Powder Room Refresh Reveal [Modern Rustic Glam]

Monday is here and so is a new post.  Finally.  I have been fighting a bad cold for the last 3 days and prior to that, was back in Iowa at my parents’ for a few days and then before that, I had my parents here along with my 2 aunts from Arizona.  We spent a few days hanging out here and then headed down to the State Fair to spend time with my husband’s family.  We overindulged in all things “fair” and went to a couple of concerts as well. So fun!!  I’ll share more about our Illinois State Fair adventures in another post later in the week.

Now, let’s get right to it since I have a few long overdue project posts.  You know, the ones I have been promising for weeks now.  Gosh, I need to seriously kick that habit! The room I am sharing today is our tiny little main floor powder room.  It has actually been completed for awhile now, so I guess you could say I enjoy keeping everyone on the edge of their seats…I am sure the anticipation is just killing you 😉 Well, if so, then today you are in luck! If your remember back to my mood board, then you know I was aiming for dark gray walls with pops of gold to add some glitz & glam to the space.  The room ended up being a bit more on the blue side, but I just love it.  The color is Valspar “Blindfold” from Lowes.  There are plenty of pops of gold, but I decided I wanted there to be a sort of rustic feel as well, wood shelves, a wood frame, some twine, etc.  I am calling the style of this room “Modern Rustic Glam“.  Updating this room wasn’t on my master list of projects, but I am so glad that a little itch to paint inspired me to spruce it up.  I mainly used things I already had; some I left as-is and others I gave a quick makeover to. It’s fun to do a little room refresh every now and then, especially when you don’t have to break the bank to do it.

This room was a little tough to photograph because its so tiny and hard to get at certain angles.  There is also no natural light in the room, but the dark walls and gold throughout give it a warm & cozy feel.

Please have a look for yourself!

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What do you think?  An improvement?!

Here are a few more.

The mirror, you might notice, was in the room before but it was silver.  I spray-painted it gold and did the same to a formerly bronze metal geometric wall piece.  The light fixture was chrome & white and on clearance for $14 at Lowes.  I gave it a makeover with a little of my gold Rubb’n’Buff, similar to when I used it here.  That stuff is pretty awesome.

You’ll notice the gold (I think!) and some bronze & silver as well.  I am a big fan of mixing metals and thought this was a great space to incorporate several finishes since many of them were already there to begin with.  I left the brushed nickel towel ring & toilet paper holder.  The waste basket & tissue holder were bronze, so I used a bit of gold craft paint & a small brush to add some gold detail. The mercury glass vases/jars work well because they bring the gold & silver together and the cute little trinket on the toilet is an antique soap dish which has a pretty cool rusty/bronze finish to it.

I will be sharing an easy DIY tutorial on how I made over the IKEA shelves later this week as well. Stay tuned…

The rug was a $29.99 HomeGoods score and the color couldn’t match the walls more perfectly.  I totally <3 it.

And of course, it wouldn’t be a room designed by me without a gallery wall of some sort.  While this one is quite small, with only 3 items, it is eclectic which is my favorite kind.  Different sized frames, different colored frames and different art within them.  This gold & gray embossed ampersand is a notecard from a boxed set I picked up at HomeGoods.  I popped it into a floating glass frame and hung it up to complete my mini gallery wall.  Mix & match what you put into frames.  You don’t always have to use photos!

I think that pretty much wraps up my reveal!

Do you like it? Would you ever paint a room that dark? I would love to hear your thoughts!  Please share 🙂

Thanks for reading!