The average homeowner spends 860 days of their life in the bathroom. Between showering, brushing your teeth and applying makeup, it’s a hard room to avoid. If your bathroom décor isn’t cutting it anymore, follow these tips to have a stylish and affordable bathroom makeover.

How Much Does a Bathroom Remodel Cost?

The cost of your bathroom remodel depends on where you’re located and the updates you’re making. For these reasons, the average total cost of a bathroom remodel ranges between ₹25,000 – ₹80,000. Installing new fixtures in your bathroom is far from cheap, and leaves little room in the budget to make other renovations.

1. Shop Around for Affordable Alternatives

While the tile is trendy and visually-appealing, it’s expensive and difficult to install. To cut costs, we recommend tiling either your walls or floors, but not both. Your bathroom remodel will be more cost-effective if you’re able to avoid tiles completely. We’ll cover alternative options for your walls and floors in tips 2 and 3. When it comes to the finer aspects of your bathroom, like your light fixtures and toilet paper holder, try shopping at garage sales and local thrift stores. Who knows, you might find a refinished pedestal sink or claw-foot bath tub while you’re at it.

2. Choose Your Wall Art Wisely

Your bathroom is a difficult room to decorate. Due to excess moisture in the air, valuable artwork can be damaged easily. We recommend choosing anything aside from paintings, which are often warped by steam. In general, framed photographs and posters fare well in bathrooms. You can also choose ceramic pieces, like decorative plate or metal wall art. If you’re remodeling your bathroom on a tight budget, put your family and loved ones on display. Just make sure the frame is completely sealed and has a solid backing before hanging it up.

3. Redo Your Bathroom Vanity

You can easily spruce up your bathroom by updating your vanity. From choosing new countertops to repainting the wood, there are many ways to tackle this project. Here are a few inexpensive ways to redo your bathroom vanity:

• Replace the hardware. If you’re getting new doorknobs for your bathroom, update the hardware on your vanity as well. Make sure they have the same color and finish.

• Paint it. Use semi-gloss latex paint to change the color of your vanity. As you repaint it, make sure to cover the door, drawers and wood around the mirror. Once you’re finished, apply a shiny topcoat.

• Change the countertop. Marble countertops are far from cheap, but you can get the same result with peel-and-stick alternatives. Plus, it’s waterproof and simple to install.

• Install a new light fixture. No vanity is complete without a fashionable light fixture. Rather than redoing your entire bathroom vanity, change the lighting above it.

• Shop new-to-you. Is your bathroom vanity beyond repair? Get rid of yours and search on leading interior decor websites or Facebook Marketplace.

4. Colour Coordinated Bathroom Accessories

Acessories like soap dispensers, soap care, bottles, towels, etc., you can decide on a colour. You can have accessories in similar colours or at least the same shade of colour. It will make your bathroom look more cohesive.

5. Add artificial plants

You can use real plants if your bathroom gets enough natural light. But if not, the artificial plants can be used to add a pinch of greenery to your bathroom. Use artificial ferns, succulents and money plants to add enough greenery to your bathroom