shade by Valspar, the same color in the kids room.

I'm trying to be kid-friendly but also decorate this as a not-too-tacky guest bathroom too. I'm gonna hang it up on the wall once I attach some hardware to the back of it.

So there's your sneak peek! Hopefully, blogging about this will keep us motivated to finish soon and I'll post more when we're done!