Bathroom

A “scary” bathroom transformed into a colorful stunner thanks to budget-friendly DIYs.

These will help you look at your bathroom with new hope.

Sprucing up a drab, beige bathroom is no easy feat. I know from experience: My family and I moved into a four-bedroom, three-bathroom apartment provided by my husband’s employer in Cairo, Egypt. While not paying rent has its perks, being stuck with multiple dated bathrooms wasn’t ideal.

Yes, the antique clawfoot tub got to stay.

The new green paint color is so pretty.

For basically free!

The bare white walls and plain shower curtain were the antithesis of my shared style with my partner (which is handsome, colorful, and personalized).

“The original space had paneling, but it was buried under layers of paint,” the homeowner says.

The layout got a functional overhaul.

The DIYer wanted to fill it “with color, nostalgia, and early 20th-century glamour.”

The vanity area is the star of the show.

“Bring on the pinks and purples,” this designer and homeowner says.

“I wanted to renovate my whole bathroom one day, but doing this definitely saved me a lot of money,” the homeowner says.

This bathroom got a top-to-bottom redo.