Before/After: A Perfectionist's $1,000 Bathroom Overhaul in Brooklyn - Remodelista

Before/After: A Perfectionist's $1,000 Bathroom Overhaul in Brooklyn - Remodelista

Photography by Sarah Elliott; see more at Eye Swoon.
For the past few months, Athena Calderone, an interior designer, stylist, chef, and author of Eye Swoon, has been camping out in a small apartment in her Brooklyn brownstone while it’s under renovation.
I knew that you could reglaze a worn bathtub, but I didn’t realized you could reglaze ceramic tiles and flooring as well.
I took a shot in the dark and Googled ‘bath refinishing’ and came up with Supreme Bath in Brooklyn, who came to my house and reglazed the entire bathroom in one day—tub, floor, and wall tiles—all for $800.”
Athena replaced the original sink with a Lillangen Talleviken Sink Cabinet with two doors ($159 from Ikea); the chrome-plated Olskär Bath Faucet from Ikea is $24.99.
The Refreshed Bathroom
“The reglazing plus a fresh coat of Super White paint from Benjamin Moore completely transforms the space,” Athena says.
The white Lillången Mirror is $49.99 from Ikea.
A budget hand towel option: The Linen Kitchen Towel in natural from Linen & Gifts is $6.25 via Amazon.
Athena’s gray linen shower curtain from H&M (shown reflected in the mirror) is no longer available; for something similar, consider the Vintage-Washed Belgian Linen Shower Curtain in pewter, currently on offer for $99 at Restoration Hardware.
Before
For another genius (and low-cost) remodeling project, see Kitchen Upgrade: The Low-Cost DIY Black Backsplash.
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