Sprucing Up the Guest Bathroom for Holiday Guests with Gallery Direct

The guest bathroom also happens to be the bathroom for the boys.  It also happens to be the smallest room in the house!  Matthew and I have been trying to spruce it up a little bit at a time over the past few months and now I am on a mission to have this bathroom the way I would like it before we start having family over for the Holidays.  Thanksgiving is right around the corner and Christmas will be here before we know it!


My inspiration for the bathroom came from an adorable shower curtain I found online at Target.com.  It comes from the Dwell Studios line that I have in Davis's bedroom.  The difference is this one features bright green and blue submarines!  Because the curtain is a little bit busy, I wanted to make the rest of the bathroom simple, clean and less cartoony.  The first thing we did was remove the old, rusted,  metal space saver that was above the toilet and replaced it with a clean, white space saver with cabinet doors (to hide the mess).  I also picked up a cute little submarine toothbrush holder for the sink (couldn't resist).  We have not yet tackled the walls, but I am going to use a neutral, light color so that the bathroom feels bigger.




With that, I was left with what to do about decorating the one blank wall in the bathroom.  As you know, I am a Gallery Direct ambassador and starting browsing the site looking for things that would work with the decor without being over kill.  I really wanted something that could last for a long time without the boys growing out of it.  So, using the "search" button on the Gallery Direct site, I typed in "submarine" and selected the "stock images" option.  Several different fun pictures popped up, but I settled on a gorgeous digital illustration of a periscope emerging from water.




Because of the size of the bathroom I wanted to make sure I didn't choose anything that would overpower the wall.  That is why I really love the Canvas Gallery Wrap look that Gallery Direct offers.  Of course, they also have many different gorgeous frames and other mediums to print your photo on as well.  The Canvas Gallery Wrap keeps this piece of art simple yet elegant.  The texture of the canvas really makes the picture feel like a painting.  With this bright piece of art in the bathroom we will not need anything else!  I can see this hanging in the bathroom even when the kids are well into their high school years.

So, if you are trying to spruce up the house for the holidays or looking for a creative gift idea, make sure to check out Gallery Direct and browse their options.  I think a great idea would be to use your own photos to create gorgeous pieces of art for Christmas gifts!


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