How to Beautify Your Bathroom

Bathrooms are often considered the ugliest room in any home. When redecorating a house, the bathroom seems to be the only room left out of the grand decorating plan. A lot of attention will be paid to bathrooms in terms of furnishings and accessories, but almost no attention will be paid to potentially the most important part of the room: the walls!

Sometimes using pictures or murals in a bathroom is enough to help, but there is a lot of wall space to cover and in many cases the walls are blocked by some bathroom fixtures, for example vanity cabinets. So if you want your bathroom walls to look a lot more interesting, you’ll need to try some alternative painting techniques. Sponge painting is one of the ways you can add color and texture to your bathroom walls without doing a lot of extra work or spending a lot of extra money.

Sponge painting is always much easier if your bathroom is in the middle of a redecoration and has no furniture or fixtures, so aim for this approach if possible. That said, you can still work around fixtures and furniture and sponge paint your bathroom effectively, it just takes a little more effort.

The key to sponge painting is preparation. Try to keep your bathroom “free” of visitors for a few days when you decide to sponge paint it. Also make sure you have plenty of drop cloths and tape to cover exposed furniture and bathroom fixtures, especially ceramic items like the toilet. Also make sure no one takes a hot shower or bath for at least 24 hours before painting the bathroom. If the walls are a little damp, it will ruin the final effect of the paint.

Your first step once the bathroom is prepped is to paint over a base coat. Your best color choices for a base coat are white, off-white, or light blue. This is strictly down to personal preference, just make sure the base coat is lighter than the final color you want to use. Once the base coat is 100% dry, apply the second coat of paint. Once you’ve applied the second coat, take your sponge and dab the paint from different areas to achieve that sponge look. This allows you to properly expose the base coat of paint the way you want.

Now that you’ve finished sponge painting your bathroom, maybe you can try the same effect in other rooms in your home?