One of my smaller goals lately was to paint and decorate my new bathroom in all “green” or repurposed materials. It turns out that “green” is pricey (read: $99 for a hemp shower curtain), so I did a lot more repurposing than I did buying “green”.
The bathroom has dated pale yellow tiling, giving me two choices; work with the pale yellow or fight with the pale yellow. I decided to work with it, bringing several other accent colors into the room.
I found fabric at Goodwill that was loud and boisterous; lime green fabric with yellow, orange, pink and white paisley boldly covering it.
I haven’t sewed in years, but I dug out my mom’s sewing machine and sewed my own shower curtain using said green paisley material.
Sewing, photo by smalltowngirl
After I’d sewed all of my seams, I placed my own grommet holes (!)…
Gromiting, photo by smalltowngirl
Among the things I’ve used in the bathroom are repurposed shower hooks, RIT die, a new (but thrifted) backing shower curtain, a new (but thrifted) shower liner, and the remaining 1/3 gallon of pale yellow paint from a previous paint job (found in my parent’s basement).
The result? A funky bathroom decor that works with, instead of fighting with, it’s 1960′s pale yellow tiles. Besides that, it’s a bathroom I can feel good about that was within my budget and left a minimal impact on the environment.
Ta-Da! photo by smalltowngirl
So glad you repurposed! I think that is truly green, because it has already been manufactured and is finding a second life. That keeps it out of landfills and less demand for the materials to create new. Way to embrace the yellow tile, too!
I’m very impressed
I’m going to be crafting things soon too- I’ll let you know when I blog about it!
Thanks Jennifer! And Beth, I can’t wait to see what you come up with for your new home