Style can be lent to your bathroom on the cheap through an array of window treatment options.
A bathroom makeover done on the cheap can be just as effective at transforming the room as a more expensive renovation or remodeling job. Affordable makeovers involve assessing your space, existing items and needs and directing your efforts to fulfilling those needs. Transforming the look of your bathroom is the central component here, but keep the cheap part uppermost in mind as well. Keeping the budget dirt cheap allows you to make over your bathroom with things as simple as a new coat of paint, a different kind of window covering and the introduction of stylish accessories.
Paint
One of the cheapest ways to give a bathroom a stylish makeover is with a new paint job. Give drab walls some vibrancy with a more colorful paint job, but don't limit yourself to that. Ceramic fixtures like tubs and toilets can be given decoratively painted life after first cleaning them with trisodium phosphate and then applying glossy or semi glossy latex paint over a latex primer. Paint can also be used in cheap amounts to paint bathroom floors using designs created with stencils or stamps.
Wallpaper
The cost of wallpaper can quickly rise above the level you may define as cheap if you plan to add high quality paper to all the walls. You can keep this price down by going for a less expensive type of wallpaper, but keep in mind that the lower the quality, the more likely the humidity will eventually cause peeling and curling. A much more affordable way to decorate the bathroom with wallpaper can also be a more dramatic makeover. You can shell out for a more expensive design and texture by buying just enough to make a border around the door, medicine cabinet or the perimeter of the wall just below the ceiling.
Window Treatments
Keeping window treatments cheap is dependent on the amount of materials used as well as the type. Bamboo blinds over a window combine distinctive style with functionality in the height to which they can be raised. A cheap manner of adorning a bathroom window is to bypass curtains and purchase a tablecloth you fancy that can be secured over the window so that one corner hangs down in a decorative fashion. A Roman shade gives a larger window a sense of style by mounting it only halfway up the window, thereby leaving the top of the window open to sunlight without disturbing your privacy.
Accessories
Accessories allow you to provide a makeover to various parts of the bathroom without breaking the bank. Hooks that are fastened to the wall on which you can hang towels can be decorated with letters that you use to spell out words or names. An impressive number of handles and pulls are available that can enliven your cabinets via the type of material, the color and the shape. Decorate with floor mats and shower curtains that either complement each other or provide a dramatic contrast.
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