Bathrooms are often the most neglected and uninspiring room in the house. Let’s face it: most of us do not have the glamorous bathroom of our dreams. Fortunately, there are ways to inject style without spending too much money – what’s more, these fixes are easy to achieve in just a day or two.
Here are five simple ways to give your bathroom a much-needed update:
1. Add Colour
The most radical update you can make in a weekend, apart from ripping out your bathroom suite entirely, is to jazz things up with an accent colour.
If you’re feeling adventurous, then introduce a statement colour by painting a feature wall – Dulux has a great selection of bathroom paints, which protect walls against mould and water damage. If you’d prefer a quick fix, just replace the towels and accessories. Stick to one accent colour for towels, bathmats, etc. to give it a new lease of life.
2. Get Organised
If your bathroom looks like the backstage of Showgirls with a myriad of different health and beauty products cluttering the space, it’s time to get organised. Try to be ruthless, throwing away any products you don’t really need to free up more space. Then check out this gallery from HGTV for some storage hack inspiration.
3. Increase the Light
Natural light is important to both our mental and physical wellbeing. Even if your bathroom has small windows, there are ways to maximise the little light that it gets. By far the easiest way is to use a large wall-mounted mirror, which will bounce light around the room, and make the space seem bigger. Try John Louis for a wide range of mirror designs and styles.
4. Reface the Cabinets
Wooden cabinet doors show wear very easily in bathrooms, and often flake or warp with damp. Luckily, replacing cabinet doors is a simple job that even DIY novices can have a go at. Measure the cabinet doors and buy replacements of the same size, then simply remove the old door from the hinges and install the new doors for beautiful new cabinet facades in the bathroom.
5. Treat yourself to Vintage Luxury
If you have a little bit of spare room in the bathroom and nothing to fill it with, a vintage dresser unit can add a touch of timeless class to the entire room. Not on the High Street often stocks beautiful vintage dressers which are a great statement feature for any bathroom.