When it comes to essential home renovations, bathroom remodels add the biggest value and punch for the money. Even individuals who have no plans to move anytime soon place importance on upgraded bathrooms and strive to create luxurious, spa-like retreats in which to relax away the pressure of the day. However, before you get carried away with turning your bathroom into your own personal resort, it's essential to plan accordingly. Decide on how much you want to spend, what needs to be replaced or refinished and who is going to do the work. If you don't have a great deal of money, you can make small changes now and save for bigger changes later. Keep an eye out at the local home improvement store for mark downs and sales.

Garbage receptacles for the restroom have seen changes in recent years, increasingly varied choices for shapes and colors are becoming more commonplace. More options are also offered for shower rings; you can add a sleek look with plain silver or a whimsical vibe with colorful characters for children's facilities. Towels and washcloths can also become an integral part of the bathroom décor - just take a look at the restrooms in high-end resorts. Make these match your bathroom's color scheme and you will have a stylish looking restroom. Besides using fundamental decorating methods, you can get a bit more technical. Replacing fixtures in the restroom can actually be enjoyable, especially while you are shopping around for different designs and compiling ideas. These days, faucets and fixtures are becoming more imaginative. They can come with peculiar carvings with sparkling silver, gold, bronze and other metallic colored faucets.  You can even look into installing a new bathtub and showerhead. Technology has allowed great development to occur in this market and you may have already decided on a model or style. Showerheads now have different speeds and settings, such as pulsate; low, medium and hard streams and wide or narrow water flow. Some of them even come with a hose, so that you can separate it from the wall and use it to easily spray different parts of your body. Maybe you want to get really creative and have two showerheads. The options are truly limitless for this private area of your home, so make sure the design and shower components cater to your needs.

Yesterday's colors date any room. Even bathrooms with updated fixtures and hardware can look old and tired when decorated with palettes from the 70's. Olive green and bright yellow, all of which were favorites in years past, state your bathroom's age without being subtle. Softer colors not only bring your bathroom into the modern era, but they can also hide flaws. Wall coverings and borders may also give away how many years it has been seen your bathroom was last spruced up. People working on a tight budget won't be able to replace tiles that have an outdated color, but you can distract from these colors by changing the paint and adding accessories that tone down the bright colors. Be sure to stay in the same color family. Meshing colors from different palettes can make even a newer bathroom look haphazard. Polish off your bathroom facelift with inventive use of traditional accessories. Use several stacks of towels in a variety of colors. Give up the crocheted toilet paper covers for baskets filled with useful bathroom items. Bring the outdoors in with living plants, but forget the potpourri. Rather, finish up your bathroom's touch-up with a light misting of scent from oiled tapers. With a little thought and a touch of creativity, sprucing up your bathroom can be fun, fast and within your budget.

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