Simple Bathroom Remodeling Ideas for the
Powder Room or Small Bathroom
By: Mark J. Donovan
Is your small bathroom outdated? Are
you tired of looking at the pink or baby blue ceramic tiles, or is the
stenciling looking a little faded? A powder room or small bathroom renovation
project is easy to do and won’t break the bank. Listed below are a few small
bathroom renovation ideas you can consider when planning your bathroom
remodeling project.
Update Bathroom
Lighting and Mirrors
Bathroom lighting can easily be
updated without having to rewire your home.
Visit you local home improvement
center and pick up some modern bathroom lighting fixtures to replace your
old and dingy lights. Just turn the power off at the main circuit breaker
panel prior to replacing the bathroom lights.
Mirrors tend to lose some of
their reflective coating due to high humidity in the bathroom. Consequently
mirrors can look chipped along their edges. Likewise, medicine chests can
get nicked up over time and look pretty rough.
Consider replacing the bathroom
mirror and/or bathroom medicine chest as part of your small bathroom renovation
project.
Use of Bathroom
Ceramic Tile
The use of ceramic tile is a great
small bathroom renovation idea. There are a plethora of bathroom ceramic tile
choices to choose from today and ceramic tile installation is a project that
most do-it-yourself homeowners can tackle.
Update the
Bathroom Wall
and Floor Coverings
A simple and low cost small bathroom
renovation idea is to replace the existing bathroom wall and floor coverings. A
coat of new paint or the installation of wall paper is a great way to dress up a
small bathroom or powder room. Likewise, new throw rugs can also breathe new
life into a small bathroom.
You may also want to consider the
integration of bathroom shelving into your small bathroom renovation plans.
Bathroom shelves are excellent for holding knickknacks and towels. Frequently
small bathrooms lack closets, so as part of a small bathroom renovation project
you might find the installation of shelving to be a very useful bathroom
remodeling idea.
Updated
Bathroom Vanity and Bathroom Countertops
Bathroom vanities have the
tendency to become beat up over the years and bathroom countertops
frequently go out of style. Laminate bathroom countertops were common 20
years ago, but now Corian and even Granite bathroom countertops are fairly
common in today’s modern bathroom designs. In addition, many bathroom
countertops today have the sink bowls integrated into them as one solid
piece.
Photo by Mark Donovan
In addition, you may want to update
the bathroom faucet and fixtures.
The installation of small bathroom
vanities and bathroom countertops is again a project that most do-it-yourself
homeowners can tackle.
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Updating the
Bathroom Tub and/or Shower Stalls
Updating the tub or shower stall is
another great small bathroom renovation idea. However, updating a bathroom tub
and/or shower stall is a bit more difficult and complicated. There are a couple
of solutions, however, that can help you in this department. There are a number
of bathtub refinishing companies out there today that can refinish your
bathtub’s surface or even cover it with new bathtub inserts.
In regards to shower stalls, custom
ceramic tile showers are very common in today’s modern bathroom designs. Key to
installing a ceramic tile shower is the installation of a shower membrane liner
to prevent the ceramic shower stall from leaking. If this is a bathroom
renovation idea that you want to pursue you may want to take a look at my Shower
Pan Membrane Liner Ebook as it provides specific instructions on how to install
a shower pan liner.
Updating the
Toilet
To be honest, I would leave the
toilet alone, unless it is damaged in some way or the color does not match your
new bathroom renovation color schemes. Older toilets just seem to flush better
than the new, low water-use ones.
So with these simple small bathroom
renovation ideas you should be able to modernize your bathroom in just a few
weeks, without breaking the bank. Except for the tub and shower replacements all
of these projects are fairly easy bathroom renovation projects that most
do-it-yourself homeowners can tackle.
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