How to Showcase Your Bathroom For Less than $100
We're all looking for low-cost solutions and I have a few up my sleeve that can help tremendously. As a professional home stager serving the Atlanta, GA area, I've seen these tips implemented with great success.
A trip to a local home improvement store and a discount home decor store and for less than $100.00, you can easily help transform your bathroom and help turn it into a showcase of a room.
Here are a few low cost solutions:
- Re-caulk - One of the easiest and least costly items is to remove the old caulk and replace with new. A tube should cost approximately $6.00 and can be used to caulk around the sink and bathtub. You're going to be amazed at just how big of a difference it will make.
- Toilet Seats - Replacing the seat will create a fresh clean look. Replacement costs can vary greatly. A low cost solution w
ould be approximately $12.00 - Cleaning Supplies - Removing the film from shower doors, bathtubs, sinks, etc... will help make the bathroom shine. Approximate cost $15.00. But don't stop there. Cleaning the faucets and mirrors will further make it shine.
- Replace Towels - showcasing a set of fresh and fluffy towels will make the room inviting and welcoming. Two bath towels and two hand towels can be purchased at discount home decor stores for less than $25.00.
- Store your personal hygiene items - a real simple solution is to purchase plastic bins that you can then store under the sink. Approximate cost - $4.00 per basket.
- Replace shower curtain and hooks - small change, big reward. Shower curtains (and nice ones at that) can be purchased for as low as $7.00. Hooks can range from $5.00 to $10.00
- Replace light switch covers - Another extremely low cost solution that can truly make a difference. Approximate cost $3.00 per switch.
- Paint - A simple, yet very effective solution is to paint the walls. The average bathroom should take no more than a gallon of paint. And while paint prices can vary greatly by product and by store, a real low-cost solution is to look in the oopsie section. The oopsie section contains paint that, for whatever reason, didn't turn out to the customer's satisfaction. A gallon of paint typically goes for $5.00 a gallon
In addition to the solutions above, there are some no-cost solutions that will also help. Here are a few tips to further help transform your bathroom:
- Remove toilet seat covers
- Toss all items under the sink that you no longer need or use.
- Wash floor rugs
- Shop within your own home for artwork that you can use in the bathroom
These tips on how to showcase your bathroom for less than $100.00 were brought to you by your friendly Atlanta Home Stager, Kathy Nielsen. In my next blog, I'll be sharing low-cost solutions for the kitchen. Stay tuned....
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Staging is the key!! I so agree!
Caulk is a big issue for me, black moldy caulk is a huge turnoff for buyers. Why not spend a few bucks and make it look new?? Great tips.
Kathy,
Good tips for easy and inexpensive update to ensure potential home buyers are not turned off. Clean & fresh looking is so important for bathrooms in houses for sale.
Using the K.I.S.S. principle works well here - Keep It Simple & Sparkling!
Excellent list and advice! Your ideas are not only practical but cost effective for sellers!
Kathy: Really great SIMPLE and inexpensive tips for movers AND stayers (not a real word, I'm sure). Thanks!
Kathy -- these are great tips for sellers - and easy ones too. (Now, if they're located in Atlanta GA and need a professional home stager ... they know who to call!)
Pam - staging the bathroom can make a huge difference in how it appears to the prospective buyers.
Thanks, Julia.
Sharon - I love your new definition for KISS!
Shelley - it simply doesn't take that much money yet can make a huge difference.
Debra - I was aiming for simple and I think all of these are just that. As for "stayers" - works for me (smile).
Thanks, Maureen!!
Kathy
Simple, easy, great tips for showing a bathroom. And remember to keep the seat closed! Also, hide that toilet brush. I've been in so many houses that have those plastic toilet brushes in a plastic holder right next to the toilet. Not the spa feeling buyers are looking for!
Great list. Might also add a small green plant or flowers to the vanity top.
You have listed those little things that people don't think of that make a huge impact...great advice! I'm a big advocate for the new toilet seat!
Kathy- I liked that you itemized a list where a seller could actually see how inexpensive it could be. It can become so overwhelming when trying to get your home ready to sell that having a list such as yours can help put them at ease.
You're such a smarty! Great tips Kathy and ones most anyone can afford.
What a list! It is wonderful and very helpful. It is funny that most of these solutions are things I do whenever I have moved into a new house! It has universal appeal. Thank you!
Great selling tips Kathy . . . or even for a low cost redesign. Low cost changes with big impact.
These are great tips, Kathy! My sellers need to hear this so I'm reblogging. Thanks!
Little things make a big difference. Sellers and homeowners (who don't plan to sell) should really pay attention.
Clean and shinny is so appealing
Great tips and all so affordable. Caulking was going green before it was "in"!! New toilet seats make a WOW every time!!
Nice list Kathy! I noticed a worn out toilet seat at a staging yesterday...and the caulk as well. Two easy fixes. I chose a lovely wall color and it blended out the not-so-great flowered tile...and the homeowner was thrilled. These all make a difference.
You are so right! Sparkiing bathrooms and kitchens sell houses so there's no reason to skimp on these spaces. Another tip to update bathrooms and kitchens...
Add contemporary pulls to all the outdated cabinetry to modernize the space.
Cheaper than refinishing and it definitely helps!
Kathy...great ideas on a budget, but will make a big impact!
We are SOOOOO overdue for a coffee and conversation! Let's try in the next couple weeks!
Kathy, this is a FABULOUS post! THANK you for telling people to get rid of those furry toilet seat covers. UGH! Those are a pet peeve of mine. :) I love that you pointed out how inexpensive these types of updates can be and yet they still make a HUGE difference.
Great post, Kathy! I am going to print this to use at home. My bathrooms can use some help.
ALL very good tips and how ironic I just did these things in my home (not selling) just wanted to sprice things up!