The Primitive Bathroom
The bathroom has many possibilities for decorating in the primitive style.
Tie ribbons or strips of homespun fabric through the holes in your shower curtain to match your bathroom colors for an instant change. Just knot at the top!
Making a valance and shower curtain ( for all you creative people out there) is a simple way of making your primitive bathroom express your own taste and makes it uniquely your own. Use muslin or homespun fabric and stamp or stencil a favorite theme. You can get stamps pads in a variety of primitive colors so you're not limited to black.
If you're making your own curtains use any remaining fabric to line your baskets!
I chose to cut my valances in a triangle and then tie a matching piece of homespun fabric about three quarters of the way down.
Hang a rustic candleholder in the corner of the room and place one of your favorite primitive candles in it.
An enamelware bowl and pitcher looks great filled with wildflowers (real or dried). You can get a variety of flowers at your local craft store.
Roll facecloths and place around the pitcher for a wonderful primitive look.
Place a large basket on the floor for towels and bath supplies.
Place a space saver in back of your toilet and place all kinds of primitive pieces on it. I have black and white enamelware on mine that I fill with rolled facecloths and handtowels. Place small soaps and toiletries in them as well.
Hang a primitive medicine cabinet. Look in salvage yards and antique stores for an old cabinet with two doors. Place a mirror (you can glue these on) on the inside of each door and fill the shelves with all your bathroom necessities. Your primitive cabinet can be painted to match your bathroom colors or just leave it with that old distressed look.
Here's what I did with an old tool box so that it fit right in with my prim decor. First I painted it flat black. You can either use a brush or spray paint it, whichever you prefer. Next I stenciled the word "Bath" on the front in white. I wanted to keep it as simple and primitive looking as possible so that's all I did for this project. Inside I keep rolled face cloths, or you could fill with toiletries, potpourri or place a couple of candles inside!
Hang two primitive sconces or lanterns on either side of the medicine cabinet to really say "primitive"! Remember, if you use tea lights there's no need to worry about wiring. This is a plus for some older bathrooms with limited electrical outlets.
If you have a quilt rack you can hang bath towels on it too. This really adds to the primitive look of your bathroom.
Shutters on your bathroom window are a great way to enhance the early American appeal. Hang small primitive stars, or whatever primitive pieces you like, from the slats in the shutters. This definitely says "I love my primitive bathroom!"
Lisa's Bath Shoppe has a great variety of bathroom essentials such as soaps, hand, feet and nail care items, body scrubs and a line of men's products as well.
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