$100 Kids Rental Bathroom Makeover – The Before

Do you love to watch all the TV shows and pour over magazines and wonder how you would get a room looking like that on a budget? You might even be in a rental apartment or house like me where you can’t paint the walls or make structural changes! How do you achieve that look? You are in the right place! I am going to do a rental bathroom makeover with minimal nails and screws in the wall. Plus, it is all going to be temporary and easily removable. It is also my kids bathroom – which means I get to do my favorite thing – add color!

First let’s talk budget – its a whopping $100! Yes! And I am not the only one… 12 of my blogging friends are taking part in this $100 room makeover challenge. We call it “Champagne rooms on a Kool Aid budget” 😉 On September 30th, you will get to see how 12 rooms are transformed on a $100 budget.

Let’s get started with a tour of the kids bathroom!

The Rental Kids Bathroom decor today –

It is like a long hallway with doors on two ends. It is pretty plain too. The earlier tenants left that shower curtain and I think it is pretty cute, so I just left it on (after washing it of course). I threw a red bath mat which has a twin in a different bathroom and let it be. Everything else is pretty basic and from the 60’s. Like this yellow counter top –

Or the pretty pink blinds and that light-

And this towel bar which is dented from being behind one of the doors.

My plan for the kids bathroom makeover

1. Frame the mirror.
2. Change out the light – create a shade that attaches to the existing light.
3. The towel bar issue – take it off and create a shelf and hooks to hang the towels
4. The counter – cover with contact paper.
5. Create a cornice for the window.
6. Organize all the toiletries.
7. New bath mats – something fun and colorful.
8. Some cute art.
9. Knobs for the cabinets

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This is a the vision of what I have in my mind…

Bathroom art | Towel Rack | Framed Mirror |Chevron Bath mat | Cage lamp shade (no longer available)|Window Cornice

And I am going to be doing all of this keeping in mind that everything is going to be temporary and on a $100 budget! See the final reveal and how I did it!! 

UPDATE : CHECK OUT THE AFTER!

Make sure to follow my Pinterest board on Bathroom decor ideas for lots more inspiration!

I love putting together rooms that are fun and colorful. Check out my DIY Master bedroom! 

And for more inspiration, check out my dream glamorous coastal living room inspiration!