Ever since we started renovating (a year ago) i’ve had the a picture in my head of what i wanted for our guest loo. I even begged The Captain to make sure there was a deep shelf a certain height for our National Geographics.
When it was done, it was a plain white sliver of a space.
Then it started to happen. I bought the yellow mirror from one of my favourite stores in town Vamp (it was the PERFECT yellow plus i sold my Mac the week before for the exact amount that the mirror cost, so Bargain Betty!) and started collating all the National Geographic maps i’ve been collecting for over ten years (one i’ve had since i was a teenager, waiting for the perfect moment).
this is what it looked like before we finished it (mad scramble for camera once the first map was up and i don’t know how to Photoshop the wall back to plain white, so just imagine it all plain)
And this is how it looks now! Voila! As we’re not exactly wallpaper experts, there are still some creases we need to iron out but once that’s done it’ll be varnished with a matt varnish and we’ll be good to go.
Have a happy Thursday lovelies! V x
Suz on April 14, 2011
ooooh ooooh ooooh… it’s beautiful!!!
alex on April 14, 2011
it looks incredible! love love love!
Rosemary on April 14, 2011
That loo is so inviting, you’ll be hard pressed to get your guests out of it!
Diana on April 14, 2011
how awesome!
and i don’t want to be crass but, national geographic is the perfect… um… reading material when you’re spending some time in there.
(hoepfully your guests don’t spend too much time in your bathroom though)
Karen on April 14, 2011
Soooo clever!! Very impressed with your creativity. And Yay to Vamp for the perfect accessory!!!
Michelle Petrie-Burton on April 14, 2011
the mirror is perfection
Leigh-Ann on April 14, 2011
well done – clever lady!
D'vine Living on April 14, 2011
oh nice, I have always had a love for maps even though I was sooooo bad at geography at school. would sit in that bathroom forever.well done
Michelle on April 14, 2011
You are a genius! Most inspirational and fun bathroom idea I’ve seen in a long time. I might just unpack the Nat Geo’s again…
Danna on April 14, 2011
I saw that mirror on the Vamp website and coveted it. I dunno about you, but I want everything to be that exact National Geographic shade of yellow these days. Well done!
Jacci on April 14, 2011
love it!
Gina on April 14, 2011
I may have to copy you …
paula on April 14, 2011
Wow, had a pic in my head of what it was going to look like, and it looks even better. Love your work Miss V…
PS:also love the colour previously known as canary yellow
charlotte on April 14, 2011
wow you could certianly get lost in there remembering the places you’ve been and planning the ones still to see!! Love the maps but then I am a travel fanatic….
Colleen on April 14, 2011
How fantastic is this? Might I suggest that you put instructions up on the door that a guest is only permitted 5 minutes at a time in the geo loo and that they may need a passport and visa before entering hehe. I think it’s an awesome idea. Want to see the finished product please. xx
iwantthat on April 14, 2011
haha Coll, love the passport idea and Miss Moss, that was EXACTLY my thinking – the best reading material for the erm…ablutions is def NG.
Kate Cloete on April 14, 2011
I am well impressed – i would like to use your guest loo!!!!
xx
Jacquie Withers on April 14, 2011
Fantastic! This is so beautiful! Well done!
Anna on April 14, 2011
Have you got something against Australia?? haha!
A crap with a map….lovely!
Kim on April 14, 2011
You are sooo clever Vix. This is quite wonderful!
Bern on April 14, 2011
All the lovely-ness!!!
Bridget Richardson on April 14, 2011
Love it Vicki!
Li on April 14, 2011
That is the most wonderful bathroom I’ve ever seen, Honest!
RedCat on April 14, 2011
Looks great!! Reckon you’ve started a new trend!
Rose McClement on April 14, 2011
It is really so cool – well done. It inspires me to go out and see what I have collected and tucked away. Sometimes I am too keen to de-clutter and toss out things I have held onto for years, only to regret it later.
aloma on April 14, 2011
almost as impressive at the loos at Fire & Ice Protea Hotel in Cape Town. (stayed there a couple of weeks ago)
Really awesome, each loo has a theme, as do the lifts.
Go and have a look see.
Enjoy – Aloma.
kbd on April 14, 2011
Love the yellow POP against all that blue…
brazen on April 14, 2011
so awesome!
ashe on April 14, 2011
you are so clever you should be twins! it looks magnificent…
Van on April 14, 2011
Vix, you’re a legend!
Taschja on April 14, 2011
Love it! My husband will love this…while sitting on the throne he can plan the next travelling route! LOL Great work!
Thaya on April 15, 2011
I’ve pee’d in that bathroom! haha. Amazing, Vicks!
Lindsey on April 15, 2011
So stunning Vix!!!
Once upon a Time on April 16, 2011
Love it! Been looking for old maps like that for ages.
Ansie on April 17, 2011
O! I love maps. And I never know what to do with a guest toilet. this is sooo super! Well done.
StyleScoop on May 5, 2011
Great job and totally unique!
Denise on June 29, 2011
What a fantastic project. The final product looks fantastic and unique!
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