BATHROOM DECOR IDEAS || BATHROOM STYLING FOR FALL

Hey everyone, it's Jenna. Welcome back to my channel where I show you guys how to get that high-end designer look on a budget. In today's video, I'm going to be taking you guys through our guest bathroom and showing you how I restyle it for the holidays. Now, as you guys can see behind me, we have a really nice kind of fresh spring-like, summer-like look, but I just wanted to kind of switch up the color palette a little bit, add some more moodier tones in here, and just add a little bit more coziness to it as we go into the holiday season. So, I do definitely want to be careful as not to over-style the room because I think one of the things that makes a bathroom look very spa-like is simplicity. So, we're just going to kind of add a couple fun, unique, practical elements here and there to kind of just freshen it up. As you guys know, when you look at the same space every day for a while, it's just fun to give it a little bit of a refresh. So, I'm going to take you guys with me and show you how I do it all. So, let's get into it. Okay, so this is what we were starting with in this bathroom. We have a really bright white blank slate, which I personally like just because it gives me the flexibility to, you know, swap things up in the future or shift the color palette with the seasons. So, in today's video, we won't be doing any drilling, painting, or hanging. So, this is a great video if you're a renter or you're just looking for an easy way to refresh your space. Alright, so first, I'm just going to start with swapping out my florals and greenery as this can really set the mood seasonally, and I was able to find so many good autumn-inspired vases for awesome prices at Hobby Lobby. I actually have a whole video on the high-end finds that I got there, but these vases I found were actually what inspired this whole little bathroom refresh, which is kind of fun. But, they also have a ton of dried florals at Hobby Lobby as well for super great prices, and dried florals are obviously a go-to when setting the mood for fall. So, when creating little groupings of vases, I feel like it's really visually pleasing to combine contrasting shapes and heights. So, our first vase is more tall and skinny while the second one is a bit more short and full, and I just think that that contrast in shade looks really good. So, because this bathroom is so overwhelmingly white and fall is known for being a cozier, moodier kind of color palette, I really wanted to find some ways to warm it up a bit and a great way to warm up any space is just by adding wood. So, I've been seeing these tub trays all over Pinterest right now, and I love how they're both practical and decorative. They're great for storage, but you can also use them to rest a book or a drink on while enjoying a nice bubble bath. They could also be a relatively simple DIY as well, and I think they look really spa-like and luxurious. So, I figured it'd be kind of cool to incorporate one of these into the restyle. So, one day, I went to Tuesday morning and I actually found a ton of pretty dough bowls, and I love them all, but I had nowhere to put them, and then I kind of had a light bulb moment where I thought I could just use a dough bowl as a tub tray. So, I found this one that I really liked. It was only $35, which I didn't think was too bad, and it was made in Mexico, and I really loved how it looked to be hand carved and was made of a really rich solid wood, which would really help me with my overall goal of warming this place up. So, I got really lucky because the dough bowl that I bought fit perfectly in the tub. So, to keep our spa-like theme going, I just found this really pretty eucalyptus shower oil, and I thought it was perfect because it acted as decor, but it would also be really nice and relaxing to use. It's almost too pretty to open, but then just to pair with it, I found this really cute little body brush, which also was made of wood and just had an overall organic, natural look, which really added to the spa-like, down-to-earth feel that I was going for in here. So, to keep layering the wood in here, I wanted to use this super cute vintage wooden riser that I got during a trip to an antique store in Blowing Rock, North Carolina recently. The store is called Windward Antiques, and they have so many gorgeous items for really good prices. The risers were only $30, which is a really good price for a true vintage piece. I also found this gorgeous vintage bread board there for only $60, even though you guys told me on Instagram not to buy it. I still bought it because I was obsessed. Anyway, back to our restyle. I thought the riser would be perfect for our soap dispenser and adding some nice fall scents next to it. Adding a new smell can totally change the feel of a room and just really add to the ambiance when you walk into that space. So, I went all out in the scent department, and the first thing I wanted was a pretty soap block to display on this little trivet. So, TJ Maxx, Marshalls, and HomeGoods have a bunch of gorgeous soaps and aesthetically pleasing, good-smelling things right now. Out of the three, I did have the most luck at Marshalls, but what I think looks the most luxurious and spa-like is when you find soaps that have little chunks of things in them, especially things found in nature, like dried florals, coffee beans, chia seeds, little bits of oatmeal, things like that. I think that this can really just look down-to-earth and organic, which, again, just adds to that really zen, spa-like feel. So, because bathrooms are typically really small spaces, it makes it a lot easier to fill it with a seasonal scent, and one thing that I found that is super strong and autumn-like are these little mini brooms. I found mine at Lidl, but I know that Trader Joe's also carries them as well, and they give off that same really yummy scent as those pine cones and the larger cinnamon brooms, which is, like, my absolute favorite. So, to just finish off my little vase grouping, I added a fall candle, just because I personally love styling in groups of three whenever possible. I just think it's really visually pleasing, so