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How to Showcase Your Bathroom For Less than $100

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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 wBathroom Sinkould 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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Comments(23)

Shelley Roufs
Simply Staged Homes - New Ulm, MN

Excellent list and advice! Your ideas are not only practical but cost effective for sellers!

Oct 15, 2009 05:09 AM
Debra Valentine
Designing Details ~ Staging & Design, LLC - Bountiful, UT
Utah Home Staging for, Bountiful, Salt Lake & Surrounding Areas

Kathy: Really great SIMPLE and inexpensive tips for movers AND stayers (not a real word, I'm sure). Thanks!

Oct 15, 2009 05:34 AM
Maureen Bray Portland OR Home Stager ~ Room Solutions Staging
Room Solutions Staging, Portland OR - Portland, OR
"Staging Consultations that Sell Portland Homes"

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!)

Oct 15, 2009 05:39 AM
Kathy Nielsen
http://atlantahomestaging.net - Marietta, GA
Atlanta Georgia Home Stager

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

Oct 15, 2009 05:51 AM
Diana Young
Staging Seattle, King & Snohomish Counties - Edmonds, WA

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!

Oct 15, 2009 06:28 AM
Kim Dillon
Creative Eye Home Staging - West Chester, PA

Great list.  Might also add a small green plant or flowers to the vanity top.

Oct 15, 2009 06:37 AM
Sharon Tara
Sharon Tara Transformations - Portsmouth, NH
Retired New Hampshire Home Stager

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!

Oct 15, 2009 06:54 AM
Kathy Streib
Cypress, TX
Home Stager/Redesign

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.

Oct 15, 2009 12:53 PM
Michelle Minch
Moving Mountains Design Home Staging, Pasadena, CA - Los Angeles, CA
Home Staging Los Angeles and Orange County, CA

You're such a smarty! Great tips Kathy and ones most anyone can afford.

Oct 15, 2009 02:12 PM
Sheila Kennedy
J29 Project - Rochester, NY

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!

Oct 15, 2009 02:13 PM
Michele Hess
Simply Staged Inc. - Rockford, IL
Home Stager Rockford - Simply Staged Inc

Great selling tips Kathy . . . or even for a low cost redesign.  Low cost changes with big impact.

Oct 15, 2009 10:40 PM
1~Judi Barrett
Integrity Real Estate Services 116 SE AVE N, Idabel, OK 74745 - Idabel, OK
BS Ed, Integrity Real Estate Services -IDABEL OK

These are great tips, Kathy!  My sellers need to hear this so I'm reblogging. Thanks!

Oct 15, 2009 11:43 PM
Virginia Tatseos
Stage-Show-Sell - Bloomfield Township, MI

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

Oct 16, 2009 12:04 AM
Cathy Lee
CL Design Services Home Staging - Danville, CA
ASP, IAHSP, RESA Danville, CA

Great tips and all so affordable. Caulking was going green before it was "in"!!  New toilet seats make a WOW every time!!

Oct 16, 2009 11:49 AM
Kathleen Garvey
HomeSmart Cherry Creek - Denver - Denver, CO
Denver's Neighborhood Expert - Listings & Sales

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.

Oct 17, 2009 02:06 AM
Kate Jahnson
Home Stage Home - West Linn, OR
Home Stager

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!

Oct 17, 2009 11:56 AM
Thom Abbott
MyMidtownMojo.com |770.713.1505 | Intown Atlanta GA Condo Living - Atlanta, GA
Midtown Atlanta GA Condos For Sale

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!

Oct 17, 2009 03:19 PM
Annie Pinsker-Brown
Stage to Sell - LA Home Staging - Los Angeles, CA
Stage to Sell, Los Angeles Home Stager

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.

Oct 17, 2009 04:26 PM
Chris Fisher
Your Virtual Assistant - Concord, CA

Great post, Kathy!  I am going to print this to use at home.  My bathrooms can use some help.

Oct 26, 2009 09:51 AM
Allison Stewart
St.Cloud Homes - Saint Cloud, FL
St. Cloud Fl Realtor, Osceola County Real Estate 407-616-9904

ALL very good tips and how ironic I just did these things in my home (not selling) just wanted to sprice things up!

Nov 11, 2009 03:06 AM