Easy Low Cost Bathroom Updates
Does your bathroom need a bit of updating? Luckily you don’t need a massive overhaul in order to refresh it. A few quick and easy updates can make all the difference – without breaking the bank. Sometimes just a simple change such as new handles, trendy hardware, towel rails, door knobs, and curtains – can really modernise a dated bathroom. Check out our list of low cost updates you can do to your bathroom to get it up-to-date.
Low cost countertops
Replacing the countertop when your vanity cabinet is worth saving refreshes the bathroom overall. For an affordable option, consider preformed laminate or check out places like IKEA for inexpensive white marble counter tops.
Update your lighting
You can give your bathroom a whole new look by changing out your outdated light fixtures and replace them with something new and dramatic. Trending for 2018 include accent lighting such as a chandelier over the tub, flushed light fixtures, and recessed lighting in built in shelves .
Glam it up!
Add a pop of glam to your bathroom or powder room with new features, such as a dramatic mirror, chrome accents, fun art work, and glass accent shelves.
Adding some faux wainscoting to the bottom half of the wall and painting the top portion a bold color adds that drama to your bathroom. Fuax Wainscoting
Paint your cabinets
Turn your old bathroom vanity cabinets into a show stopper piece with a paint refresher. Be sure to sand off the old finish from your cabinets before painting or staining. You will also want to finish with a topcoat.
Add efficiency to your bathroom
Adding pullout shelves to those deep cabinets under your sink will help keep order and view ability. This will help you avoid digging around in the dark or buying more of the things you already have on hand.
Update the tile
Inexpensive white subway tiles are an affordable and contemporary way to finish a shower surround. Spice up the look with a band of accent tiles, such as sleek black liner tiles that visually link the shower and vanity area.
DIY Vanity
Turn a flea market find into a stylish custom vanity. An old wood table could turn into a farmhouse rustic vanity.
Easy updates
Install a new toilet seat and add a few matching accessories such as mirror, towel holder, light fixtures, and a toilet paper holder. Change out your shower controls and other hardware to create a unified look. To easily give your room a bolder look, add a fun wallpaper to the top portion of the walls like in this photo.
Repurposed Storage
Add storage using a vintage shelf or old drawer backed with decorative paper that hangs on the wall and stores bath essentials.
Flair with Curtain Panels
Add patterned fabric curtain panels as shower curtains to give your bathroom a designer touch. Pair your fabric panels with a clear plastic shower liner to block splashes.
Convenient Medicine Cabinet
A medicine cabinet can fit neatly between wall studs above the bathroom sink. Add a mirror to the inside back to brighten the interior and make belongings easier to find.
Spa at home
An inexpensive and quick way to update your bathroom is to give your shower a luxury spa feel by switching out the old shower head for a large rain-style shower head. Many affordable models are available and thread easily onto existing plumbing.
Window coverings
A simple window shade can give your bathroom a makeover by using a fun fabric shade. When shades are fully closed, a slightly sheer quality to the fabric still allows a bit of diffused light in from the outside.
