An unappealing lavatory finds its technique to the highest of a to-do listing as a result of it’s an area that’s used so usually. If it’s not completed the way in which you’d prefer it, you’re reminded of that a number of occasions a day. That was actually the case for DIYer Katie Nielsen (@annex.house), whose least favourite characteristic of her rented house was her outdated lavatory.
“It seemed soiled and felt chilly,” Katie says. “Neither the sink, medication cupboard, nor wall mild fixture had been aligned — every thing gave the impression to be randomly positioned,” she says. Katie had a imaginative and prescient for a retreat of types. “I needed it to be a chilled house to bathe, take a shower, or prepare within the morning,” she says.
“I additionally wanted extra cupboard space,” Katie provides. By cleverly repurposing budget-friendly residence provides, she was capable of flip her lavatory into a private oasis — with loads of storage — for $300.
Add inventive storage options.
“The one storage was a small vainness and a retro medication cupboard above the sink,” Katie says. She wasn’t capable of substitute her lavatory’s mirror cupboard, so she made up for her lack of storage by including cabinets to the adjoining wall.
Katie stained two IKEA BEKVAM spice cabinets and hung them on the wall subsequent to her medication cupboard. She likes to retailer her merchandise with cute packaging on this open shelving. “Not solely did it add numerous additional storage and make it simpler to entry merchandise, however having good merchandise in uniform packaging on show additionally made the lavatory really feel like a spa,” Katie says.
She additionally added a floating shelf above her rest room and a big over-the-door black wire storage rack that holds towels, additional rest room paper, and different lavatory requirements.
Embrace darkish shade in a small house.
There’s solely a lot you are able to do to change up an area while you’re renting, however Katie bought permission to color. She didn’t draw back from shade — one thing she encourages different DIYers to do as effectively. “Don’t be afraid to make use of darkish colours to heat up an already small, darkish house,” Katie says.
Not fearful a couple of darkish hue making the house presumably really feel smaller, Katie painted her lavatory a reddish-brown shade utilizing Behr’s Minestrone. “Some rooms are so small that they’ll’t be made to really feel greater or brighter, and in that case darkish colours can intensify the smallness to make the room really feel cozy and heat,” she says.
Sticking with the darkish theme, Katie lined her vainness in black vinyl.
Heat up the room with daring accents.
Katie complemented the nice and cozy tone of her lavatory partitions with black and wooden accents. She discovered a artful and cheap resolution to make her medication cupboard align together with her design imaginative and prescient.
“I used some cheap adorning wooden trim from [the] ironmongery shop, painted [it] black, and secured [it] to the mirror with Velcro to cowl the dated chrome body,” Katie says. “I anticipated it to be a challenge, however in the long run it solely value about $20 and was tremendous straightforward to do,” she provides.
A black vainness mild imbues the fashionable natural model of Katie’s residence into her lavatory. Textiles additionally play an vital function on this lavatory makeover. “I [chose] a wool rug as a substitute of a shower mat, which added to the natural really feel whereas additionally accentuating the lavatory’s classic options,” she says.
Lastly, she used a grout pen to brighten up the tile. Now, a room that Katie as soon as averted is a haven for leisure and filled with useful storage options.
“I really like how cozy the house is, and I really like how all of the uncovered storage filled with color-coordinated merchandise makes it really feel like a spa or good resort,” she says.
Supply: House Remedy
