Easy DIY Ideas for Updating Your Bathroom!

 I've spent the past two weeks updating our old, outdated master bathroom. I did it all myself, and with a budget of less than $100. I'm so excited to finally be able to share all the DIY details with you!

My way of working with a small budget is to focus on what I can change cheaply and make the best of what I have. I would love to upgrade to a fancy glass shower and gorgeous marble countertops, but that's just plain unrealistic for us right now. In the meantime, I wanted to at least upgrade the space by using a few inexpensive diy tricks I have up my sleeve, most of which require paint! Hopefully this will help give you some ideas & solutions for your own outdated bathrooms!

So, here is what the bathroom looks like today.

I decided I wanted our master bath to be a fresh, clean aqua blue. I decided upon Sherwin Williams Sea Salt, which is my absolute favorite color. 
I even used it in my closet!

Now, brace yourselves.
 Here is what the bathroom looked like 2 years ago when we moved in. 

 

We had peachy-beige walls and orange, grainy cabinetry. 

Here's a side by side:

The very first thing I did in this bathroom was to paint the cabinetry and trim. It's an easy, affordable solution, and always helps to update an outdated space.

See my best trim painting tips here.

I also changed out the hardware on the vanity. I decided to switch it up a bit by putting round knobs on the drawers and vertical pulls on the doors. I love adding little personalized touches like that.

Luckily, the former owner had already installed gorgeous faucets and crisp white sinks, so those stayed. 

The tile countertops were painted white using the same product I used here. It's such an easy update, and way cheaper than replacing your countertops. 

See that soap pump and little canister? Both came from my favorite thrift store. I think they were about $2 each.

I also painted the grout on our floor tile. It was kinda dingy, and grout paint was an easy solution. Here's that part of the project halfway through. You can see where the restored white grout runs into the old brown grout.

Here's the grout completely done and looking clean and new!

You can see how I paint my grout here.

I also scored a cute floral shower curtain and bath mat at Marshall's.

After painting stripes in the guest bath, I wanted to do something special here, too. So, I found some big cardboard letters at the craft store and spray painted them white. 

I stuck them to the wall with some wall hanging adhesive.

Now, onto the next part of this bathroom, the mirror.  In the guest bath, I removed the construction grade mirror and hung a framed mirror. However, in the master bathroom I ran into a problem. The mirror was attached to the wall with adhesive rather than screwed in like the other bath. Rather than deal with having it shatter into a million pieces, I decided to build a frame around it.

Here's the before pic. You can see that around the edges the mirror was discolored and looked awful.

So, the we went to Lowe's and picked out some cheap faux-wood trim. Faux wood was definitely the way to go for this because not only was it cheaper ($6 per 6ft piece), but the synthetic wood was also really lightweight and much easier to hang.

Here is the finished mirror, all framed in. After we glued the frame to the mirror, I caulked the gaps and painted the entire frame white.

I think it looks so much better than the old construction grade builder mirror.

 

Oh, and my budget dried up before I could get a toilet paper holder thingy, so for now, the toilet paper has a bowl. 

Just keepin' it real.

Here's the view from the other way. 

You can see out into the bedroom.

(Take the bedroom tour here. Prepare to laugh.) 

And there ya have it: Our little blue master bathroom!

It's nothing special, but it's so much better than before. It feels totally refreshed and new, and it no longer makes me cringe when I walk in.

And that, my friends, is a success!

Thanks for letting me share my home with you!

I'm so glad you stopped by!

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