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