When you decide to move forward with a bathroom renovation project, you likely envision creating a private oasis that you can retreat to for self-care. But what should your renovation and design priorities be? Discover our top bathroom renovation ideas for your project.
When you decide to move forward with a bathroom renovation project, you likely envision creating a private oasis that you can retreat to for self-care. But what should your renovation and design priorities be? Discover our top bathroom renovation ideas for your project.
A bathroom renovation can mean many things – it could be as simple as refreshing your countertops and vanity, painting, or installing a new light fixture. However, the bathroom renovation ideas listed below are much bolder than that.
The bathroom design and renovation ideas listed in the article assume that you’re committing to transforming your bathroom completely. All of the bathroom renovation ideas we have compiled are from our 20+ years of experience renovating Winnipeg bathrooms and homes. For your convenience, we’ve listed the bathroom renovation ideas that are among the most popular requests that our customers want as part of their bathroom renovation projects.
So, if you’re ready to be inspired with bathroom renovation ideas and bathroom design tips for your ensuite, main bathroom, or basement bathroom – let’s get started!
If you’re planning a bathroom renovation, the first step of your plan should be the bathroom design. With a solid design plan, renovating your bathroom becomes a smooth process. You might wonder who should design your bathroom and how to hire a bathroom renovation contractor.
The good news is that we have interior designers on staff. While your bathroom design is part of their role within the project, they also help with two other critical aspects of your renovation.
They can help you maximize your budget. They guide you, helping you decide where to splurge, when to save, or go somewhere in between – based on your needs, requests, and style. They help ensure you get the desired features and finishes while working within your allotted budget.
Designers create the bathroom renovation plan based on your vision. As our interior designer meets you and starts to form your bathroom design, they relay all of the information back to our design-build team. Once your interior design plan is finalized, our team orders all the necessary components to renovate your bathroom. Each step of your bathroom renovation is planned to the hour to ensure a truly stress-free renovation – before we start.
In addition to working with your budget and planning your project, our interior designer leads the way with bathroom renovation ideas like:
Interior design for bathroom renovations is an integral part of our design-build process. If you have any additional questions about interior design or want to discuss your project, please contact us!
Now let’s get to the fun stuff! It’s time to get those inspirational juices flowing! Here are some of the most sought-after bathroom renovation ideas and bathroom design requests that we get from our customers.
To start our list, we have in-floor heating for your bathroom. Nothing can be more jarring than cold flooring as you access your bathroom to relax or for a middle-of-the-night visit. With heated flooring, you can say goodbye to cold feet – even in the middle of a frosty Winnipeg winter night.
While not only will your toes stay toasty, having in-flooring heating is an efficient heat source and is ideal for reducing allergens since no air circulation is required. However, we must demo your previous bathroom flooring and modify the subfloor to install a heated floor for you.
Like other areas in your home, storage is a crucial aspect of your space’s functionality. Without proper storage, your bathroom can become an eyesore due to the number of products and bathroom-related items you might typically need to keep near.
We often recommend custom-built cabinets to ensure you maximize your available space, as each inch of space for your bathroom renovation should serve a purpose. We’ve completed bathroom renovations with cabinets in many configurations, including:
Regarding storage solutions, we love to work through the details and truly understand our customer’s needs and lifestyles, so we can make the best recommendations possible.
Speaking of vanities as storage solutions – a dual vanity (with adequate matching his/her storage) is a must for any modern ensuite renovation. Many of our ensuite bathroom renovations feature a perfectly symmetrical vanity, which can help provide an element of calm to the space.
Similar to your kitchen, it is of utmost importance for your bathroom renovation to feature ample lighting. It is essential for bathrooms which don’t feature natural light.
When creating the perfect bathroom design, we’re constantly thinking about the space’s lighting – and ensuring a sufficient variety of lighting in layers to create the ideal ambiance. There are lots of options for lighting at our disposal:
A free-standing soaker tub has become the standard image when someone envisions relaxing or self-care – and for a good reason. Your soaker tub can be where your worries, tensions, or sore muscles slip away. However, there are many things to consider when looking for a free-standing soaker tub to select one that you’ll be happy with:
We often pair the free-standing tub with a beautiful custom tile surround installation, further elevating your bathroom renovation to a spa-like experience within your home. Adding custom tile creates an excellent opportunity to show off your unique style to enhance the space’s visual appeal.
Your soaker tub isn’t the only area within your bathroom renovation that can benefit from custom tile – in fact, we receive more requests for custom-tiled showers! When you add a custom tiled shower to your bathroom renovation, you open a world of possibilities. We’ve installed many styles and shapes of soap/shampoo niches, shower benches, footholds to place your feet while shaving, and grab bars for accessibility.
We are a leading custom shower design-build specialist in Winnipeg. Our intricate pattern work, attention to detail, and creative design sensibilities will give you the walk-in shower of your dreams.
Our custom tile showers are superior because of the products we use, including:
Your custom tile shower is an excellent place to convey your style with a mix of patterns, colours, and textures.
A barrier-free shower entry is another feature to consider along with your custom tiled shower, which we often recommend when planning for your future in your home. A barrier-free shower entry is one of the many things you might need as you age in your home. It’s important to factor in where you want to be in 5-, 10-, or even 25- years?
As we help you plan your bathroom renovation, we ask you all sorts of questions to help make the best recommendations we can. Our questions regarding your plan for your home are precisely for this reason – so that we can ensure your renovation will help you stay in your home for longer.
Depending on your bathroom renovation, glass shower doors may be less of a necessity, but having your shower fully encased in glass is a fantastic way to showcase the custom tile work in your bathroom renovation. Not only for looks, but glass showers will give your bathroom renovation an expansive feel; they are low-maintenance if you keep a squeegee on hand, and they offer a customized to fit for any shower design.
To round out your shower experience, invest in a durable shower kit that includes multiple options. We can help you select a quality shower kit that will last many years. While it might seem more expensive now, we often hear of lower-grade shower kits leaking or failing within a few years. Replacing a shower kit after your bathroom renovation is complete is much more costly than buying a quality one now.
There are many options you can look at with a shower kit. However, most customers opt for a shower kit with a wall or ceiling-mounted sprayer head and a handheld shower wand spray attachment.
We touched on this earlier by saying that when you consider accessible interior design choices, you can help your chances of being able to stay in your home longer as you age. Some of our top recommendations for accessible living renovations in your bathroom include:
As you can sense throughout the article, we recommend using high-quality, durable products throughout the high-traffic areas of your bathroom renovation. We suggest using these products, not because their price tag is higher, but because these are the same products we use in our homes.
For your toilet, you’ll want one with enough flushing power for waste and toilet paper. While water conservation is important, your toilet must be able to do its primary job. Toilets have a flush performance rating system that classifies their ability to resist clogging.
Your sink, faucet, and countertop should balance durability with low-maintenance solutions. We typically recommend polished chrome or nickel faucets. For most bathroom sinks, we use ceramic sinks that are completely sealed. The most popular bathroom countertops choices for durability are quartz or granite.
For most bathroom renovation flooring, we look at options of tile or luxury vinyl plank or tile.
In addition to our “must-have list,” we receive frequent requests to make our customer’s bathroom renovation “more luxurious.” Here are some top choices for adding an extra touch of luxury to your bathroom design.
When you’re ready, bring your bathroom renovation ideas and interior design requests to us! Our design-build team looks forward to taking it on and making it happen with confidence. We’re here to design-build your dream bathroom and our ensuite vision with our guidance, integrity, and craftsmanship. Reach out to us today for your bathroom renovation quote!
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