bath designs for small bathrooms

hey, guys! in this video, we’re going to be sharinga lot of really great tips on how to remodel a small bathroom, specifically we’re goingto share with you three tips on how to make a small bathroom bigger. and we’re going to start right away withthe bathtub. so in a lot of small bathrooms, you’re confinedby the bathtub. now, here’s a tip that is kind of counter-intuitiveto what we’re talking about today: don’t go down on size on your bathtub. so what do i mean by that?

well, if you currently have a 32” wide bathtub,don’t make it a 30” bathtub because, believe it or not, the two inches can be a big deal. so instead, if you have room, build a ponywall. you can do this using 2x4s, and you can backerboard to the 2x4, tile around it, and add some type of solid top to it. actually, you don’t even have to add a solidtop; you can use the tile. but on top of the pony wall, you can add aglass panel, and that will make your small bathroom look a lot bigger. so that’s our tip number one: don’t down-sizethe bathtub.

instead, build a pony wall and add a glasspanel to make the bathroom look bigger. tip number two is to instead of adding a traditionalvanity—so you have a box and you’ve got a vanity top—to add a pedestal sink. and one in particular that we like a lot forsuper small bathrooms is a floating pedestal sink. these are easily installed; they actuallyleave some room underneath them for storage or a step-stool, and they make the bathroomlook a lot bigger. we actually have a really great video tutorialthat you can watch right here, and that’ll show you how to install an american standardfloating pedestal sink.

another style of pedestal sink that we likeis one that has a solid steel framing base to it. and the reason why that’s pretty cool isyou can add things to the bottom of that base—you can add towels to it—and it looks modern,and it’s super easy to install. so again, we’ve got a really awesome videotutorial for you on how to install this style of pedestal sink right here. so you can watch that video if you’d like. now, our pro tip for you is no matter whatpedestal sink you install, make sure you’re installing it into some type of wood blockingthat’s already in the wall, and that’s

super important for stability purposes. so you can use like a 2x material like a 2x4,2x6, 2x10, whatever it is. just make sure you’ve got solid backingin the wall for that pedestal sink. and then finally, tip number three to makeyour small bathroom look bigger is to appropriately size the curbed walk-in shower. in our recent tutorial, we maximized the showerpan itself by leaving it relatively the same size as it came; we were able to cut thatdown. and then we actually made the curb smallerby cutting that in half. so instead of having a four-inch wide curb,we made it into a two-inch wide curb and made

our bathroom two inches wider in the process. so one of the shower systems that we reallylike for this is the kbrs showerslope. so in that video tutorial, we show you howto build the kbrs showerslope step-by-step. and in the video prior to that, which youcan watch right here, we show you how to choose the kbrs showerslope system to fit your project’sneeds. so again, our tip number three for makingyour small bathroom look bigger is to maximize the shower pan width, but cut down the showercurb if you can. so again, the kbrs showerslope allows youto do that, and that’s what makes it an awesome system.

so hopefully you like these three tips onhow to remodel a small bathroom and make it look bigger. if you are remodeling a bathroom, make sureyou grab our free guide right here; it’s awesome. it’ll show you step-by-step how to remodela bathroom in ten days or less, improve your home’s value, and save a ton of money inthe process. thanks for watching today’s video, and wewill see you in the next one. take care!

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