What budget renovations would you make to update my bathroom?
Redoing a tiny bathroom, and need some space saving design ideas.
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Hi all! My boyfriend and I have two bathrooms that look like this. I’m comfortable painting the walls myself, and I’m considering a very light blue (right now they are a gray purple).
The house is from the very early 2000s, and I don’t believe this bathrooms have been updated since then.
I have only rented in the past, so I’m really struggling with what to do about the floors, cabinets, and sink.
The lighting is not great in this photo, but the sink is kind of an off yellowish white.
If my budget is say a couple thousand dollars, what would you all recommend? E.g. Re-staining or completely replacing the cabinets?
I would also have nowhere to begin on the floors.
For reference, I’m a fan of things that are on the vintage/Victorian side. My boyfriend owns this house so the issue is more so budget than what we’re able to do.
Thank you so much in advance!
So the overall dimensions of this tiny bathroom are 5'x6'8". More details on that in the pics included in this album: https://imgur.com/a/0dGBd
As you can see, there's not much space to work with here. Unfortunately this tiny bathroom has no room for knocking down walls to increase its size. This was already done to make a tiny kitchen larger on the side where you see the sink. The wall with the window and back wall of the tub are exterior walls so no room for expansion there either. I know I can gain more square footage by removing the tub, and putting in a shower stall, but I heard that this hurts the resale value quite a bit. Regarding the tub, would sliding glass doors give the appearance of a larger room? A shower curtain seems to divide the room quite a bit and give it a closed-in feel. Also, to create more space, I was going to change the door to swing outwardly into the hallway, or perhaps a sliding type door.
I suspect a minimalist design would be preferable as it should give the appearance of a larger room. I might be wrong and am certainly open to other suggestions. I'm guessing lots of lighting and bright whites would help in this regard as well. Given the small size of the room and that I will be tackling most of this myself, I really don't think cost will be much of an issue. 3 or 4 thousand bucks should be more than enough I would think, but I would happily spend more if it got me a really good finished product. I like to think I'm pretty handy and love acquiring new skills, but I don't have a great eye for design. This where I need your help to bust out some space-saving-design-kung-fu.
Looking forward to your feedback. Thanks in advance :)
All in we spent around $700, decor included.
(pizza dog didn't make the final cut 🍕)