This bathroom was your typical, builder beige, with the builder beige walls and pre-fab sink. I added molding to the walls in a non conventional way, did a color on color treatment for the paint on the walls, new faucet, new marble counter top, new knobs (same cabinet), new light fixture, new toilet (water conservation toilet), and my personal artwork photography for a little whimsy and YES I did it all myself including cut the marble mini molding surrounding the sink! The only thing I did not do was the marble sink cutout , I bought it from a stone place , they cut it for me from a carrera marble remnant.
Think outside the box to stay within a small budget!
You do NOT have to do as much as I did which was:
new marble (bought carrera remnant from granite place they cut it and installed that was about $300) this was my splurge!
new sink ...»
new faucet
door handles on cabinet
towel holder
toilet holder (definitely not everyone is going to have this cost!)
picture frames (I inserted my black and white art photography)
garbage can
paint for walls (the white was already there!)
light fixture
molding
marble molding on top of sink backsplash
new doorknob on door
I buy everything I can on clearance even if it takes me a while to find the right item at the right price. Also I get all my tile and such (marble molding for example) at http://www.flooranddecoroutlets.com/ or I scope Lowe's and Home Depot for clearance tiles/wood etc..
The cabinet is the SAME one that was there
(I am going to change the doors and faux drawers on cabinet- I ordered them from Lowe's gave them the measurements I wanted them in and got them in real wood and am painting them white to match the room, but now instead of laminate doors it will be wood and that total cost is about $100), the floor is the same and unchanged, the mirror is the same one that was there.
HandyANDY- the beadboard would look beautiful in a more traditional home but my taste is if frustrated MODERN in a Builder grade home! LOL!