Renovation budget small bathroom ideas1/27/2024 Initially, I planned to paint the brown tiles in the tub surround with this product. However, after reading all the warnings regarding fumes, etc., Dave offered to remove the old tile and replace it. Remove the old bathroom tub tile and install subway tile I’m so glad we added the new light fixtures early on in the remodeling process because they added much-needed light to this space, making our job a little bit easier as we tackled the rest of the projects in here. Later, I decided not to go with brass in here, so we painted the metal & plastic parts of each light fixture with matte black spray paint. Next, we replaced the old vanity lights with these globe pendants. I ordered them in the brass finish because I planned to eventually change the cabinet hardware and faucets to brass. See this post for my step-by-step instructions on how to paint bathroom cabinets. If you’re thinking of painting your bathroom cabinets yourself, it’s a great way to save money. Thankfully, I was surprised at how easy it was to paint our vanity–and how well it turned out! This was the first time I’d attempted painting cabinets, but I figured if it didn’t turn out, I would just have to squeeze the cost of a new vanity into our budget. It was wonderful!īut, as I said, this was a budget bathroom renovation, so to keep our bathroom remodel cost down, I decided to give painting the cabinets a go. They came in, taped off everything, removed the old hardware, cleaned all the cabinets, did a light sanding, primed, painted, took our cabinet doors and drawer fronts to their shop to spray paint, and then installed them, along with our new pulls, just a few days later. If you remember, when we remodeled our kitchen, we paid someone to paint all the cabinets. The first thing we did was add a fresh coat of paint to the vanity, with Van Deusen Blue by Benjamin Moore. I might eventually add new faucets in here–I’m amazed the ones we have are still in such good shape after 11 years!īy the way, these are the Bergshult shelves from IKEA, attached with the Granhult brackets. To stay within our budget (which was originally $1000, but we ended up spending closer to $1200), we kept the original bathroom layout and reused the same vanity, toilet, tub, mirror, shower head, towel bars, and faucets. It’s been transformed from the darkest room in our house to the brightest! Our Small Full Bathroom Remodel I love the lighter, brighter feeling of this small bathroom now. With no windows in this small space, it truly felt like a cave when you walked in here.Īctually, this bathroom was even darker before, because the walls used to be beige, too! However, I painted them white a couple of years ago, with Simply White by Benjamin Moore, which made a huge difference. The “before” version of our guest bathroom is a pretty common look, since those brownish-tan tiles and gold granite countertops were very popular with home builders a few years ago.īut the combination of the tan floor tile and bath tiles, cherry wood vanity, and gold granite countertop was just too dark for me. ![]() ![]() It’s taken me a while to put together a post about the recent updates we made to our guest bathroom, but I’m excited to finally share all the details on this small full bathroom remodel, including how we kept the cost low, what we did, and what we wish we would have done differently!
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