What is your goal?

I think that it is a good idea to redo your mirrors. I would remove the upper part ( with the circle) before painting. It looks like it could be sawed off easily.

1. You can extend the saw tooth gray into the bathroom. It looks like on my screen your floor looks in good shape and already has gray in it. 2. I personally like a 4 in back splash. It does what it is designed for, to catch all the splashes. 3. If you go with no splash I would just keep the wall. You don't have tile (except floor) anywhere else. 4. Yep, get rid of the chair rail. 5. Love the mirrors. Yes, spray paint them. They are cool, not cookie cutter. 6. If you like the light the eyeball gives off, keep them. If not I would replace them with a short pendent. 7. I wouldn't get rid of the cabinets either. Re-stain or paint them gray. 8. Acrylic shower/tub surrounds are soooo much easier to clean. I would just go with a bowed shower curtain. Easier to get to the tub to clean, you can change out the curtain as your mood changes and just throw in the washer when dirty. It kind of looks odd with both the door and curtain. 9. I would get rid of the cabinet over the toilet. To small for the space. Put up something bigger,or several shelfs to store towels, or just a pretty picture. 10. I would replace the chair with a small bench and hang more new towel rods within easy reach of the tub.

My guest bath is blue-gray, white and cream. I have gold fixtures and it adds a touch of elegants. Something to think about if you want to change them.

Since your end goal is to refinish the vanity to more grey tones then yes, I would carry the new flooring into the bathroom. I would also...

• Remove the chair rail (regardless of keeping the 4" backsplash)
• Replace the chunky white hooks and towel bar with something in a similar finish as your faucet
• Replace cabinet hardware to match the rest of the *new* hardware in the bathroom
• Remove the shower door
• Replace the mirror entirely (I'm sure you could sell them on Craigslist to help offset some of the cost of a new mirror)
• Add lighting, either pendants (love er612 suggestion) or wall mount

Seems like doing a few changes will easily transform your bathroom, regardless of your original budget for the space.

Hope this helps!

Thank you all who have so far pitched in! The bathroom is in the process of getting pulled apart and is mainly for the workers to use. The chair does not belong in there so it will be removed! (-: As for what is our goal apple_pie_order, we want to freshen things up without busting the bank...The floor has to go as it is old vinyl...ugly! UPDATE...I am entertaining the idea of maybe ditching the tub and doing a walk in shower only...but this is the only tub in the house..I may have to start a new thread asking for opinions on that and how to do it as reasonably as possible..

Hi D. As you can tell by the comments, you can do a remodel on a budget and there is no shortage of options. you should ask yourself these questions:

1. What style do I want in the remodel?
2. What is my priority for replacement -- the tub, the counter top, the flooring?
3. Do I want to tile the walls (some or all) or do I just want to paint the walls?
4. Do I want double sinks?
5. How much storage do I need in the bathroom?
6. What can I definitely live with for a while and can replace later? (For instance, you may say you can keep the tub, but I really want new tile in the surround. You can't replace the tub later without damaging the new tile, so you may have to wait to replace wall tile or go ahead and update both.)

I had the same choice as you, keep the tub or go with a shower. My plumber, tile guy and contractor said keep the tub. They all said look at resale: Little kids don't like showers. The only exception would be if this was the only bathroom accessible to a handicapped person.

On the backsplash: If you're going to do laminate or cultured marble, they're available with a built-in curved backsplash. If you do granite, quartz or marble, they only are available with a detached backsplash. Yes, you want to keep the backsplash unless you're going to tile up farther than 4"; like if you were going to tile up to the ceiling or to the bottom of a mirror. My granite fabricator always includes a backsplash in every vanity top they sell.