Has reading home décor articles gotten depressing because of the contrast between the featured spaces and your own bathroom? If the time isn’t right for a remodel, you can still make changes that will improve your primary bathroom and take it from a room you hate to an inviting part of the home. In this piece, we’ll focus on changes and upgrades that you can make quickly and with relatively little expense.

   

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Get Down to the Bare Bones of the Space
 

If you want to improve your primary bathroom, the first thing to do is to see exactly what you have to work with. Moreover, many quick improvements (like painting) require a cleared out space anyway. Remove everything from the vanity counter, floor, cupboards, medicine cabinet, and so on. Once this is done, go through everything you’ve removed and throw away, donate, repair, or store elsewhere as appropriate. Then, turn your attention to the bathroom itself. Identify items that need to be: 

• cleaned
• repaired
• replaced

If there are large installations that you’d like to replace, put this aside for now and focus on drawing the eye away from these areas. With smaller and less expensive items, repair or replace as needed, and then thoroughly clean the room. You may want to purchase products geared toward particular problem areas like this water stain removal kit for the shower glass.

 

Update the Color Scheme

 

Even a dated bathroom will look more fresh and stylish if it is defined by an in-vogue color palette. Don’t worry about pricey items like the flooring and appliances. Instead, focus on the walls, rugs, and accessories which can be changed at a much lower cost. If you want to redefine the space, consider making a bold move like:

• applying peel-n-stick wallpaper with a daring and colorful pattern to one or more walls
• drenching the room in color by painting the walls and ceiling the same shade

You can further transform the space by covering out-of-date linoleum with new area rugs and by replacing the towels and curtains. It’s also helpful to consider the color of the bathroom hardware. If it’s all a standard color like chrome, you can make the room more fashionable by including a trendy finish such as matte black or satin brass. How would you go about this if you’re not replacing major fixtures? Change out a few pieces like the shower door handle, vanity cupboard hinges, and the like.

 

Enliven the Space with Greenery

 

It’s Spring, and everything outside is turning green. Your bathroom needs the same treatment in order to feel peaceful and inviting. Plant life of all kinds can be used to improve a bathroom. Do a bit of research to identify good candidates based on your room’s lighting and humidity levels, and then consider: 

• a vertical garden or living wall
• potted trees
• vases of cut wildflowers or budding branches
• succulents in chic planters
• hanging vines or other trailing plants
• rows of potted plants on glass shelves

  

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