mirror mirror on the wall

I've been struggling with this little bathroom ever since we moved in.  At first it was super boring, with a plain old mirror, white everything, and a rather awkward amount of unusable space between the toilet and the sink.

I've never been a fan of the pedestal sink, but it just wasn't worth the investment to us at this point to change it out.  So, I tried to make it feel not so builder boring by changing up the mirror.

The mirror you see below I actually spray painted white to help it tie in to the rest of the bathroom and to make it pop, so it looked like the picture on the right, not the left.  However, even with the mirror painted white, it still wasn't working.  Because it was wider than the sink, it felt off balance.

I also came to my senses and finally repainted the bathroom.  I was going for more of a dark, gray/slate blue, but the color selection was totally off, making the space feel like a giant blueberry.  I ended up repainting it the same color as our living room, which feels a lot more natural in the space.  

Even after painting I still wasn't satisfied with this bathroom...that is, until I had an epiphany.  I decided to change out the mirror once again with the mirror currently over our buffet, and once I hung it, it was love at first sight.  All of a sudden, everything felt balanced.  The scale of the mirror was right for the space, the curves spoke to the lines of the sink, and the white frame gave the space a contemporary touch while pulling in the rest of the white in the room.

Crazy how one little mirror and a gallon of paint can make such a difference.