How I Revamped My Bathroom With a Plank of Wood

Our master bathroom hasn't had an update in over 5 years, and I was (quite frankly) getting tired of looking at it. I keep seeing these stylish bathtub caddys on Pinterest, and I have wanted one for the longest time. This week I remembered that my friend gave me some wood planks when she moved, so I brought one into the bathroom to see if it would be a good fit. OH MY! It worked out PERFECTLY! Since I already had stain and wood glue from previous projects I ended up NOT SPENDING A DIME on this update! YAY ME!

Basically, its a wood plank and two cross pieces, one for each (underneath) side of the plank. After cutting all the pieces to size I used wood glue to attach the cross pieces.

The glue dries in less than an hour, so this is when I take a lunch break and fold laundry...lol

Here are a few pictures from a previous project, this is how I distress the wood to make it look like a barn find. Bang up the plank with a hammer, then stain it with Jacobean colored stain. I don't want a heavy stain look, so I wipe off the wet stain with a clean cloth (old t-shirt)...this really gives it an interesting "aged" look.

The final step was stenciling the word "RELAX" onto a corner of the plank, and I hot glued a starfish over the wording. It came out SO CUTE.

This entire corner of my bathroom is peppered with seashells. Including this large plaster clam shell I picked up at a garage sale years ago. In a previous bathroom update I filled the clam shell with salt (representing white sand) and decorated it with smaller shells, other beach finds, and candles. That was 5 years ago...its looking old and tired now. The "white sand" is not so white.

I took the clam shell outside, saved the small shells and tossed the salt. This is now going to be a succulent planter. This bathroom gets nice morning sunlight and plenty of humidity from showers...so I think succulents will do well in here. I put a small amount of potting soil in the deepest corner of the clam shell and then started adding succulent cuttings.

After a few small other touches, like white towel and handcloths...here is my final reveal. Squeeeeee! I'm SOOOO happy!

There is still more I want to do with this wall (and the rest of the room), but for now, I am loving the new update, I couldn't wait to share it. Eventually my goal is to stain all the cabinets this same color...it will look SO COOL.

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