"Even if you have an extremely dated space, it doesn't always require a total demo to look new and stylish again. Take Geneva Slye's (@just.geneva) bathroom, for example. "The first thing you notice about the bathroom is the pink tile," Geneva says. "It is original to the house that was built in the 1950s." Also part of the bathroom upon move-in? Gray peel-and-stick floor tiles, a newly installed toilet and sink,"
"Tile upgrades make everything feel more high-end. Looking for a quick way to make your bathroom feel a bit more crisp and clean? Start with removing old, dirty caulk and re-caulking everything. That's what Geneva did with her wall tile, and she says it made a huge difference. "I got all of the grout removed in a few hours one day and the new grout in on another day," she says. "That also took only a few hours!""
A 1950s bathroom with original pink wall tile and disliked gray peel-and-stick floors was updated on a $750 budget without a full gut. The project preserved the original wall tile and kept a recently installed toilet and sink to save money. Key steps included removing and replacing old caulk, fully re-grouting the tile, swapping the gray border tile for painted chair molding in Benjamin Moore Turtle Green, and replacing peel-and-stick flooring with small hexagon mesh-sheet tiles. The floor tiling was a first-time DIY project completed with help from the homeowner's fiancé and his father.
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