Easy master bathroom update

Our way of working with a small budget is to focus on what we can change while making the best of what we have. I would love to upgrade to a fancy sunken bathtub and gorgeous marble countertops, but that's just plain unrealistic. In the meantime, we wanted to at least upgrade the space by using a few inexpensive diy tricks. 

 

Paint:

We started with a fresh coat of bright white on the ceiling, trim and doors and then used Behr Castle Path on the walls. Remember my "greige" paint post? Well, we continued this trend here.

 

Clean and restore the grout: 

The ugly old shower doors were removed. [In the photo they are deceivingly hiding behind the striped shower curtain…nice trick previous home owner]. The shower tiles were cleaned and then grout was removed, replaced and sealed.

Let the light in:
We removed the dingy mini blinds that were permanently keeping the sunlight from creeping into the bathroom. I am a big fan of natural light, but not a big fan of having to open and close a bathroom curtain as needed, nor of having the neighbor boys see me in my skivvies...The solution was to add a privacy film to the window. It was such an easy and inexpensive solution, and its quite nice to look at!

 

Updated mirrors and linens:

Casey removed the mirrors, which had been heavily GLUED to the wall. He then spent the next day repairing the damage to the sheet rock, ugh. Once the wall was repaired and painted we added a new pair of beautiful medicine cabinets. To top it off, I picked up the rug and curtain from Home Goods.

 

Currently, the walls are devoid of artwork and the vanity could use a little update, but that will come this Spring. Stay tuned!