Homer – Bathroom Update

We love the size of the bathroom that came with Homer and in fact, it’s one of the reasons we chose this model. It’s wide enough to have room to move around and you can even get dressed in the space provided. For us, that was important when we thought of having any “company” along with us on our trips. However, this was the ugliest bathroom I have ever seen. I don’t know who kept this wallboard and decided it would look good in a bathroom, but they may need stronger prescriptions glasses. They even installed it on the step base into our bedroom. Ick!

To begin this transformation, we started with removing the formal trim. I primed and painted the walls using the same colors from our bedroom. (Even with the amount of pattern that was originally on the wallboard, I was able to get it covered with an extra coat of primer as part of the base). I used the same flat black rust-oleum to paint the doors, and again, no scratches or flakes in over 3 years. The cabinet doors got the same treatment as the bedroom using milk paint and didn’t require sanding, or primer, prior to painting over them. Dave added some cedar boards I had stained for the trim and after all this was done, we had a good base to build on and make it more to our taste.

The reason we kept with the same color scheme for our base, throughout Homer, is to give our tiny home a sense of flow. I’ve seen several RV’s that have enough room division, you can do different color schemes and/or themes, and it all works. For us, when I sit in the bedroom at my desk, I can see all the rooms in Homer and it just wouldn’t look good if I had different colored walls throughout. Plus, with such a basic palette as our base, my eyes tend to focus on what I’m seeing outside my windows, rather than what’s showing in my RV. I prefer to add my personality in the “pretty” items I add to my rooms rather than on my walls with color.

Before I add all the pretty, we needed to make sure our bathroom was functional. I started by having Dave cut pieces of particle board shelving so I could maximize the inside of my tall cabinets. I use our bathroom cabinets to store all our hygiene products, the pups hygiene products, bath towels, wash cloths, first aid kit, etc. By adding the shelves I basically double the space in each cabinet. I also added wire shelves to double the storage in our medicine cabinet along with small plastic containers to store all those many random items we seem to need. A few hooks on the back of the door for towels, and I can store twice what I used to able to store.

There were a few other items we swapped out just to make the bathroom functional. Our sink faucet was stationary and would not move from side to side which drove me nuts when trying to fill items or rinse something off. The other was our shower head. I know they are putting better shower heads into RV’s, but ours must of missed that upgrade and so I swapped it out. I did leave the extension that attaches to the faucet in the shower as this works great when bathing our pups. The final item was a replacement toilet seat. Trying to clean all the grooves on the underside of the original seat was a nightmare. A couple of screw adjustments and no more weird grooves to clean.

Even when we just traveled on weekends and the occasional week, I still made sure I had good quality towels in my bathroom. I like white for bath towels because I can bleach them to remove dirt and stains. I also add in my bathroom rugs and toilet lid cover to soften up some of the harder edges you can have in a bathroom, along with a shower curtain. Even if it’s just for looks, I feel like it makes it homey and warm.

You can probably tell by now just looking at our pictures, a little bit about our personalities. For whatever reason, I like to add signs and little tidbits that really show who we are and how we live our lives. While I have purchased a few things from Hobby Lobby, Target and other large chain stores, I still prefer to make some of my own. My taste runs towards rustic and in some of our travels, I have found small “boards” floating in lakes and rivers. They weigh basically nothing, and I love the different background colors I find in them. Grey, Black, tan, brown, bits of white. I’ve been adding a small block of chalkboard paint right on the wood and then adding the funny sayings that reflect who we are.

No matter your style or taste, this is just an example of what a little time, paint and a few odds and ends, can do to impact even the smallest of spaces. Have fun with the process and enjoy the results. You can do this!

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