There’s a reason why many people looking to buy a home go straight to the bathrooms. The amount of modern utility you have in your bathrooms can greatly affect the monetary and comfort value of the house. The style of the room adds to the effect: if you have a well-designed bathroom with modern utilities and tons of amenities, your entire house seems more inviting and more up-to-date as a result.
However, bathroom renovations can be expensive. Depending on the scope of the renovations and the size of the bathroom, you could spend anywhere from $10,000 to $50,000 trying to give your bathroom the overhaul that it needs. Everyone wants to do it right and give their house the boost in commercial value (and their family the boost in comfort) that comes with having a new, complete, and modern bathroom.
That’s all well and good, but I know what you’re thinking: what if the money just isn’t there? Don’t give up your dream of a beautiful bathroom because of your budget. Here are 5 inexpensive renovation ideas that could turn even a bathroom in need of some serious changes into a more comfortable and more modern addition to your home.
1. Paint
Depending on the age of your home, bathroom tiling can become decrepit and cracked. The colors and design can be outdated and make your entire bathroom look cheap. Unfortunately, retiling is not a cheap process. This is where paint comes in.
For just the cost of the paint, you can make your bathroom’s tile better conform to the style of the rest of the house, give it a clean look, and modernize your whole bathroom. It may not be as luxurious as replacing the tile itself, but a fresh coat of paint can be a great and inexpensive way to make even cracked and old tile disappear behind a clean, modern look.
2. Install a Towel Warmer
This isn’t just an amenity for the comfort of you and your family: this is also a tangible selling point to get buyers just a little bit more interested in the way you’ve designed your house using modern comforts.
No matter how relaxed you are in the warm tub or shower, it inevitably leads to drying yourself in a hurry and throwing on your clothes to escape the cold air and the freezing floor. Towel warmers are a perfect modern amenity that adds value and comfort to any bathroom. They make sure that even old bathrooms feel like they have some modern convenience. Once you’ve experienced the simple pleasure of having a warm towel ready every time you get out of the shower, you won’t be able to go back.
3. Update Tapware
Updating your tapware is a visual and effective way to update the feel of your bathroom. You don’t want to sacrifice utility for a trendy look, but a decorative appearance owing to a new matte black, brushed, or copper-finished tapware can be an eye-catching update to even the oldest bathrooms.
4. Re-Caulk and Grout
It may seem like a small thing, but the caulking and grout between your tiles and around the edges of the floor can be an eyecatcher in a bad way. Stains and mold that crops up around your tub and tile can make your entire bathroom look gross.
It may be a tedious thing to replace, but the caulk and grout around your tile isn’t expensive or difficult to fix and it can make a huge difference in the overall look of cleanliness in your bathroom.
5. Modernize Lighting
There are lots of strategies and styles that can use lighting to add to a modern look in your bathroom, increase its utility, and promote you and your family’s comfort and safety.
Whether you go completely modern with LED bulbs and fancy fixtures, or simply want to create lighting that promotes the flow and utility of your bathroom with even lighting around the vanity and safe lighting in the shower area, modern lighting fixtures can instantly spice up your space.
The electrical contractor will probably be the most expensive part: you can get the fixtures themselves at any home improvement store.
Conclusion
Bathrooms are often a focal point of your home, and whether to improve its value in the eyes of potential buyers or simply its comfort in the eyes of you and your family, a bathroom with all the modern utilities and amenities is a must.
Not everyone can afford a complete remodel, but these 5 inexpensive ways to spruce up your bathroom can go a long way to giving you a little taste of luxury, even if you can’t afford the complete package right now.
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