From house to home: Decorating our half bath!

Remember at the beginning of the year when I said we would decorate a room a month in our new home? Welp. Here we are. Month nine. And we've just now completed our second room. 

It's not for lack of trying! We've started some small projects in the boys's rooms, but we've not seen those through yet. And we've done some work in the family room and laundry, but again, life. 

So, in order to feel slightly more accomplished, we decided to tackle the half bath. Let's take care of the smallest room first to feel like we're getting somewhere! 

Our style definitely tends toward traditional, but I'd be lying if I said I didn't love a good farmhouse accent. We can't use it throughout the whole house - we have a lot of oak and dark counters in the kitchen, and it would feel out of place. But for places like the foyer and bathroom, we thought we could bring in a few pieces. 

Before - plain walls. The biggest obstacle to overcome here is the light above the toilet (which, honestly, is just kind of a weird spot to have a light fixture in my humble opinion). I loved the dark mirror in there, so we knew we needed to pull in at least some black in the accents. And I knew I wanted a little bit of decorative and functional shelving. So to Pinterest I went! 

I found a TON of cute bathroom signs that I totally plan to use for our upstairs bathrooms, but none of them seemed appropriate for this one. So we opted for decorative wall hangings instead. These guys were only $20.99 on Amazon, and they had rave reviews! I wasn't even intending to add the little strand of lights to them, but when my husband hung them, he put them in, and I really do LOVE them! 

For shelves, we wanted something neat and simple that tied our mason jars into the dark mirror, so we opted for these two.  Again, at $23.99, they certainly didn't break the bank, and they'd be easy enough to change later if we decided to do something different over the toilet and light fixture. These two changes seem small, but I feel like they made our bathroom a little cozier and added some depth to an otherwise static space. 

I also just really love a good before and after picture. :) What are you updating right now in your home?