When we first moved into our ranch house, just about everything was functional. It was not a fixer-upper by any means, so all things we decided to change were purely cosmetic. This was great for us as we were first time home buyers and on a very, very, small budget. Unfortunately for me, I have always had high-price taste on a small budget, haha! Because of this, I have had to learn to become creative with my home makeover dreams and scale down my big plans for reasonable, small cosmetic changes.
To start, we only have one bathroom in our house. And it’s small. When we moved in the walls were a yellow color with laminate flooring. There was a vanity but it was ugly and installed in a strange way, so it moved around if you pushed on it or bumped into it. Things in the room were there for functionality but not beauty. Here is a photo of the bathroom when we moved in.
The first thing we did was pull out the laminate flooring. I picked out an affordable white tile from Home Depot. You can find the tile we used here. Our bathroom is very small, so we did not need much tile to get the floor done. We also went with a pure white grout. One of the only other major changes we made was the sink. The vanity that was there felt cheap to me and took a good amount of foot space away which made the bathroom feel cramped (since it’s already such a small room). I chose a super simple and affordable option from Home Depot, which you can find a very similar version here.
We painted the walls and trim the same white we used in the rest of the house, which is Sherwin Williams Snowbound. We used semi-gloss on the trim and eggshell on the walls.
For now, we are super happy with the changes and it suits our needs!