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Adam and Daniella’s $3,000 coastal bathroom makeover

Your step-by-step guide to DIY. - by Adam Dovile
  • 09 Jul 2021

Can you make a big difference in your home without spending a lot of money? Tonight, Adam and Dee combine their DIY and design talents to transform a tired old bathroom into a modern coastal spa-inspired space. But how do they do it without ripping the place apart and a budget of only $3,000?

WATCH: Adam and Daniella's bathroom makeover

Want to DIY?

Follow our step-by-step guides to each project.

How to build window shelves

Coastal-style bathroom makeover

Up the luxe factor with a window display. Build bespoke boxes with shelves to fit inside the frame, then go all out with greenery.

Sue Ferris
Bathroom window shelves
Sue Ferris

Transform a bare window into a green wall with custom shelving. Split into three parts for ease of installation, it turns an expanse of glass into a stylish showpiece without blocking the light. Click here for your step-by-step guide.

How to paint tiles

Woman painting tiles
Greg Fahey

With a bit of elbow grease and patience, you can transform your bathroom using a budget renovator's favourite products – paint. Click here for your step-by-step guide. 

How to make a towel rail unit

Bathroom shelves

Love the plants? Go for a combo of maidenhair fern, devil's ivy and succulents, with bird of paradise cuttings for extra wow.

Sue Ferris
Bathroom shelves
Sue Ferris

Need more storage room in your bathroom? Get the look of a day spa with shelves above the bath and a dowel towel bar. Click here for the step-by-step guide.

Instant vanity upgrade

Bathroom vanity
Sue Ferris

Give your vanity a facelift by swapping out your old water-damaged doors with replacements made out of plywood.

Cut the doors to the same size as the existing, then stain them – here, to match other timber installations – and leave to dry.

Give the stained doors a few coats of clear varnish to seal. Drill holes for the hinges using a Forstner bit. Screw new hinge blocks onto the cabinet, then click doors in place. Add new handles to finish the job.

Get the look

Decorate your bathroom with shades of blue and white to introduce a coastal theme. 

carafe

J'ai Soif carafe set in Teal, $89, Maison Balzac

Castile soap

Dr. Bronner's Pure-Castile Soap, $21, Adore Beauty

https://www.adorebeauty.com.au/dr-bronner-s/dr-bronner-castile-liquid-soap-baby-mild-473ml.html
Coral

Finger coral, $140, Alfresco Emporium

Jug

Poet's Dream jug in Natural, $59.95, Robert Gordon Australia

Plant

Dilim galvanised/brass planter extra small, $19, Saarde

Shell

Clam shell, $14.95, Alfresco Emporium

Towels

Living Textures face washer, $14.95; hand towel, $24.95, in Misty Teal, Sheridan

Blue vases

Droplet vase small, $59; medium, $89, Bison Home

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Adam Dovile
Adam Dovile
You still can’t wipe the smile from the affable chippie who won season 2 of House Rules with his wife Lisa in 2014. They then got married in May 2015, and moved from Melbourne to Sydney to join the Better Homes and Gardens team as their resident builder, it’s fair to say that Adam’s grin isn’t going anywhere anytime soon.

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