DIY Sophisticated Bathroom Makeover: Under $500, Studio McGee inspired
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 มิ.ย. 2024
- This is one of my favorite tutorials - for an elegant and sophisticated small bathroom transformation. Inspired by Studio McGee, Anthropologie decor and West Elm decor. A DIY Studio McGee bathroom “Reno” that is sophisticated, mature, elegant - and anyone can do it!
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name: caroline (angelica)
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location: washington dc
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Contents of this Video
00:00 - Intro
00:20 - Bathroom vanity upcycle
00:52 - How to apply marble contact paper
01:29 - DIY double mirror bathroom
01:49 - How to hang a mirror or picture02:24 - the best gold spray paint
02:55 - How to fix a bathroom light fixture
03:10 - How to paint your walls
04:15 - how to use one coat paint
04:54 - how to paint a window pane
05:58 - how to install a wall sconce
06:11 - Wall sconce hack
7:07 - the best shower curtain DIY
08:24 - studio McGee bath mat and studio McGee rug
08:46 - DIY double vanity hack
08:55 - how to style a vanity
09:24 - how to style a bathroom
09:41 - how to style bathroom shelves
10:55 - DIY puppy
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Late to the game, but I’m finally binge watching your vlogs from the beginning. Love your content and this bathroom transformation. Absolutely brilliant, how it all came together. If I might add, for whomever may still read comments, take your shower curtain to the ceiling. I use curtains on the outside and extra long soft shower curtain on the inside. Believe me, it’s a game changer. ❤❤❤
Hold the phone. TWO shower curtains?!? I have never seen this before and my mind is blown.
I'm a formally trained, professional kitchen & bath designer. Usually, bathroom diy makeover videos leave me cringing. Most do things that physically ruin the existing space or fixtures, and will not hold up over time to repeated use. Yours is an excellent transformation! I think the biggest factors in that are the new vanity hardware and the dark paint color. Your design and accessory choices show good taste & great judgement . You really got huge design payoff for a very small investment. The only thing as a landlord that I wouldn't like is the painting of the window. Windows are expensive so people should always ask permission first. Your video is well done and fun to watch. Okay, you got me to do something I rarely ever do. I hit "subscribe"! Can't wait to watch more.
Totally agree about the window! That’s the only thing I’d roll my eyes at as a landlord but I just figured she got permission for everything.
Yes. While she didn't say so, some landlords are fine with you doing basic makeovers if they're done well they will add to the value of the property. She is an Interior Decorator or Designer so presumably she got permission. Here in Australia you aren't allowed to screw things onto the walls in a rental but that's not the case everywhere in the world.
If I were this lovely, talented and inspiring lady's landlord, I would be over the moon! I did similar (outside) when I rented properties - the only problem was they always sold them on me because they looked so great...hmmm
How people succeed to sell themself! it sounds like Caroline owe you for the subscribtion :)
@@PrincessGold1 😮 How do you hang things on the wall? We just moved into a *really nice* apartment near the ocean and they do not allow nail holes in the walls either. I am experimenting with the stick-on pegs.
I joined a Facebook group named BUY NOTHING PROJECT and have had the best experience receiving and giving in my community of neighbors.
A MUST TO CHECK OUT.
Ooo I LOVEEEE this idea , I’ll check it out!
I’m part of the buy nothing group for my neighborhood too! Definitely a great resource for declutterring and finding things for free! 😁
Double shower curtains?! LUXURY
its true! grossness and luxury, finally united
“Still gross, but a luxurious gross” 🤣 She’s so entertaining! 👏🏼
what you did with the 'second vanity' space, with the lazy susan, just brilliant! It all came together beautifully!
I’m so glad you liked it!! I was...very nervous about how it was gonna come out. You never know!
@@Caroline_Winkler OMG that marble finish contact paper is genius!!! So is the lazy susan on the vanity. I am so impressed with this entire makeover. You are truly talented.
The chaos of the homeowner to put in an off-center single sink AND an off center lighting fixture……truly iconic
I know this video is an older one, but I recently discovered this channel and I'm binge-watching.
