Bathroom Remodeling – 5 Budget-Friendly Tips For Remodeling Your Bathroom

Planning on renovating your bathroom or bathroom remodeling? It can be a challenging and rewarding project for any DIY guru. Bathroom remodeling can be thoughts of clean, gleaming white surfaces or of a half-assembled disaster. Maybe both images are true.

Drawing the bathroom remodeling plans and bringing them to completion is one thing, but keeping under budget can quickly become a stressful nightmare, completely destroying your well thought out plans.

If blueprints and a well-laid out plan is the key to solving a bathroom renovation, then a well-laid out budget that is compatible with your blueprints is the lock. Without a good starting plan, contingency plan and cost breakdown, you’re very likely to cut corners on certain aspects of your bathroom renovation.

Bathroom remodeling on a small budget can be challenging, and using the following tips can refresh and update your bath without a huge impact on a tight budget:

1. Fresh paint is always a consideration in any updating process, and bathroom remodeling is no exception. The square footage that can be changed with a small investment is a dramatic beginning. Step out of your comfort zone a little and try a new colour with a higher degree of intensity than is usual in your typical colour choices.

Buy one of the small samples of paint offered at big box stores for a nominal fee in a lighter or darker shade than that for the body of the room to be used as accents on accessories

2. De-clutter your bath. Look at it as a stranger would. See what you can store out of sight without creating too much inconvenience to your daily grooming routine. Place small grooming items or cosmetics in containers or baskets to streamline your decor. Select containers that are decorative and colourful and harmonize with your bath.

Incorporate the clean look wherever you can in your bathroom remodeling. This will give it a more contemporary feel, and add visual space.

3. Add additional storage is usually a reason for bathroom remodeling. Empty space above the toilet is just wasted. Invest in a shelf unit or small wall cabinet to fill the space and hold bath supplies out of sight. Or get a space saver designed to sit on the floor and extend above your toilet. In a small bath a few extra dollars will be well spent on a cabinet with doors to hide clutter. For a little luxury select one with opaque glass which is very attractive, but still confines a multitude of clutter with less visibility.

Space savers are available in many attractive styles, and can be found in a range of wood tones as well as painted to suit individual preferences. It’s a must to include this in your bathroom remodeling plan.

4. A new vanity faucet in a brushed or satin finish will give a fresh look to your whole vanity area and are easier to maintain daily than the old time standard high gloss.

5. Lighting should always be assessed when beginning a bathroom remodeling. Good lighting is essential in a grooming area, and will brighten up your entire bath. A new style can add just the right touch to your decor.