Maximize Natural Light
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Bathrooms with no natural light can be dull, dark, and boring. Plus, letting in the sun has many mental and physical health benefits and can even help you save money on energy bills! Enlarge and brighten your modern bathroom design without creating privacy concerns by installing a skylight window or solar tubes. Replace clear bathroom windows with tempered or stained glass windows to make getting ready easier while ensuring your bathroom fits your style.
Prioritize Bathroom Ventilation
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Proper bathroom ventilation is important to make sure water vapor accumulated on your bathroom mirror and walls diminishes quickly after a steamy shower. Installing a bathroom exhaust fan helps circulate excess moisture, improves indoor air quality, and prevents water damage and mold issues from occurring. You can also naturally ventilate a bathroom by opening windows after you shower or by installing a waterproof window in the shower.
Swap Out Old Flooring
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What’s the best flooring for a bathroom remodel? If a home spa is your dream, give marble, ceramic, and natural stone tiles a try! Or create beautiful herringbone patterns and unique bathroom floor tile designs with mosaic tiles. Redoing floors with tile is also a great opportunity to incorporate heated bathroom floors for those cold mornings! While an advanced DIY master could install in-floor heating, fixing an installation issue can be expensive, so hiring an electrician is usually worth the price tag.
Freshen Up Your Bathroom Walls
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One simple way to upgrade your bathroom’s look is to customize the wall space. Create a striking atmosphere with an oversized painted mural or waterproof wallpaper design. Change up your color scheme with a new bathroom wall color like creamy whites, subtle blues, and bold, bright yellows to create your desired bathroom design. Or freshen up the area with bathroom wall decor by adding indoor houseplants that thrive in humid environments, like ferns.
Add a Splash of Color
Painting your bathroom a new color is an affordable bathroom makeover idea with endless options. Opt for a soft blue or olive green paint color for a calm and soothing effect, or black and charcoal gray for a more sophisticated feel. Experiment with pops of color to create a fun atmosphere, or go all-white to make your bathroom space more open and bright. In addition, you can use neutral, warm, and cool paint tones to make sure your bathroom walls and fixtures match and are cohesive throughout.
Incorporate Built-In Shelves
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Remodel your bathroom by including recessed or built-in storage to give you the additional space you didn’t know you needed! Options like recessed medicine cabinets and built-in shower shelves offer sleek bathroom storage solutions. Plus, built-in shelves can be customized to your specific height and width needs. Consider doing a DIY recessed shelving project to save money on this bathroom upgrade!
Update Shower Walls & Floors
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Getting rid of fiberglass showers is a popular choice in bathroom renovations. Tile remains the go-to for shower wall and floor remodels. Looking for shower tile inspiration? Matte finishes, steel gray colors, funky geometric shapes, and textured tiles—which have the added bonus of creating traction on shower floors—are all ways to make your shower pop! Remodeling an old shower is also a great opportunity to swap out shower curtains for sleek glass doors, a modern walk-in shower, or a shower privacy wall.
Include a Shower Bench
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Make your walk-in shower stand out with custom seating. A built-in shower bench is a great way to improve the luxury of your bathroom while also getting more in-shower storage. It also makes your bathroom more accessible for future buyers. In addition, have your built-in shower bench match the surrounding tile, or add a patterned tile to make it a stylish and functional bathroom accent piece!
Reconsider Your Bathtub
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Depending on your preferences and lifestyle, there are a few different approaches to consider when remodeling a bathroom. Create a luxurious, spa-like experience in your master bathroom remodel with a freestanding soaking tub. Save space with a corner tub or Japanese soaking tub—which is deeper but not as wide. Or if you don’t really use your tub, consider eliminating it altogether and opting for a free-standing shower instead!
Go Green with Low-Flow Fixtures
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Use your bathroom makeover as an opportunity to create a sustainable bathroom! Installing a low-flow faucet, shower head, and toilet means you’ll use a lot less water than you would with traditional plumbing fixtures. You can still incorporate luxury with this eco-friendly bathroom idea by adding other low-flow spouts, body sprayers, misters, and a waterfall shower head.
Upgrade Your Vanity
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A floating bathroom vanity is an awesome small bathroom remodel idea! This popular design trend will visually open up the room, and the space beneath your vanity can be used as open-shelf bathroom storage or a place to keep a step stool for kids. If you’re searching for a cool bathroom vanity makeover on a budget, try upcycling an old dresser. Converting a vintage dresser into a vanity gives life to old furniture and saves you money on buying new bathroom cabinets to install.
Mount Bathroom Mirrors
While a full-length wall mirror can help create the illusion of a much larger, open space and brighten a room, too large of a bathroom mirror can suppress the area. Instead, replace large wall mirrors with smaller illuminated round mirrors, antique gilded mirrors, and freeform mirrors above the vanity for a quick and easy bathroom update. Or add a large arched floor mirror in the bathroom corner as decor and for a head-to-toe view.
Choose Double Sinks
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Looking for master bathroom remodel ideas? If you currently have only one bathroom sink, add another! Having a double sink vanity—also known as his-and-hers sinks—will create more space for bathroom countertop accessories and help eliminate some of the morning chaos that comes with a shared bathroom. Plus, vanity cabinets are perfect for storing medicine, toiletries, personal items, and more inside its many drawers.
Install New Countertops
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A modern bathroom vanity counter is a great way to improve the look of your bathroom while boosting your home’s value! Countertops can help pull together the different elements of your bathroom—like the colors of the walls and floors—and add to the aesthetic. Consider laminate or ceramic vanity tops for more affordable options. Check out wood bathroom countertops, which require frequent maintenance but keep the area natural and bright. Or choose from popular natural stones like quartz, granite, or marble countertops for a luxurious bathroom design!
Add a Vanity Backsplash
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Tile isn’t just for your bathroom shower and floor! Showcase your personal style and protect walls from damage by adding quartz, marble, glass, and ceramic backsplash for your bathroom vanity. This bathroom design idea is budget-friendly and a great way to customize with unique DIY tile patterns like the modern basket weave, hopscotch, and diagonal tile lays. Or make the installation process quick and easy with peel-and-stick wall tiles!
Update Bathroom Light Fixtures
An easy DIY bathroom update idea is to install better and brighter bathroom light fixtures—which can really transform the look of your bathroom space! There are plenty of options available to brighten your bathroom. For a more luxurious feel, consider adding a modern bathroom chandelier above the bathtub, LED vanity lights above the mirror, and create ambient lighting with dimmable light bulbs and recessed wall lights. Or modernize and refurbish light fixtures by simply spray-painting the base to update your bathroom style.
Upgrade Bathroom Accessories
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Complete your bathroom project by replacing the bathroom hardware. Sink faucets, drawer knobs, handles, towel bars, shower heads, curtains, and much more can be changed to keep up with current design trends. Create a cohesive bathroom design by matching the plumbing fixtures and bathroom accessories to a color scheme or to each other. Brass finishes used to be the standard, but now stylish gold accents, brushed metal, stainless steel, and nickel are in demand.
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