Never in a million years would it have occurred to me to paint the metal---and the grout!--on that window...and it looks gorgeous! Brilliant!
In the same boat!
same same same obsessed with Caroline's videos
To keep shower curtains less gross, buy machine washable ones, and a few of them, so you can regularly put them through the wash and hang a fresh set. Just like bedsheets, change them regularly. Fiddly with the hooks, but feels so much nicer.
Yes, polyester ones are machine washable and are great. I can't imagine ever going back to PVC or EVA curtains, ew.
hahahha yeah
I have double sided shower hooks. The outside curtain os decorative...the i side one is washable and hanging it up is so fast.
Ha! And a glass door means so much more maintenance! Looking at you, mom and dad, wiping down your doors after each shower...
@@carmaela2689 great idea!
The lazy susan to make up for not having a second sink is down right genius. Beyond not expected but it works perfectly. I love it 🥰
Doh! So glad you like it!! It’s been very convenient on the counter I have to say
Hands down this is one of the best, cheap bathroom makeovers I've ever seen. I'm inspired to do likewise with my master bathroom. Thanks!
@ Randy Rice. Just watched it, now straight to the bathroom to do some planning and seeing what can be copied from this excellent makeover.
I’m just seeing this three years later, and she’s inspired me to do over all of my bathrooms.
That lazy Susan idea under the 2nd mirror is genius 🙌🏻
i'm so glad you love it Jessica!
I never thought to do a double shower curtain but it looks to much fuller (if that makes sense) normally they just hang or droop. Good job! I love the different medals and the dark walls against the white tiles make it pop.
I love that! I was totally unsure about the mixed metals, I thought it wouldn’t feel cohesive. But now that it worked out that way, I actually think it would have felt too matchy-matchy with only gold hardware everywhere.
My mind was blown when you used painters tape to hang your objects! I have something in need to hang in my bathroom and was waiting on the humans that live in my house. I don’t have to wait any longer. Brilliant!
Never wait Cindy!!!! 😂❤️hope it goes well!
I’m stealing this idea as well!!!
Only a year late, but this has to be one of the best original make overs I've ever seen in a rental! Also the fact that you did NOT use a bathroom rug means you're a genius and quite possibly my soul sister.
THANK YOUUUUU! I absolutely HATE bathroom rugs. SO ugly and unhygienic! I'll use a bath mat when I get out of the shower, but then it gets hung back up right away and washed every week.
She did the antique one
I wish you were my renter!!! Holy moley! I never understood why renters don’t take pride in their home. I repainted the entire interior of my first rented home at 18. If I own it or not, I still have to look at it!!! Good for you. I subscribed! Love your style, love that you are budget friendly, I got a few new ideas, and laughed…perfect!
oh man you are too sweet! i love hearing this from a landlord, your perspective is so affirming! And I totally agree -- doesn't matter if I'm living somewhere for 5 years or 5 months....i gotta nest and make it cute :) Thanks for enjoying!
Some people get discouraged when their landlord won't let them do nothing to change the appearance and they find themselves clueless on what to do.
Here in the UK the default position of landlords is to not let you do anything (including putting any nails in walls), but you can always ask.
I’m finally buying my first place and so excited to put some nails up!! I have no clue what I’m doing though, and that’s why I’m here on this channel :)
Love your dry sense of humor made me laugh! Bathroom looks good too :)
Aw thanks Cynthia! It’s good to have an audience other than my dog 😂
Can I just say you are my favorite current TH-camr? Just refreshing. Binge watching while I’m at home getting well. Thank you for brightening my day by just being yourself.
I was skeptical with the “double vanity” illusion but it came out beautiful! Nicely done 👏🏼
Wow, at first I thought it silly to do this. HOWEVER, this is such a huge improvement. It is just breathtaking. I love the colors, the extras, your style. It is just fabulous. I am subscribing!
Aw Linda! I'm so glad I converted you ☺ I always feel that doubt HARD, when I'm about half way through a project. I was so relieved when it came out like I envisioned! Thanks for watching!
