It's the age-old dilemma once you have kids: to renovate or to not renovate?
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While renovating a home comes with its own list of stressors, doing it with little kids running around unaware of mess and hazards makes it all the more difficult.
This was no different for writer and editor Alexis Teasdale who has three little kids at home and has been slowly giving her home small 'glow-ups' with the time she has spare.
After finishing up her kids bedroom makeover she turned her attention to the main bathroom when she came across adhesive floor tiles online and realised she didn't need to do a full reno to upgrade the space.
"I could only work on it at night when the kids were asleep because it’s a bathroom they use during the day and I'd decided to do this during school holidays!" says Alexis.
Before: A run-down, old bathroom in need of some changes
After: A brighter bathroom that looks brand new
The original bathroom clashed with its dark 90s style crossed with a country-cottage feel, however Alexis didn't want to gut the bathroom for a large scale makeover. Instead she opted for a low-maintenance and budget-friendly face lift which cost her only $550.
“I wanted the bathroom be a lot brighter, especially because it’s the one that guests use. It was just so dark in there, my main hope was that it would look bright and clean."
While the paint and black details brought out with the darker accessories makes all the difference, it’s the self-stick vinyl floor tiles she picked up from Bunnings that really transformed the space.
"I’d been looking at adhesive floor tiles on overseas sites and you can find the coolest patterns on sticky tiles, but the cost of shipping was so extreme that I had to scrap the idea and look locally. Once I found the big faux marble adhesive tiles at Bunnings, I started to build an idea around them."
Though she had no knowledge on how to lay vinyl tiles or use tile paint she discovered it was much easier than she'd expected. The tiles come with pre-applied flooring grade adhesive on the back which only has to be peeled back before sticking.
"I was really just having a go, and I figured if it all went horribly wrong, there would be a professional who could help me out."
While it took a week in total to complete with paint drying time, adjusting the tiles to fit was the most challenging part.
"Cutting the tiles to fit around all the skirting boards was quite complicated in this bathroom. The tiles themselves are easy to cut with strong scissors, but getting the right shape was difficult."
Her favourite part was watching it all come together, "Just looking at the bathroom is so much more fun now, and it feels cleaner and so much more fresh!"
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