4 Tips for Designing Your Bathroom Budget, Tip 4

This is Tip 4 of a series of 4 tips you can use to design your bathroom (or any other space) within your budget.  :)

We began building our bathroom budget on a $1,400 permanent fixture base consisting of a $700 granite-walled round corner shower, $300 Kohler Santa Rosa 1-Piece toilet, and a $400 pebble "backsplash" accent wall.  We spent under $2,500 for all the new material in our dream apartment bathroom (even down to little plumbing pieces and thick towels) without sacrificing big ticket items and our own style.

4 tips helped us get the look we wanted for a price we could swallow:

1.  Splurge on the Permanent
2.  Crunch the Alternatives
3.  Hunt Like Goldilocks
4.  If Can, Do!  If Can't, Hire.

Today, I'm focusing on the final tip in this series:  If Can, Do!  If Can't, Hire to stay within a budget you can afford.  :)

4 Tips for Designing Your Bathroom Budget, Tip 3

This is Tip 3 of a series of 4 tips you can use to design your bathroom (or any other space) within your budget.  :)

We began building our bathroom budget on a $1,400 permanent fixture base consisting of a $700 granite-walled round corner shower, $300 Kohler Santa Rosa 1-Piece toilet, and a $400 pebble "backsplash" accent wall.  We spent under $2,500 for all the new material in our dream apartment bathroom (even down to little plumbing pieces and thick towels) without sacrificing big ticket items and our own style.

4 tips helped us get the look we wanted for a price we could swallow:

1.  Splurge on the Permanent
2.  Crunch the Alternatives
3.  Hunt Like Goldilocks
4.  If Can, Do!  If Can't, Hire

Today, I'm focusing on how you can Hunt Like Goldilocks to stay within a budget you can afford, one of my favorite tips to write in this series. :)

4 Tips for Designing Your Bathroom Budget, Tip 2

This is Tip 2 of a series of 4 tips you can use to design your bathroom (or any other space) within your budget.  :)

According to Consumer Reports' March 2012 web article "Bathroom remodeling guide: Trends and Costs," the average cost of a 35-40 square foot bathroom is about $16,000.   We spent within our material budget of $2,500 for new walls, new flooring, and all new tile and fixtures in our 40 square foot apartment bathroom.

4 tips helped us get the look we wanted for a price we could swallow:

1.  Splurge on the Permanent
2.  Crunch the Alternatives
3.  Hunt Like Goldilocks (Saturday, September 7, 2013)
4.  If Can, Do!  If Can't, Hire. (Sunday, September 8, 2013)

Today, I'm focusing on how you can Crunch the Alternatives to stay within a budget you can afford.

4 Tips for Designing Your Bathroom Budget, Tip 1

This is Tip 1 of a series of 4 tips you can use to design your bathroom (or any other space) within your budget.  :)

Gutting our bathroom gave my husband and I an opportunity to design the bathroom we wanted from the start.  We created our dream apartment bathroom and spent under our budget of $2,500 in brand new products and material.

4 tips helped us get the look we wanted for a price we could swallow:

1.  Splurge on the Permanent
2.  Crunch the Alternatives (Friday, September 6, 2013)
3.  Hunt Like Goldilocks (Saturday, September 7, 2013)
4.  If Can, Do!  If Can't, Hire. (Sunday, September 8, 2013)