They have battery powered wall sconces on amazon that have a remote. We had to buy some for our closet, and they are beautiful. There are so many styles now that look amazing, not like the old ugly led lights that used to be the only things available.
Takes a boring bathroom, adds great and easy ideas to make it beautiful then adds the additional dry humor. So interesting and fun to watch!
I like how American bathrooms often have painted walls and are not completely covered in tiles , makes it so much more homey .
Love how it looks and your sense of humor😁👌
Oh I agree!! Love the mix of the two. I love a good tile, but in moderation! Thanks for watching ❤️❤️
Yes, here in Europe , tiles to the top, like in a butchery..- I miss the walls where one can hang an artwork / simply enjoy the contract to a tile
@@rumo8811 Yes , strange thing is
when I asked the contractor who remodeled my bathroom to only tile half of the wall, he looked at me like I was crazy. he said I am willing to do it but then I am not liable for any mold and other problems you're gonna get. Like it was a really weird request😂
Maybe mould is only a problem IF there is no window to open ! - and I meant contrast not contract to a tile as in my original comment answer ! (Typo) , thanks for your response TheBoots72
@@rumo8811 😁👍
My partner and I have been remodeling an old, run down cottage house for the past year and a half (while living in it, crazy) but our Goodwills around here are RAN OVER by mirrors. Some are awful, some are just okay, but some are everything I have ever wanted and more. I also love thrift / second hand/ antique stores by college campuses. I have found their picture frame and mirror selection stays pretty untouched leaving me with a bigger selection. Spray paint is also a life saver when it comes to mirrors! Here is some mirror finding luck
Double shower curtain and a round tray, genius!
DOUBLE SHOWER CURTAIN!?!? GENIUS!!! Ugh I’m so mad I never thought of that before😭 genius!
WOW. It’s a stunning transformation. Very stylish. Love your humour, much better than those TH-camrs that are “perfect” and waffle on bollocks. Thanks for sharing.
I’m a year late but I love this. My husband & I are full time RVers, and the base colors & design in RVs is wretched. These are such good ideas. (I also appreciated that you didn’t get crazy with the painting the chrome items. It’s not hard on the eye to have the mix, and it’s too onerous to worry about every dang piece of metal.)
I don’t know if you’ll ever see this comment, so I’ll probably stalk every new comment section, but I would be eternally grateful for a video on your favorite things that are storage or function that also work as decor elements. Example: Our bedroom is in the garage (bed comes down from ceiling, then goes up for travel, garage stuff-bikes, tools, etc.,-is stored on floor under bed when bed is down), and I’d like to be able to use the garage space during the day and just put the bed up every morning. Another example: The kitchen is postage stamp size and the cupboards are mostly too tall for me.
I know solutions exist but I haven’t found them yet. (Kitchen pantry space is always an issue in RVs and the generally recommended solution is to hang a shoe bag and put your pantry stuff in it. I mean…eww. No. I just won’t have food.) Anyway, I know that RVs definitely aren’t in your charter but I got a lot of good stuff from your video on why we’re not organized, etc. I felt seen. (Lots of incomplete sentences, sorry…)
Found you last night on TH-cam and have been bingeing your vids ever since. Love, love, love!
i find mirrors exclusively on the street in NYC. 10/10 very cheap
God I miss that. No one will ever convince me that anything is more thrilling than shopping the NY streets of discarded treasures. i miss it
Um, that round tray sink stand-in was genius. 😍 and the sconce prop - also genius.
I love shower curtains! You will never change my mind. I find that the maintenance is so easier. Nothing worse than getting out of a relaxing shower and feeling like you need to clean the glass right away with one of those squeegee tools right away to keep the glass pristine.
Gorgeous! This makes me want to revamp our bathroom. Like, immediately. I’m leaving work right now. Also, love the dummy sconce!
Girl quit that job NOW and get to the bathroom! THEY WILL UNDERSTAND
@Carolynne, off to the bathroom immediately, and that dummy sconce is a brilliant left brain solution for that 'dead' area. Literal lightbulb moment! ;)
Sp, pardon me.... Caroline.
