Easy Design Tips to Give Your Bathroom a Makeover!
Bathrooms are utilitarian rooms that are often overlooked when redecorating a home but there are some great bathroom design ideas for giving your bathroom a makeover. If your 
bathroom(s) at home are more than ten years old – chances are they are functional but not as attractive as they could be. The beauty of it is that you often don’t have to spend a lot of money to transform your bath so let’s look at some changes that you might enjoy.
Many older bathrooms had built-in white sinks with long counters and the master bathrooms usually had two sinks along with storage shelves and drawers beneath the countertop. While these are extremely convenient for married people sharing a bathroom they were not very imaginative when it came to bathroom design style. They also generally had a large mirror that would extend across the entire length with no framework – another basic accessory that was needed but was not too attractive.
Today’s sinks and vanities can be as functional as those of yesteryear but they also offer many more options for your bathroom design in terms of style, color and fixtures. With pedestal sinks becoming popular again but if you still need to have storage you can add that with an attractive cabinet that is either part of the sink or entirely separate. Many of the vanity sinks today look like a piece of furniture with exquisite carved doors and a huge selection of styles so you can have your storage and functionality while adding a handsome look to your bath.
Mirrors have progressed a long way as well and most are framed beautifully like a painting and look especially nice over these attractive sinks and vanities. Your faucets and other fixtures have also matured with a wide selection of polished brass, chrome, antique bronze and even onyx and other stones used as decorative touches to complement the sinks and vanities – and you can often get towel bars and other accessories to match.
Separate designer sinks are another popular way to go – particularly in a guest bath. These gorgeous sinks look like works of art with their sculptured glass or stone and come in dramatic colors, designs and shapes and make an immediate impression upon entering a bathroom. Usually placed on a vanity they look too pretty to use but function just as well as the old fashioned kind – and sure look a lot better.
Paint on walls in a passionate red or peaceful blue can also transform a bathroom and of course new flooring in beautiful tiles or travertine can all add their bits of glamour to a bathroom makeover. It doesn’t have to be a lot but it is amazing what a difference any change does to a bathroom. Simply adding a coat of paint and purchasing some stylish towels or changing the faucets – any of these little things can give a bathroom a fresh look and won’t cost you much either. So whatever your budget might be – you can afford to do something that will give a bath a makeover and you will love it.
Happy Bathroom Designing! Need some help, leave a comment or send me a picture!
Nicolette Interior Design Diva
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Some great advice on bathroom planning and ideas.
Thanks Paul, there is so much you an do with bathroom vanities and sinks for an amazing design! Even just new wallpaper can make a big difference.
Nicolette
You have started a very interesting discussion on bathroom design. I’m a cabinetmaker who really does not want to make kitchens and bathrooms for a living, because the most of what is done in the US is just boxes with a “choice of doors and drawer fronts,” the most of which are made in a factory somewhere. Boring. I want to do something else if I can, but what?
Last year I started a blog site with a fellow cabinetmaker and have since been exploring this very subject. European design just absolutely blows my mind, and I find myself doing quite a bit on it, even though these are often modular kitchens and bathrooms that one would simply send away for and have installed by a local craftsman. But what fascinates me is the utter innovation of those designs, so I find myself returning to them quite a bit.
I am also looking to design two bathrooms and a kitchen for my wife in too-small spaces in a tract home, which necessarily lets out those wonderful European designs that excite me so. And whenever I find myself going out on a limb with some idea or another, my wife always grounds me by saying, “If you stick with the classics, you won’t grow tired of them.”
o, what do you do that is different and yet timeless and practical and stimulating to make if you’re a cabinetmaker? Damned if I know, but if I ever figure it out, I mean to make it for us and splash those babies all over the Internet!
What you’ve written, though, has given me quite a bit to think about, and I thank you for sharing your concepts.
You are very welcome.
I say go for it, do something European and send me some pictures! What I love about design is that you can change it whenever you like even if you don’t have a huge budget.
Nicolette Interior Design Diva