Gorgeous and crisp. I love it with the old 80's door removed. A clear shower curtain might look cool too! Also, maybe a nice pop of colorful art framed above the toilet! Great job!

Nice job!

Much improved, looks good!

Huge improvement. Smart to keep it to a limited re-do.

nice!!!!

This is actually REALLY refreshing to see. Seeing expensive homes with champagne tastes (vintage MCM included) can be kind of depressing and inspiring at the same time, since I may never have the kind of cash to float projects like that.

It's a breath of fresh air to see what simple elbow grease and a short weekend can accomplish. It's not really that difficult to hire a decorator and have them make your home look dreamy, but I love the satisfaction of a "make it work" project that turns out to make a big impact.

A week???? Our bath renovation is now moving into more months than I want to contemplate. Maybe I should have just updated with what we had and enjoyed spring, rather than live in an ongoing construction zone.

Looks Great!! Around here because of the economy that would be the full make-over lol

Nicely done!

Excellent job. I'm wondering why you didn't put another storage option above the toilet, though. I find that I need more storage in a bath than is afforded by a vanity alone.

Looks great! We just finished 2 bathroom renovations in my 58 year old house, one we completely renovated from scratch and one we updated and they both look fantastic. The updated one was way easier on the pocketbook as well :) It's nice to see people working with what they have.

very nice, forwarding to a relative who also has a small bath & would like to redo

Nicely done.
My only comment is that I find the mirror/medical cabinet too small, I would have preferred a big size, something that mimicks the width of the vanity (like in the Before).

So glad I saw this, I have almost the exact same bathroom in my new house and we don't have the money to redo it right now. Taking off the shower door was a smart move! Luckily the tile on the floor and shower is in good shape, and we can get away with just a new vanity and toilet. Bravo!

wow - very well put! i so agree about the mini-redo aspect and that there are sometimes bigger fish to fry first but you need to least make things pleasing to the eye :)

I'll need to be stripping wallpaper in the bathroom (and kitchen) of the house I just bought; what method did they use here? I have plaster walls--how does that affect things? In the kitchen, the wall paper looks to be from the '80s, but in the bath, much older, maybe 50s or 60s.

It looks so clean and modern now! A little colorless, I'd like to see some artwork hanging over the toilet to give it a little pop and then it'd be perfect.

@canadianmango:
I totally understand the size of the medicine cabinet- that's the predominant size at big box stores, and if they're sticking to a budget, it would be the best looking of economical choices. Personally i'd add a few shelves over the toilet, but the extra storage could easily overwhelm the openness they've achieved in such a small bathroom.
Overall it's a great mini-reno- I'd LOVE to see the rest of the home!

Why get rid of a perfectly good glass shower door and replace it with a curtain that you now will probably have a mildew problem with and that also makes the room look smaller. Other than that nice job.

I'm with @DocumentaryProject. I never understand the tendency to remove glass shower doors and replace them with flimsy plastic curtains. Glass doors are eco-friendly, they can be cleaned easily and don't mildew (at least ours never have.) You aren't replacing them as you regularly have to do with shower curtains (which end up in landfills). They keep the water in and let light in (unlike some opaque decorator shower curtains.) If you REALLY want the pretty chintz, you can always swag it outside the glass door...

This is brilliant!!! Excellent job and amazing results!

"I'm with @documentaryproject. I never understand the tendency to remove glass shower doors and replace them with flimsy plastic curtains."

Because the brass-framed door was pure 80s hideousness, and presumably they couldn't afford to get a custom new door?

It's a great rehab, getting rid of that wretched hokey wood 'n' brass and replacing it with simple elegance. My only suggestion would be to find a way to either get rid of those awful feature tiles or to take colours from them and bring them into the rest of the room (in art or accessories) to make them look more intentional.

This is also a good way to avoid expensive gut-jobs that can easily price you out of your neighborhood.

@Blandwagon its funny how things change in 30 years they will be saying because the brushed nickel was pure 2012 hideousness. They could have simply spray painted the brass framed door in brushed nickel finish.

The lack of backsplash on their sink along with the tall faucet means that they will be experiencing significant water damage to their wall above the sink. I suggest installing a backsplash that meets the bottom of the vanity for a one surface to maintain.instead of tile and paint in the same twelve inch area.

I also would have put some storage above the toilet area because a medicine cabinet is just never enough storage.

If all the bathroom fixtures were in good shape as they look to be from the pictures. I would have simply removed the wallpaper, painted the walls as they did. instead of the renovation they did I would have simply replaced the faucet, the lights, toilet paper roll holder, cabinet knobs with brushed nickel finishes and spray painted the brass around the door with a brushed nickel finish.

I don't get the fans of the glass door. I love the clean lines of a more modern version, but this dated piece? I'd get rid of it in a second. I think this really opened up the space.

Beautiful mini redo, by the way. I like to see things that I could actually do. Without a monster budget or handy relatives.

As someone who has been trying to keep mould off a shower curtain for the past 5 years, I totally get the fans of the glass door. What was so 'dated' about it? Can't brass be painted over somehow?

Shower curtains are a pain, and they look cheaper and nastier than any glass door, IMO.

@SherryBinNH I use a fabric shower curtain and a liner, and my shower curtain liner is machine washable. We haven't needed to replace it in years.

I would add a couple of shelves or some artwork (maybe pulling in the colors from the accent tiles?) above the toilet, but maybe that's just me.

As for the shower doors, if you live in an area with hard water shower doors are a huge pain to keep looking nice. Even squeegying them off every time you shower only helps to much.

Walllpaper removes easier from plaster walls, as this old house certainly had. Drywall is harder to remove wallpaper from, as it is more easily damaged.

I get removing the shower door. In a small space, the door opening takes up room. Shower curtains take up less room, and are easier to clean, I find. I use one of the fabric ones designed to be used without a liner. Wash in washing machine...any mold or mildew comes right out. Lasts forever. No vinyl smell or stiffness.

I also get removing the cabinet above the toilet...crowds the room, at head level. I'd put one small glass shelf relatively high above the toilet....I find that useful.

I can't say that I find the vanity much of an improvement over the old one...would have gone for a different design. But maybe they are planning still to toss this all away eventually, so went cheap. I like doing things only once, myself.

What I don't get is why one would need to gut this room. If the tile is in good shape, no reason to. The floor is easily covered by a rug or mat it you don't like it. The design tiles can be covered with tile tatoos if you hate them, or, as suggested above, incorporate them into the design of the room, by using accessories that pick up on their colors. The room needs color. Only if I had money to burn would I rip out this tile if it was in good shape.

Where did you get your medicine cabinet? I want it!!!

yay! you kept the floors. looks great!

i want the medicine cabinet too!

So clean. Doesn't look dated anymore!

I don't know who thought those brass framed shower doors were attractive....but so glad they are gone here!

As someone who has spent many hours scrubbing mould out of a shower door track and lime off the glass edges, I totally get the fans of dumping the glass door.

There are more decorating choices with shower curtains & they can be kept cleaner than any glass door, IMO. the only challenge is training all users to keep the bottom INside the enclosure.

"As someone who has spent many hours scrubbing mould out of a shower door track and lime off the glass edges, I totally get the fans of dumping the glass door."

The best designed shower for low maintenance also eliminates tiles, especially small ones, where mold and dirt get trapped in the grout and seams.

Where the idea and tradition for tiles, especially small ones, came from obviously didn't come from someone that had to clean them.

Wow! Much better. Just the removal of the wallpaper boarder is a relief!

The new is so sterile, but nice. Actually, I liked before.