Everything you did in this makeover made such an impact! You truly have an eye for design!
Mirror hanging tip! Yesssss. Why did I not know about that?
new discovery for me too!! idk what i've been doing with my life before this
your narrating is inspiring :)
Just here to inspire 😉😉❤️
You had me at “Luxurious gross” 😂
Subscribed
haha glad we can be on the same page about this 🙏
I use double rods for the shower, one for the liner and the other for double curtains.
This whole video just opened up my brain. the double shower curtain i am DEFINITELY doing now.
Wow. I'm stunned how big of a difference those simple things have made. From gross hospital bathroom to a really luxurious vibe one. I need to learn more about interior design. This is amazing! And here I was so certain at first that there is no way to make those ugly tiles feel nice.
Same!!! I know nothing about interior design and now I’m bingeing all her videos to learn!
You are funny. I just peed my pants when you said something like ‘the fumes will kill you less rapidly’ & ‘the sound didn’t work so who knows what I was babbling there’.
And thank you for the idea of the puck light in the unwired sconce. And the marble paper on the vanity. And double shower curtain. That was genius. I literally have an extra shower curtain that it would cost too much to send back as a return … so I hung it up in my son’s bathroom, so not only does it look awesome & symmetrical but it has removed clutter.
And the word CORRAL. I saw it on another of your videos, and I’m obsessed. I’m corralling EVERYTHING now. This, I’m finally using all these effing mats boards platters I’ve held onto for god knows why. I’m purging and making things visually decluttered all at the same time.
Thank You.
It turned out gorgeous despite the lighting challenge you had to work with. The double shower curtain idea was brilliant. Also, I prefer your lazy Susan over having another sink. I don’t care for double sinks as I prefer more counter space instead. Well done!
🤣🤣 loveyour dog getting in the cupboards , love the handles and def agree with painting shelves
I love the new look!
I’ve been a subscriber for about a year, and am thrilled that TH-cam suggested an old video for me. It was excellent!
Great transformation. The vanity hardware alone made an enormous difference. Well done!
Just found your channel and I already need therapy cuz I’m obsessed with your design tactics. So spot on! Love it and on to binging more.
so good!!! biggest take away: double shower curtain. I have a bathroom with high ceilings near my living room that everyone uses and not matter what I do the tiles, rod etc just do NOT line up and its irritating-however the double shower curtain is a real starting point for me to fix this proportion problem in the space. Thanks for the idea and now I guess I have to spend double the money lol
Usually bathroom DIYs look pretty first time ish, but man you owned this! Epic
I love two shower curtains. Great idea 💡
LOVE ❤️ LOVE ❤️ THE BATHROOM IM READY TO CHANGE MINE 😁
It’s gorgeous and looks high-end.
Double shower curtains… GENIUS! Looks so luxurious and inviting! I’m totally going to steal that. Thanks!
Beautiful!! Really great job. I actually really appreciated the tape tip to mark the spots on the wall for the mirror as well as the shower curtain tips... this will literally be life changing for me. I absolutely hate when plastic shower liners stick to me! 😂
Omg it’s the WORST. I can’t handle the plastic liners. Idk whose idea it was to punish us this way
I agree w the double shower curtains very pretty!
That rug makes such a difference. I got the idea of using a regular rug from a friend who did that. I absolutely hate regular bathroom rugs, especially the ugly, fuzzy ones.
You did a fabulous job on the bathroom. I love the round Lazy Susan idea, it’s very classy. You can always put a battery candle inside your sconce with a timer in it that goes on and off by itself. I use them all over my house. I got mine from Amazon and it comes in a box of six and they are votive lights not tea lights. You have really transformed this plain bathroom into something gorgeous 🤩👍🏻
Oh what that’s amazing!! What a hot tip!! Would love the Amazon link if you have it on you!
