subject: Bathroom Renovation: Small Expend But Big Change [print this page] Many people want to renovate their bathroom, but most of them think that it wont cost them much money. In fact, bathroom decoration is complicated that lots of extra expending needs to be considered or the money spent on it may be higher than to re-decorate the whole house. Take an old house as an example, if the tiles, bathroom equipment or even pipeline are still available, it is better not to rearrange them, otherwise the expense for them may be too high to afford. Especially the bathroom equipment, if it has to be replaced, the domestic products would be great.
First of all, the method to save money in dry and wet separation is to maintain the part involved in mud, for the reason that apart from firstly tearing down the bathtub and repairing tiles for making retaining door, you have to add a shower sliding door, which cannot be done with more than a thousand Yuan. Therefore, why not just go to IKEA, B&Q or other furniture store to pick up a favorite shower curtain and a flexible steel bar which only cost a few hundred Yuan in total. In addition, the curtain can be changed as your preferences so that you can change the style of the bathroom as you want.
It is another method to avoid the wet and dry separation work involving mud that set up the sliding door frame on the side of bathtub. Although the price will be different according to the material of the door, the construction is simple and cheaper than to tear down the whole sliding door and reconstruct.
Secondly, it is suggested to integrate system cabinet and make-up cabinet. Although there is more space for storage under the table-style sink, it relatively costs more money. Anyhow, if using system cabinet with a washbasin for storage and make-up cabinet, you do not have to worry about the cracked problem of the basin. Moreover, the cabinet generally is 46 to 66 cm width which is more suitable to small bathroom and it benefits to save the cost of making an extra make-up cabinet.
The use of plastic material or stainless steel triangular shelf is even cheaper than bathroom cabinet. You just need to put the shelf next on the washbasin or the corner near the bathtub which is convenient and economic. The shelves are various in prices in accordance with different sizes or materials, varying from hundreds to thousands of Yuan, but it is definitely much cheaper than a cabinet.
In addition, if you have a great condition of ventilation in the bathroom, shelf board actually can also be used to replace general storage cabinet. On one hand, it can avoid the oppressive feeling of the cabinet door; on the other hand, it is more flexible to set shelf boards which can be added according to preferences. Also, it is cheaper than the storage cabinets.