I'll also take any excuse to buy another candle, but obviously swapping out hand towels is a must during the holidays, and I personally don't like anything too over-the-top themey, but just a nice subtle fall pattern with a darker color palette and a fun texture is what I like to incorporate. So, now that we kind of have this sink area all swapped out and decorated, I wanted to kind of move on over and fix a practicality problem that we had been having. So, I first bought this little basket to hold and hide toilet paper, but after using it for a little while, the size was just kind of off, and it was a bit of a struggle to get a jumbo roll of toilet paper in there, and when it was time to take it out, it would just get all ripped and mangled, so I decided to head on over to Marshall's and see what else I could find. I ended up seeing these perfect rectangular baskets. I love the little wooden handle detail on them, and they were only $15, so I was sold. This is just a great way now to kind of store toilet paper, and especially if you are limited on cabinet space, this one actually held four large rolls, which was really nice. Even if you aren't short on cabinet space, I feel like this is just a really practical idea because it makes the teepee very accessible, which we've all been there at the end of a roll, and also there's just something so satisfying about visually pleasing organization. So, next it was time to tackle the shelves, and while I really like how the shelves had previously been styled, I just still need to kind of switch it up because the spring slash summer-like vibes really clashed with the moody cozy fall aesthetic we're going for, so one thing that I did keep were the towels. I just gave them a nice fresh and satisfying refold because they were coming a bit loose before, and I really like the spa-like simplicity of these towels and how keeping them on the shelves still really helps add a softer texture against the wood to give it that warm and cozy look. So, next I just dropped the little poopery down into the teepee storage since we have more space down there now, and I just kind of wanted to revamp this end of the shelf, so I got this really pretty paper mache bowl to display some more spa-like items. I found a natural loofah, which I really love the look and texture of, and I also got this little bar of soap for $0.99 at Weedle. I just really liked the olive green color of it and that it was made in France, so I just popped those guys right in the little bowl, and there you go. Next, I had been inspired by something that I saw on Pinterest. I saw some really pretty ways to display mouthwash, and I'm the kind of person, if it's not out on the counter, I'm going to forget to do it, but that plastic packaging can definitely clash with a cute aesthetic, so I figured this would be a fun way to kind of zhuzh it up a bit and make it a bit more fancy. So, I went to Hobby Lobby because I knew they had a huge selection of glasses for great prices, and I honestly had a hard time picking one out. I think in our master, I will eventually go a step further and actually get a fancy decanter or something like that, but this is what we are working with for our guest bath, so this was the one that I found, and I also bought a little one to steal the cork from because I wanted some sort of a lid, and this is where you guys are going to make fun of me. So, I started out with a blue mouthwash, and it was really pretty, but it just clashed with the whole moody vibe, so then I went back to the store and got the more original amber color mouthwash, but after putting that on the shelf, I didn't like it either, so then I went back to the store and I just got the clear Tom's one, which I actually really like anyway, so please reference this video to see which color mouthwash you would like to save yourself some trips because, I don't know, I feel like it actually does make a big difference when you have that big punch of color on the shelf. So, a prettier and more environmentally friendly alternative to those mini Dixie cups is Pretty Glassware. You can actually get a single cup for really cheap at HomeGoods. The one I got was only $2, and it really just adds a fun, fancy touch to your self-care routine, and not only that, but it looks really pretty sitting on a shelf, so I think that this was really nice and just kind of completed the bottom shelf here. So, next for the top shelf, I really wanted to incorporate a more fall-like piece of artwork for autumn, and Hobby Lobby had a bunch right now. I kind of wish they had more in the same shape as the frame photo of Big Sur, but it's okay. We're working with what we got, and I still really like this one. I chose this pretty abstract, dusky sunset painting, and I really like how it's textured so that the brush strokes pop off of the canvas, and it just looks a bit more authentic. I also like the contrast of the darker wooden frame against the light wood of the shelf. And then, to pair next to it, I just picked up this vessel that I had previously DIY'd, and I stuck some really pretty dried stems in there. I wanted to keep these stems kind of sparse and neutral because I didn't want them to steal the show from the countertop arrangement, but I still needed to add some height to the shelf to contrast against our lower painting. So, I just stuck the q-tips I had back up there because, you guys know, groups of three, and that is it. I love how this top shelf just kind of tops things off. Get it? Sorry, that was a bad one. But that is how I transitioned this space from a fresh, spring-like guest bath into a more moody, warm, and cozy bathroom perfect for fall. Because we didn't do anything too over-the-top theme-y, I feel like this decor could also totally work year-round as well, or even be spread around into other rooms throughout my home when I'm ready to switch things up again. All right, you guys, so that about wraps up this video. I hope that you enjoyed seeing our little bathroom refresh, and maybe even inspired you to do a little refresh of your own. Thank you guys so much for watching. I hope you all have a great week, and I will see you all in my next video. Bye!