14 Ways to Spruce Up Your Bathroom

he kitchen and living room, known as the heart of a home, where family and guests gather for warmth and connection. These spaces usually steal the spotlight during makeovers, furniture rearrangements, and such. But hold on! Let’s not overlook the significance of the bathroom, especially when it’s beverage-serving time! Even if it’s not a bustling hub like other rooms, it shouldn’t be neglected. Spruce up your bathroom with our expert tips for rejuvenating and revamping your sanctuary.

14 Bathroom Design Ideas to Spruce Up Your Space

Mirror Frame

Most bathrooms are standard with a mirror. If you’d like to switch it up, there are several options. You can buy an entirely new mirror if the one you currently have is scuffed or cracked (it’s relatively simple to remove the adhesive and take the mirror off). An even cheaper and simpler option is to just buy a mirror frame, which might be especially convenient if you’re renting.

You can buy stick-on mirror frames online that mimic the look of wood or metal. They can give a more personalized touch when you admire yourself in the reflection. You can also buy cheap and small lights to attach to the frame, adding a touch of premium functionality to the bathroom as a whole, super quickly and super cheaply.

Let There Be (New) Light

Lighting is very important in the bathroom–how else will you get the perfect bathroom selfie? We mentioned above you can attach some directly to the mirror, but if your bathroom fixture is a little dated or worn, or doesn’t fit the theme of your bathroom, or you simply want a quick change, why not change the lighting fixture?

You can go online or to your local hardware or home improvement store to look for a slick new lighting fixture. Sometimes you might need to have it installed professionally, but more often than not, it’s as simple as changing out a lightbulb.

If you’d prefer to keep the lighting fixture you already have, you still have options. You can mix up the lighting by adding in new light bulbs. Soft LED lights or warm LED bulbs can totally change the ambiance of the bathroom, making it a more inviting place to use the loo instead of those harsh, doctor-office fluorescent lights.

Get Some Fun or Fancy (or Both) Bath Mats

This is especially helpful if you have a shower in the bathroom you’re sprucing up. Bath mats add a functional touch and are an opportunity to add some style to your bathroom. If the one you have is faded, stained, or just plain old, you can find a cheap and stylish replacement online or at your local department store.

Bath mats are also a sneaky way of covering up old or unsightly flooring. Speaking of which, you can also use specific mats for the shower itself–if the shower floor is also cracked, stained, or chipped, you can conceal it and add an upscale look by adding a mat or wooden surface.

You might need to have these custom-made or cut down to the right dimensions of your shower, so keep that in mind.

Give The Floor An Overhaul

We touched on unsightly flooring in the previous paragraph. Sure, you can cover it with a rug or bath mat, but you can also “overhaul” it with relative ease. We don’t mean ripping out the tile. You can cover them up with a brand new “floor”–there are plenty of stick-on flooring options you can buy.

You can create faux tile, faux wood, faux stone, and just about any imitation surface you can imagine. Don’t need to worry about maintaining the floor, ripping it up for a big renovation, or removing it when it’s time to change. The adhesive can be unstuck with a hairdryer, making it a snap to change if there’s ever any damage or if you need to remove it.

Upgrade Your Toilet Handle Game

You might raise your eyebrow, but we’re serious. You give the handles and knobs in your kitchen so much attention and love, so why not do the same to the toilet handle, which is used roughly the same amount?

Just like the kitchen drawer knobs, the toilet handle is a seemingly insignificant part of the bathroom, but it’s handled quite frequently and is an opportunity to spiff up the bathroom a bit. And just like the kitchen knobs, it’s inexpensive to get a premium-looking and premium-feeling toilet handle for cheap and the local hardware store, and simple to switch it out for the old one.

Add in a Touch of Nature

Any room in the home can benefit from a plant or four–they add a charming touch of green and oxygen, no matter where they are. Bathrooms might not get as much sun as other rooms, like your living room, but there are plenty of hardy plants that can handle less sunlight and will thrive in humid conditions.

Even a small plant can go a long way to adding a more homely, classy touch to your bathroom. Here is a quick list of some of our favorite plants that are well-suited to the environment of a typical bathroom.

• Ferns
• Peace Lily
• Snake Plant
• Polka Dot Plant
• Aloe Vera
• Spider Plant
• Bromeliads

When you’ve selected your newest plant friend, get a nice pot and find a home for it. This could be above the toilet, on the countertop, or in a standalone pot if your space is large enough for it. If you’d rather not get a plant or weren’t gifted with a green thumb, you can also get a nice vase and add a fragrant flower or two.

