Bathroom Diy Design – It may be a small downstairs bathroom, but it’s actually the bathroom our family uses. It was the only bathroom downstairs so we were in and out all day. It doesn’t match the rest of the living room, and when my husband says the room is a complete mess, you know it’s time for an update.
When I started, I didn’t know exactly what my plan was. I just know what feeling I want in the room. Cozy, but modern. Fresh, bright and attractive.
Bathroom Diy Design
Here is our small bathroom before I started taking it apart like Fixer Upper demo day. I love a good demo day…
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Why are there three random pieces of wood hanging on the wall, you ask? No idea. For some reason about 5 years ago I thought it was a good use of some scrap wood. It just stays there.
I started with a new coat of paint – Simply White by Benjamin Moore. This step alone completely transforms the room.
I went with a mix of matte black and brass for the fixtures and hardware. Although I really wanted to go with brass for the faucet, I opted for black. When you look at other gold faucets, they seem to show stains and fingerprints very easily. With the number of times we use this sink in a day, the last thing I want to worry about is a messy faucet.
But you can’t keep me from gold, so I mixed it all together and I have to say, I like it better than if it were the same color. And the makeup light is a nice, modern touch.
Custom Built In Bathroom Vanity With Microcement
The sink is sturdy, with softly closed doors, and is perfectly fitted in this beautiful light gray color. I ordered the countertop separately and love it. It is a white quartz with gray voids throughout.
I decided one day on a whim to add this shiplap half wall. I feel like it was a great decision, it really brings the space together. Not only does it make the room feel cozier, it also turns a boring wall into a little nook.
I could just hang out in this room right now because I love it so much. I’ll be linking everything I use together, including the rug, which has become my favorite rug of all time.
If you want to add a stencil floor to your bathroom, check out my post with a step-by-step guide to a beautiful (and affordable) floor. And guys, my husband didn’t even fight me about this! 🤣 I think he FINALLY trusted my gut to fix it and basically said, “Okay, when should I speak up?” WHAT A MAN. I can tell you: we have come a long way. lol. Watch the first one in this video!
Malcolm’s Bathroom Reveal
This whole project came from some tiles that I originally bought for our fireplace and didn’t use. By buying a few more, I had enough to do the floor of this bathroom and thought this was the right, fun place for them! And if I got the floors done, why wouldn’t I do it all again, right? The pedestal sink was crooked and confused me every time I went to pee. lol. It has to go. So this is what I’ve been working on in Canva after talking and talking about design for a while.
These are the beauties I have on hand that I think would be SO FUN in the half bath. I’ve seen them in gray and black and white, but I found them in my sage/seafoam color at Floor and Decor when I was in Texas! (They’ve gone up in price a whole dollar per tile since I bought them, yay!). The advantage of encaustic tiles is that you have to seal them before grouting them. So it’s an extra step, but it’s worth it because they’re so cute and so much more modern than our old 50 cent brick builders lol.
To install it we removed the sink and toilet and ripped up the old tile floors. I mixed this mortar, placed the cement board, broke it and let it dry. I then used this pre-mixed mortar and installed my tiles with the 1/8″ grout spacers I use in the kitchen. That is followed by a good cleaning and two coats of sealer before grouting. I used this white grout because the tiles are white.
I used PVC sheet and batten because this bathroom is used a lot and our home is humid in the summer. MDF will warp permanently when wet. I originally planned to paint it with the same paint I used for the DIY Laundry makeover cabinets. When I painted a monster on the wall, it looked purple there! So I reluctantly started mixing different paints I had on hand (I didn’t want to spend money on paint samples) and ended up with this color!
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I love how our Sherwins Williams Pure White paint complements it with the rest of the house being painted. There are 8,000,000 board and batten tutorials, so I’m going to publish them. But if you want to cut your baseboards, I recommend NOT just cutting through the 1 inch wood like everyone else does. It hangs and looks terrible, and those “hacks” for that with bevel cuts or extra pieces of trim Please buy thinner pieces of wood and replace the baseboards. This is what I ordered online from Homedepot and they shipped it to me for free.
Since the sink we bought was a wall-mounted vessel, I actually put it first. this way I know that the sink is not dependent on the cabinet I am going to build. Unfortunately the sink was the wrong size online so it was just over 20″ and I wanted it to be lower. There was then a small gap in the back that I had to take into account when making the board and batten, which ended up being fine. I sealed it with a piece of scrap wood and caulk. I use this cheap faucet from Amazon that looks like a baby version of our kitchen sink. Then this towel rack and the matching toilet roll holder save us from the “never change the toilet paper roll” debate. I can’t describe how much more “finished” they look than the build quality pieces we had before.
This DIY bathroom makeover is a doozy ya’ll. I wanted a new sink, but we have a weird corner there, so I knew it had to be small or custom. The bathroom REALLY needed storage, so I decided to try building one in the space. After putting together ALL our new kitchen cabinets, I learned how cabinets are generally made and thought I could do this. I haven’t properly recorded the steps for this because I think it’s very unlikely that everyone who finds this blog also has a funky shaped bathroom. Moreover, I completely smeared it.
Basically, I made a “countertop” out of 1 inch thick wood, grouted it to the correct depth, and then cut it to fit my odd shape. With an additional “U” cut to work around the pipe. Then I started framing a cabinet by screwing scrap wood to the studs under my countertop, to hold it on. I cut a piece for the front of the counter, like I did in my floating shelves tutorial, to make it a piece of thicker wood.
Half Bathroom Makeover Ideas
I actually started from scratch on the top support. I tore up some old 2×8 scraps I had and built a very sturdy base that went into studs on the back wall. I then cut out a base for the cabinet and attached the side/front support with a kreg. All that remains is to build doors. As seen in my original plan, I wanted wicker ties for this, but I decided it would be better to use all the scraps from this project/my garage, so I broke out the table saw again and started ripping wood to between .25 ″ and . 5″ thick. Then I just played Tetris with my chop saw and 45 degree angles.
Soooo, we plan on saving our toilet. I added some extension flanges to the toilet flange to correct the height difference between the old tile and the new, and we were able to put the old toilet back together just fine. Days later I noticed a leak in one of the toilet latches. I know you have to tighten each bolt slowly