COMMON DESIGN MISTAKES | Bathroom Mistakes and How to Fix Them

COMMON DESIGN MISTAKES | Bathroom Mistakes and How to Fix Them

This video is all about common design mistakes I see made in bathrooms. If you are remodeling, renovating, or simply making over an existing bathroom, watch this video to catch yourself before making any costly mistakes. I come from a design/build background and specialize in home renovations. Most of these tips are favored to help you drive up the value of your property when it comes to selecting materials, finishes, and detailing the design and installation.

Comment below and let me know if you have any questions when it comes to your own bathroom design. Thank you for watching!

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[latriser.holloway]

Am I the only one that anxiously await Tuesdays 🤔??
I am literally renovating my home from these videos. Thank you 💝!!

[nadiawong]

I just purchased my first home, it’s a fixer upper! Don’t have the budget to hire a designer, these videos have been extremely informative to me. Thanks a million 💕

[darlenecuker]

When you do a contractor renovation, please include how not to get ripped off: how to ensure the work done meets your standards and stuff is not crooked, scratched, or missed spots of caulking; how to check the pricing so no surprises at the end with add on; how to find a trustworthy contractor because reviews online are misleading. Basically how to talk to and work with contractors to ensure we receive what we pay for versus arrogant rip offs. I'm sure your experience as a pro is quite different than a single parent woman without connections to the trade.

[maryreiber]

Painted my 25 year old bathroom white (BM Cotton Balls). Beautiful! Then the light fixture looked bad, replaced ugly brass bulb monster with sleek modern silver. Replaced vanity knobs. Looks great! Called the contractor to replace disgusting shower stall. You are so right- my contractor is NOT a designer! I’m not making another move until I think this through the rest of the way. After watching this video, I think I can pull it off. Thanks Julie!

[kimkesler-arnold]

Oh my - where have you been all my decorating life? This video was loaded with oodles of excellent ideas. Paced right, minimal chit-chat, great photos and lovely design sense. Julie is now my “go to” source for inspiration. Thank you so much!

[cindysimpson]

When you do your bathroom renovation, put outlets for blow dryer, electric toothbrush, and water pic in a large drawer or cabinet. Then you don’t have to unplug and hide them when the housekeeper or guests enter that room.

[kiziah]

This was a hard lesson learned for me when working with natural stone: The sealer you use can completely change the color of the stone. Our bathroom was almost all done, and the colors looked amazing together — soft varied slate tones with a pale creamy yellow wall. Then the contractor used an "enriching" sealer on the slate, and the colors in the stone turned much deeper and warmer. We had to repaint the entire room because the paint completely clashed with the sealed tiles. It looks beautiful now with copper-colored paint on the walls. But it was not the serene look we were going for.

[Sjb]

Go away from your home for a couple of weeks, observe the bathrooms, rooms you are using during those weeks and compare with how yours are right now. It’s the best way to get your mind re-seeing, rethinking what you have back home. I have been visiting my daughter and I can see many of the opportunities to improve my living space. Now to carefully think it all through before starting. So thanks to this video

[reneeb]

I love all your suggestions and idea photos too !!! I love DIY projects. I’ve done so many in the last house. A master bath Reno gave me a 6 month headache. The contractor had a guy that did not know how to tile. He was slow as molasses & took a smoke break every 15 minutes while sitting on a 5 gal bucket in my driveway. It turned out so bad that we fired that contractor and just found another tile guy thru a friend. He had years of experience & it turned out beautiful. That was a big project and quite an experience! Lol.

[landonedwards]

As a contractor who has previous experience in colors (aluminum and plastics industries), I totally agree that looking at materials in the light of the surroundings is critical to making a good choice. But one thing few people realize is the majority of people cannot accurately discriminate a single color when multiple others are in close proximity. As in, multiple paint samples next to each other on a small wall space. With color perception, the brain "sees" peripheral vision, and that influences judgement. So even when you think your eye is focused on a single color among others, the brain influences perception by combining the others, along with the lighting, and the orientation (horizontal vs. vertical surface and "sheen"). Color industry standards say a color should be evaluated against a uniform background of Munsell N8 Neutral Gray under daylight illuminance (6500 degrees Kelvin). You don't need to get that technical. But you shouldn't bias your decisions with a lot of peripheral vision "distractions" that won't be part of the final product. As to bullnose, people who source their own tile should have their fist question be, "Is bullnose available for this?" Also, no tile contractor is going to have an effective solution for covering the raw edge of tile - short of butting tile molding, wood molding, or metal against it. Sometimes a pencil edge tile can be used in place of bullnose, but it generally looks funky. Finally, color temperature of the lighting you use in the space should be geared to the color palette you choose (i.e, don't use warm light of ~3000K with grays or blues, and vice versa), and definitely use layered lighting to the extent you can. Not simply can lights in the ceiling. LED with dimmers is the only way to go.

[TiaBanana]

I am about to start the reno and redesign of my first home. I am 6 minutes in and have decided to restart the video and start taking notes. It's such great info!

[margaretmartine]

I love your 'Mistakes' series Julie! You are always spot on. I might want to add another suggestion for the vanity lighting. I personally, have to have it done certain way. No over the mirror wall sconces, they HAVE to be on both sides of the mirror, or if you are dealing with one huge mirror, then have the pendants hanging from the ceiling right in front of the mirror, on either side of the sink(s). This is so much more intimate and flattering when looking at yourself in the mirror.

[lennoxm.]

Thank god that I came across on this video a month ago and last week we started to build our rest house and I designed the bathroom with different finish and design of gray tiles with wood cabinets and gold accents.. Thank you so much

[td]

I must admit that I was a bit intimidated by the title of this video being that I’d just completed my bathroom renovation, but thank you for briefing on the whole bathroom decor.

Now I’m curious if you can touch on the subject of all things “laundry”, like laundry room decors, hacks, and such. Also, for those with limited space, small homes, or live in an apartment, where or how would you “hide” your dirty laundry, because it can become an eyesore.

[gracesullano]

Glad to hear about the slab tile. I’ll have to let our contractor about it. Thanks.

[pennyb]

Very inspirational video with many great ideas. We just purchased a home with a circa 1970 beige 4x4 in tile bathroom. There is nothing I can do, other than keeping it very clean, to make it better except get the sledge hammer! They repainted the vanity black and did some sort of finish on the countertop that is black and fading in spots. Gold and white plastic mirrors over the beige, rusty sinks and a medicine cabinet off to the side that looks like the door to a saloon! It's a horror show.

[taskeensheikahmed]

We see so many diy bathroom remodels..would have been nice to see a designer go all out and your take on it

[leah]

I am officially overwhelmed. Definitely have to go back to the drawing board. A lot of my ideas were listed as mistake! Thank goodness this video came out before starting our project

[amyrhonequitt]

Julie . I can’t thank you enough for posting this video. I was just about to begin a bathroom remodel in my mid century, modern fixer-upper. I used to be a professional fine artist and became a realtor. I feel like I have a fair amount of design experience however, there were definitely things I would have overlooked if I had not seen your video first. I implemented your idea about doing a long, horizontal shower niche, which turned out to be a showstopper. I also didn’t know anything about the Schluter strips and that would have been a costly mistake. I wish I could add a picture of the before and after, but your video really helped me to create the perfect Zen oasis in our small space. Thank you so much.!!

[yvettegarcia]

Love this video. This what has me stuck right now! It started with a glass shower door breaking to wanting to rip down some wall and remove the bathtub, etc. I am STUCK on colors and materials to use. I want to keep it earthy tones like my living room, but you are right, sooo many choices.