Our bathrooms are among the most important rooms in our homes. Whether you call them a water closet, restroom, WC, or toilet, the heavy use gives them a huge impact on how you, and others, feel about your home. Home trends being what they are, bathrooms have the additional distinction of being one of the things that mostly quickly begins to make your home look outdated. Here are tips to ways to quickly update the look of your bathrooms without major renovation costs and hassles.
Add Fresh Air
The biggest risk faced by bathrooms is excess moisture. Even if your bathroom has never experienced a leak, the high humidity from showers, baths, and other running water can quickly lead to excess moisture in the walls, floors, and furnishings. This can provide the ideal environment for mould and mildew to grow. These fungal growths can easily establish themselves in the materials that make up your bathroom walls. From there, the airborne mould and mildew spores can migrate to the rest of your home.
Fortunately, there is an easy solution that will address the moisture problem while helping to keep your bathroom smell fresher. Installing a bathroom fan can be surprisingly quick and easy, depending on the configuration of the room. Options include fans that are designed to go in a window, so that no significant amount of installation skill is required. These types of fans are a huge improvement from leaving a window open. Screens keep outside elements from coming in and options include sensors to track humidity levels and how often the fan operates to keep the room fresh and alleviate excess moisture. For rooms without a window there are compact bathroom fans that can connected to existing ducts within the room to minimize the installation process.
Fix the Fixtures
Bath trends come and go. If your bathroom is looking dated, the fixtures might be to blame. Even faucets that aren’t dated could be bringing down the look of the whole room. Simply switching out a higher-end faucet set could dramatically change the look of your bathroom. These are simple to install as long as you purchase a new faucet that uses the same configuration of openings on the countertop and shower. Minimal tools and expertise are required. Be sure to turn off the water to the room prior to disconnecting any fixtures. It’s never a bad idea to call in expert plumbers for the job though, as professionals from somewhere like TDT Plumbing (visit website) can not only fix the new faucets for you but also detect any pinhole leaks that you may not be aware of and carry out necessary repairs for the same.
Not only does changing your bathroom fixtures provide a quick way to update your bathroom, it could be a cost savings for you, long term. Newer styles of faucets tend to provide better water conservation. Look for faucets that do not require washers. Those small rings of rubberized material wear out and can lead to dripping faucets and lost water (and extra costs for you). Premium shower heads with low-flow options are designed to reduce your water usage, without sacrificing comfort.
Tackle the Tile
A day spent redoing your bathroom tile could be exhausting but pay off tremendous rewards. Wear and tear on the flooring quickly makes the whole room look drab and old. Replacing linoleum or older tiles with a new floor surface can, in a single weekend, take a bathroom from sad to sensational. Your local hardware stores probably offer instruction on how to install tile as well as rent tile cutters. Replace the flooring and have the room looking like new. If that seems too challenging for your first try, consider adding a decorative tile backsplash, instead. If you’re still concerned about trying tile, check into the stick-on flooring options that are simple to install and get a tile-like look with little expense.