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Guest Bathroom Makeover Reveal

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A guest bathroom makeover reveal that includes before and after photos, budget DIY projects and stunning modern design

Guest Bathroom BEFORE, but wait until you see the after!

Guest Bathroom Makeover Reveal

Ummmmm, I can’t believe I’m about to type these words. OUR FRIGGIN GUEST BATHROOM IS DONEZO! DONE! FIN! FINITO! IT IS FINISHED! Y’all I can’t even believe it. We thought we were big timing last APRIL when we started this One Room Challenge and decided to gut this bad boy to the studs.

In case you missed any of our weekly posts on this before I gave up posting weekly because I was about to leave a Carmen shaped hole in the front of our house, click any of the links below:

11 MONTHS LATER HERE WE ARE! Technically it’s been “mostly finished” since right before Christmas which would make it around nine months, but we just had to put a few finishing touches on it. So, because I know you’re all squirming, I’m going to hush my mouth (fingers?) and let you just scroll through the photos for a minute!

Okay, wait one more thing. Let’s just show some more before/during pictures so that you can FULLY appreciate where we have come from:

Sharing our guest bathroom BEFORE pics so we can all bask in its after glory (hopefully) soon!
Sharing our guest bathroom before pics so we can all bask in its after glory (hopefully) soon!
Sharing our guest bathroom before pics so we can all bask in its after glory (hopefully) soon!
One Room Challenge Week One of our guest bathroom reno!
Week 2 of our One Room Challenge in remodeling our guest bathroom!
Week 2 of our One Room Challenge in remodeling our guest bathroom!
Week 2 of our One Room Challenge in remodeling our guest bathroom!
We got ourselves a $5 tub y'all!!!
One Room Challenge Week 5

Then we sat in this state for MONTHS:

One Room Challenge Week 5
Guest Bathroom Remodel #oneroomchallenge

Don’t fret. I’m doing in an entire separate post to talk about our total budget and sources for everything, but for now, I’m just trying to let you bask in the glory for a moment.

Okay, I’ll stop teasing you. The reason you came was a guest bathroom makeover reveal, right? Well, HERE IS WHERE WE ARE TODAY!!!

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Stunning and budget friendly small guest bathroom makeover reveal | Living Letter Home #guestbathroom #beforeandafter #bathroomrenovation #budgetbathroomremodel #smallbathroom

This is just a regular hollow core door and my husband cut the top out of it and we had a piece of glass cut to fit in here.

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black and white tile floors
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We hacked this Ikea Bekvam step stool for our daughter to be able to reach the sinks to wash her own hands.

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Stunning and budget friendly small guest bathroom makeover reveal | Living Letter Home #guestbathroom #beforeandafter #bathroomrenovation #budgetbathroomremodel #smallbathroom
Stunning and budget friendly small guest bathroom makeover reveal | Living Letter Home #guestbathroom #beforeandafter #bathroomrenovation #budgetbathroomremodel #smallbathroom
aged brass faucet
wash your hands magnolia sign
aged brass faucet
grey turkish towels
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Ikea Bekvam step stool
styled bathroom shelves

Also, if you were praying with me that my husband would let me have some fun in this bathroom and put up a funny bathroom sign, the prayers have been answered! I love the one we chose and it makes me giggle a little every time I see it.

would poop here again
styled shelves
TineyHiney toilet seat

Speaking of poop jokes, I typically don’t show photos with a toilet lid up (cuz #gross) I just had to show you this lid we got. It’s called a TinyHiney and it’s got your child’s seat BUILT INTO IT. It’s friggin’ genius. And the name is also hilarious.

magnolia basket for toilet paper
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white subway tile dark grout

That’s all for now! If you need me, I’ll be sitting fully clothed in our $5 tub as my “office” today.

What do you think?!?! Was the 6-week-turned-9-months-of-work worth it??? Don’t forget: I’m doing an entire separate post to talk about our budget and sources so make sure you’re on our mailing list so you don’t miss that (you can sign up right here) and make sure you’re following along on Instagram, because I’m showing a lot of behind the scenes real life versions of this space too!

If this space inspired you make sure you pin this for later:

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UPDATE: To see full source list and cost breakdown in this bathroom, click here!

Erica

Monday 6th of September 2021

Hi There, I was wondering if you could tell me what the black trim is around your shower niche. Thanks!

Carmen Smith

Monday 6th of September 2021

Hi! It's called a schluter strip! Pretty standard to put on the edge of tile to make it feel "finished". It's also on the side of our tile you can see in the photos too. Hope that helps!

Lycos Ceramic

Friday 2nd of July 2021

Best ever ideas...!!!

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Lindsey

Thursday 23rd of January 2020

Can you tell me where you got your vanity light from?

Carmen

Friday 24th of January 2020

Yes, it's from Amazon. I gave all my sources in a separate post here: https://www.livingletterhome.com/guest-bathroom-makeover-sources/ I hope that helps!