@@Caroline_Winkler I don’t know how to get a link but here’s the info. I’ve ordered these 4 times 😂. Homemory Flameless LED Votive Candles with Timer(4H/8H), 400+ Hours, Votive Candles Battery Operated, LED Votive Candles, Melted-Edge, Warm Glow Light 2 Inch for Thanksgiving, Christmas. Just copy and paste in your Amazon search space 😁
Oh that’s perfect!! You’re the best thank you!!! I love this
Looks great! Subscribed because you're funny and you're Aussie is so cute!
**If you add a little bit of white caulking around your sink and walls, it'll cover the edge of the contact paper and prevent it from peeling up or getting any kind of dirt in it 💜**
Oh dang that’s amazing!! Love that tip, and love the support ❤️❤️❤️
The gold hardware really elevate the feel
I can't believe this is actually you from a year ago. You're so much more in your own skin now, and I'm here for it. 👏
Painting window things black made such a big difference. I could never have thought of such a thing.
Well, as long as you had the permission of the actual owner of that house, you could do Improvements. We rented a small townhouse & did minimal Improvements because we didn’t own it & planned on buying a home in the future. We rented for 14 years & finally got our first home at 56 years old. NOW I’m totally Invested in Improvements. But we weren’t going to pay for improvements on a rental for someone else to enjoy later. As for shower curtains, they are washable, even the plastic liner is machine washable. Once upon a time when we were first married & living below my In-laws, we had a shower door. My husband is heavy set. He was showering one day & slipped in the tub. He grabbed that shower door & literally pulled it on top of himself as he fell in the tub. I had to call his Dad to come & lift both door & railing off of my husband. Lesson learned. Shower curtains are much lighter & needed to keep the water in the tub from splashing outside.😉
I love EVERYTHING! But I won’t be able to sleep well until I know where you put those amazing foldable hooks! I’ve watched multiple times to see which wall they live on. (You are correct. I do not have a life. Don’t judge.) anyway, this is the video that made me decide to subscribe❣️
Omg! People think I’m nuts for doing a double shower curtain! Love this makeover!
It looks amazing!!
Love love love this bathroom!
It looks so nice!
This is beautiful!
Fantastic as always💕 I wish you teach us how to use properly the drill machine properly. I know it properly is not a rocket science but I am sure there are so many like me and could help us🤗
Absolutely stunning 🤩!
It's beautiful!
So gorgeous!
Never thought putting non funtional just stiling things in a bathroom...looks great💜💜
It looks fabulous
Your landlord is very lucky to have you as a tenant! Beautiful ❤️
Vivian you’re so sweet ❤️I’m glad you love it - more videos in the works!
Really lovely and clean.
This is gorgeous
Lots of interesting ideas like Lazy Suzan in the bathroom, sconce, etc. Hope to see new videos!
Thanks Nina! And yes, new video coming out this week!
Simply beautiful
Gorgeous!!
Love this one!
I remodeled my bathroom 2 years ago. The mirror is a beveled glass mirror with a picture frame in like new shape for $5 in a garage sale. I don't know where people find contractors that do the work the way you want it done. Then they are back logged 6 months to a year. I gave up and gutted the bathroom and rebuilt the bathroom. Great video!
Great job. Love the colors
LOVE that bathroom makeover. It is gorgeous!
FABULOUS!
You are a genius. Just beautiful. Can't wait to see what you do next
Love love all of it especially the double shower curtain, and the sconce
Looks fabulous well done👏🏼💚
So lovely. Love the simplicity and elegance of the room. Go girl.
you can get these lightbulbs with a battery in them. so you get sort of a wireless lamp. sooo a nice way to get a lamp in a spot without changing the wiring
Wow! So many ideas and great tips!!
I love the double shower curtain idea
Wow - nothing too complicated but what a transformation!! Love how the rug finishes the space with the moody blue walls and the gold hardware. Thanks for the great post (and the laughs!)
"Still gross, but a luxurious gross..."
Love it.😄 And wow, what a transformation! You are so talented!
Brilliant! Love it.
I think my favourite bit is the perian rug with the brushed go;ld handles - its so warm and inviting, while still being clean and bathroom-ie looking :).
Absolutely the best bathroom makeover I've seen!
This is gorgeous WOW
I do like this bathroom. It gives me ideas for my small, one bathroom!