Bathroom Remodels Involve Serious Cash, Style
It is a well-known fact that bathroom renovations build home equity and attract higher bids from prospective buyers. Why? Because people spend a lot of their life in the bathroom! Who doesn’t want to be comfortable?
But wow, some people are really taking it seriously. The two new hottest bathroom features, according to interior designer and Today Show consultant Sheila Bridges: a free-standing jacuzzi tub and a flat-screen television. Bridges recently appeared on The Today Show, offering a tour of a $78,000 bathroom project offering all that and more, including a gas log fireplace.
People don’t want to get cold feet in their bathrooms, so sub-floor heating coils are a hot trend, no pun intended. Actually, sub-floor heating is also environmentally friendly, though I’m not entirely convinced that concern is foremost for the owners of the $7 million home and its $78,000 bathroom featured on Today.
The average bathroom renovation, according to Bridges, is around $7,000 to $8,000. It’s all about the spa-like features, which are most commonly seen in master baths. We’re talking comfort and style to the point where you won’t want to leave and you’ll fight over whose turn it is to use that particular bathroom. Dressing rooms, makeup vanities, seating areas, spacious showers with dual showerheads, benches and shaving corners.
Maybe your bathroom renovation project is on deck when the tax refund check arrives next year. For inspiration, check out Bridges’ common sense tips for bathroom renovations, as well as one home improvement blogs’ Ten Bathroom Renovation Tips. That blog also features a post about cutting-edge bathroom upgrades, like heat-respondent color-changing shower tiles. Welcome to the 21st Century. May your lavatory be lovely and luxurious.
