Living with an outdated or poorly planned bathroom can be a real drag. It's such a hardworking, ultra-functional room that when things are not up to par, you know it. It's also the room where big changes are often put off as long as possible, due to the scope and cost of renovating. The best antidote to dragging your heels when it comes to kickstarting a bathroom redo? The pure wow of a good before and after. Here are ten from our archives to get you going...
#1 Shown above: Before & After: Lauren's Lovely Bathroom
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Some of the BEFORE and AFTER pictures look identical. Also, it would be really helpful to have the photos shot from the same angle, so that we can actually see what changed.
Very impressive and inspiring work, thanks!
My bathroom is so awful that I think some of these 'befores' looks good :/
@vmarks: It seems to me that you didn't realize that except for the first and last bathrooms, all of the after photos are at the links, not on this post. Just because there are two photos here doesn't mean that one is an after.
Where can one find a double-bar towel rack like the one in the first 'After' pic?
@EC, the towel rack is from the Grundtal line from IKEA (not sure if they still carry it). We added a custom teak cover plate to hide the exposed fasteners.
@vmarks: Check the post, most of these are "before" pictures. A little misleading to have some before/after shots in the post and others just before http://www.jetstreamapp.com
I LOVE #8... For those thinking of bathroom renovations, my parents did a renovation and got a tub with an iron core. Best thing ever! The water stays warm for like a whole hour. I highly recommend it. Too bad they live like 600 miles away or I would be there every weekend.
I am desperate to find some makeovers for ugly bathrooms that come with rentals - like sticking with the "apartment" part of AT.
We're a military family and we have moved to various military houses all across the country. Without exception, the bathrooms are just plain ugly. How does one transform worn oak cabinets with brass handles and vinyl flooring without getting into trouble when we leave?
Our style leans to minimalism/mid century modern/Scandinavian so the whole sew-a-curtain-around-the-base-of-the-sink like some of our friends do just isn't our thing. Is there some sort of cheap flooring or cabinet possibilities people have seen done?
Thank you!
My late bf designed our master bath, which was added to our home after purchase, and it's a testament to cheap, bad design. I use it every day and it meets my basic needs, but I plan to redo it as soon as I have the noney. My best DIY skill is writing the check, and I have a long history of ER visits connected with any renovation, my latest being a shoulder dislocation during my MBR reno (and I wasn't doing any of the construction!)