You don’t have the time, money or
inclination to give your bathroom a complete makeover, but you do want to update
it. How can you update your bathroom without spending a lot of money on a full
bathroom renovation? A little DIY “elbow grease” and a few touches here and
there may be all it takes to give your bathroom a facelift.
Don’t Replace – Refresh
The biggest difference between
cleaning a bathroom and cleaning any other room in the house is that a bathroom
is a wet room. As such, it has special cleaning needs that other rooms don’t
require. Mold accumulates in the tile grouting and soap scum gradually builds
up on tiles, your shower screen and even on fittings like your shower head. If
your bathroom is looking a little dingy, mold and shop scum may be the
culprits and a little “spring cleaning” may be in order.
There
are some tips that can help you make your bathroom sparkle again:
Maintaining Your Shower Screen shows
how to make your shower screen shine again using a solution of white vinegar
and water.
If you have ceramic tiles in your
bathroom, check out How o Clean Ceramic Tiles and learn the best ways to clean
and maintain ceramic floor and wall tiles.
How to Maintain Stone Tiles will tell
you want you need to know about maintaining and cleaning stone tiles.
If you start your bathroom update with
a thorough cleaning, you’ll be much better able to see what else needs to be
done.
Don’t
Replace – Resurface
Now that you shower screen and tiles
are sparking, do your bathtub and sink look dingy? You can give them a good
scrub, but if they’re scratched, chipped, stained and/or faded, more drastic
action may be called for. Before you call in the wrecking crew, though,
consider getting quotes from bath& basin resurfacing specialists. They can
make your tub and sink look like new again and even change their colour, giving
your bathroom a whole new look. Better yet, resurfacing costs a fraction of the
price of replacing a bathtub and basin.
Perform Painting Magic
There’s nothing like a fresh coat of
paint or two for updating your living room or bathroom. The sane thing is true
in the bathroom. You may have liked that soothing pale blue wall colour 5 years
ago, but is it putting you to sleep today? Have a look at the bathroom design
ideas on our photo pages and be inspired by all the bathroom colour schemes
that are in vogue today. Choose your favorite, contact your local paint
supplier and perform painting magic in your bathroom.
“That’s a great idea, but my tiles
don’t match the paint colour I want,” you say? Well, there’s a solution for
that, too. If you want more professional result, tile resurfacing specialists
can perform the same magic on your tiles that bath & basin resurfaces can
perform on your tub and sink.
Don’t
forget the Details
By updating your bathroom on a budget,
you probably have enough money left add a few details that can make all the
difference to your bathroom. For example, consider replacing your shower head
with a modern water saving shower head. Unlike old style water saving shower
heads that basically saved water simply by restricting the flow of water,
modern versions cleverly work by improving the way water flows out of the
shower head. Imagine the refreshing fall of rain and you get the idea.
When you update your bathroom this
way, by cleaning, refreshing, resurfacing and repainting instead of replacing,
you can save thousands of dollars and have a bathroom that looks as good as
new. Now, why not have a nice shower in your new bathroom and treat yourselves
to a night out? You deserve it.
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