Bathroom Refresh on a Budget
- Sabrina Behrens REALTOR ®
- Jan 22, 2019
- 2 min read
Updated: Dec 14, 2019
Everyone loves a good before and after.
My downstairs bathroom was in desperate need of a refresh. I hated the shower insert and the builder grade mirror was so blah. I wanted to do a few, simple things to change the look but did not want to spend a lot of money.

After doing some research I found a great way to update the bathroom by framing the builder grade mirror with some decorative molding.
I picked out the ones below at Lowes, they had many options but I fell in love with these. I painted them white (both sides) and let dry overnight.
I also had my husband remove the shower insert (disclaimer he is very handy, yes I am grateful), and put up a beautiful shower curtain that I found at Marshals for $20.

I also painted one wall alternating blue and gray stripes and had my husband replace the sink fixture that was old and leaking.

So overall the refresh was not too dramatic, but made the bathroom look and feel bigger. The simple changes updated the look to the farmhouse trend that I am in love with.
Here is the before followed by the after.
To achieve this look, buy molding at your local hardware store and corner blocks (which make cutting the molding much easier since you don't need to cut at an angle).

Measure twice and cut once.
Nail the molding to the wall and put caulking behind to adhere to the wall and mirror. Obviously avoid putting a nail in the mirror itself so just use caulking on the strips that don't have a wall. My husband used 1/4 inch strips of plywood as a spacer behind the molding to make sure it stayed flat and didn't hang off.
We used wood leaning up against the molding to help secure and let dry overnight.

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