Go with a Nice New Backsplash

This one also harkens back to the kitchen–if you added a new backsplash into the kitchen, why not show your shower the same love? Like with the kitchen, you have quite a few options: you can buy some stick-on tiles for the wall if you’d like to add a premium touch without the premium price.

This isn’t recommended for the interior of the shower, though; it might not stand up to the heat and moisture of the water, You might be better off with an actual tile backsplash, which can still be as cheap as a few dollars per square foot, and able to be installed in just a day.

If you own the place and are looking for a premium look that will last, a new subway tile is a good choice to make.

Elevate the Shower Head

The shower head is an important part of most people’s mornings, or nights. Having a reliable showerhead is one thing. But you can elevate the shower head–and the experience of showering–with a simple change of the fixture.

Why not pick up a shower head that fits the design theme of your bathroom–oiled bronze, or brushed chrome? Or bring the spa to your home with a new rain shower head or a nice fixture with a handheld wand or massage feature?

You don’t need to spend a fortune to upgrade your shower head, and the experience can feel way more premium than the price you paid.

Mount a Storage Cabinet on the Wall

Space might be a premium in your bathroom. They aren’t very large spaces to begin with, and you might have a lot of cosmetics, towels, or cleaning supplies to stow away. A simple way to increase your storage capacity and add some style points to your bathroom is to mount a storage cabinet on the wall.

You can let the natural wood pattern meld with your bathroom design ethos, or paint it any color you’d like. You mount it on the wall with hardware, or even use some industrial-strength adhesive in a pinch (just make sure to let it dry thoroughly!).

Then, voila–more storage and another way to spruce up your bathroom. If you’re renting, it’s ideal to simply use an adhesive-mounted shelf or cabinet, so it’s easier to remove.

Give the Nose Something to Appreciate

When you spruce up the bathroom, most of it is going to be appreciated by your eyes. But you can take it a step further and give your nose (and your guests) a treat by adding some aromatherapy to the bathroom.

You can do this with a nice candle, reed diffusers, or air diffusers, although the latter one will require an outlet. Just be mindful of whichever option you go with, especially an open flame!

The plants or flowers we mentioned earlier can also double as a source of fresh fragrance. Regardless of the source, adding a seasonal touch of scent is a great way to freshen up the bathroom, and it’s super quick and fun to change out the scent whenever you please.

Change Out the Linens

Your nose might not care for this one as much as adding a nice scent, but it’s still a quick and cheap way to change the tone of the bathroom. If you have any towels that you like to display–whether on the towel rack, the countertop, you name it–it’s easy to change them out every so often, even if they’re just for show.

They’re another quick way to add a new splash of color to your bathroom or complement the latest design change you’ve made. You can go as premium or cheap as you like with linens, and most people won’t be able to tell the difference.

The Shower Curtains

This might not apply if you don’t have a shower, or if the shower is made of glass. But like the rest of the linens, it’s a snap to switch them out. Pick up a new shower curtain to go with your new set of hand towels and bath mats.

Don’t forget to have a liner too–if not for the sake of sprucing up the room, be sure to pick up a new liner and change it out so no mold grows.

Spruce Up The Walls

Yes, the walls. If you’ve read this far, you might notice we’re pretty big advocates for stick-on changes. The walls are no exception, and you can apply removable wallpaper to your bathroom walls for a fun, simple project that offers you infinite customizability over the mood of the bathroom.

Like the rest of these stick-on solutions we’ve suggested, you can do a lot of sprucing up with a lot of effort, and it can be easily undone when it’s time for change.

Get a New Vanity

This last option is probably the most involved one on the list and one of the more expensive ones. If you have a standalone sink or a vanity that isn’t permanently affixed to the wall or floor, you can buy a new one.

Many furniture producers sell vanities that are prefabricated and have a cut-out for the sink. So, you can buy it and assemble it around the sink, instantly adding extra storage and a touch of style to the bathroom.

It might not be an option for every bathroom, but they’re reasonably priced, and like most of the items on this list, they aren’t permanent. It’s a great way to make the bathroom look like it’s been overhauled for several hundred dollars more than what you spent…and don’t worry, we won’t tell.

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