How To Remodel A Bathroom To Make It A Modern Masterpiece
Transform Your Westchester, Dutchess, Or Putnam County Bathroom Into Your Personal Escape
You can create your own personal escape in your bathroom! You can find out what it takes by learning how to remodel a bathroom and why it’s in 4 parts. These parts include remodeling the floors, cabinets/vanities, shower/bathtub, and the walls/ceiling.
You can see the differences remodeling these areas can make in this post.
It Doesn’t Even Compare
“After seeing their bathroom I know ours needs updating just as badly.”
Holly sits down on the couch with a sigh. She and Mike just got home from their friend’s house who just fully remodeled their bathroom. It made her realize their bathroom is so out of date it might as well have dinosaurs in it.
“Well, we have the money and the time, why don’t we remodel our bathroom too?” Mike suggests helpfully.
“Really?!” Holly bolts up in surprise and disbelief. She thought she’d have to do a few weeks of subtle convincing to get him on board with a full bathroom remodel. “But I’d like to know what a full bathroom remodel means,” Mike says.
Holly pulls out her phone and looks up “how to remodel a bathroom” on Google. She can’t wait to get through this and contact a bathroom remodeler.
Here is what she finds.
How To Remodel A Bathroom
- Floors
- Cabinets/vanity
- Shower/tub
- Walls/ceiling
“Well that’s surprisingly short,” Holly mumbles in confusion. “Try scrolling down to see if there are any details,” Mike says. Holly scrolls down to find out more about how to remodel a bathroom.
Remodeling Bathroom Floors
“I guess we’ll start at the bottom and work our way up.”
The overall best bathroom flooring has got to be ceramic or porcelain tile. It’s waterproof, durable, stain-resistant, easy to maintain, and not too expensive. You can also get it in almost any style or color including wood and stone.
“But tile is cold and hard to stand on,” Holly groans. “We can always put carpet over it or even get heated floors,” Mike points out. “True. Wait, you know how to install tiles right? We won’t need a contractor for this will we?!”
“Not doing it. It’s too much work for what I want to do,” Mike says firmly.
Besides ceramic and porcelain tiles you can also use natural stone which is beautiful, expensive, durable, and high maintenance. Then there’s engineered hardwood which can be installed over existing flooring. It is durable and water-resistant, but not waterproof. Other good choices are cork and luxury vinyl (make sure the manufacturer offers green choices that don’t emit VOCs).
“Let’s get the ceramic/porcelain option that looks like wood or stone, that sounds like fun,” Holly smiles. Mike agrees and they scroll down to the next step for how to remodel a bathroom.
How To Remodel Bathroom Cabinets/Vanities
“Yeah our cabinets need an upgrade, they don’t look good or have a lot of room.”
If you’re going to modernize your bathroom cabinets you’re going to have lots of fun with the choices. The overall style is becoming more minimalistic, which has sleek lines, less clutter, and a spa-like feel. Marble countertops are in (though they never went out of style). Wood vanities are also in, though mostly with reclaimed and unfinished wood.
“Oh, the wood look is really nice. It gives the bathroom an organic, natural feel, plus it would look great with more modern countertops and hardware.
You can also have the bottom of the vanity float, as in it doesn’t connect with the ground, or be an open storage area for towels and the like. This way you (nor anyone else) will have to go through drawers and closets looking for things.
“Open storage all the way. I like seeing where things are,” Mike says. “I agree! Let’s get the minimalist, spa-like style. It looks so clean and elegant!”
The couple scrolls down to the next part of how to remodel a bathroom.
Remodeling The Shower/Tub Area
“Whoa, these ideas are incredible!”
Open-concept bathrooms are becoming more popular with every bathroom remodel. Take the doors and curtains off of your shower and you have an open-concept bathroom. It feels different at first, almost weird, but after a couple uses it feels amazing. Your bathroom will feel larger, more open, and nobody will have to worry about slipping while climbing in or out of it.
“YES.” Holly just stares at the screen as her mouth tugs upwards into a big smile. Mikes not the biggest fan of this idea but he feels like he can get used to it.
The other styles for bathrooms are trending in 2 very different directions. It’s either a large shower without a tub or a large tub with a smaller shower. It all comes down to what you want and prefer.
“Looks like we already decided with the larger, open shower concept,” Mike notes. Holly smiles and hugs him before scrolling down to the final step for how to remodel a bathroom for 2020.
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New Bathroom Walls For 2020
“Whoa, these ideas are incredible!”
You can always go for a new color or update your current one so it looks new and fresh. Darker colored walls with lighter vanities, showers, etc are becoming more popular. Pinks, whites, and blues are also popular paint colors for bathroom remodels.
“Not pink. If anything I’d like the darker walls with lighter other things,” Mike says. “Trust me, I wasn’t thinking about pink, it’s not my style,” Holly assures him.
Or you can go for an entirely new style like tile. Like with floors, there is a huge variety of styles and colors for wall tiles. Natural stone walls are also becoming more popular. This includes everything from magnificent marble to cool concrete.
“Marble would be amazing, but that would be our entire budget,” Mike half-jokes.
What Will Their New Bathroom Look Like?
“So far we have wood or stone looking ceramic/porcelain tiles with rugs on it, organic wood cabinets with open storage space, an open-concept shower with some sort of tile pattern, and darker wall paint.”
Now that the couple has some idea as to what they want they need to find a contractor who can make their vision a reality. The best place to start is on a contractor’s portfolio page.
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