Home Bathroom Design Big-Impact Bathroom Updates You Can Do Yourself This Weekend By Maggie Burch Maggie Burch Maggie Burch is a digital media professional with a decade of experience creating, editing, and managing multimedia content for national brands, including Glamour, Southern Living, House Beautiful, and The Everygirl. A homes enthusiast, Maggie writes about decor and real estate trends, designer-approved tips and tricks, and even her own DIY projects. Follow her on Instagram. Southern Living's editorial guidelines Updated on December 20, 2022 Share Tweet Pin Email Trending Videos Photo: Photo: Laurey W. Glenn It's easy to continually push your guest bathroom into the "to-do later" category of home updates you'd like to do. And with so many to-do lists for home projects, the bathroom can often find its way on the very bottom. Bathroom remodels can be expensive and time-consuming, so it's logical that a bathroom you're not using on a daily basis wouldn't top your priorities list. Fortunately, there are several easy, affordable DIY projects you can tackle in a single weekend that'll give your small bathroom the face-lift it—and your company—deserves. We think these four ideas will inspire you to actually tackle that room this weekend. 01 of 04 Install New Lighting Photo: Laurey W. Glenn; Styling: Buffy Hargett Miller To make sure this remains an easy DIY project, stick with the same type of light fixture as your existing one—and plan to keep it in the same place on the wall or ceiling. Lighting trends fluctuate a good amount, so it's likely your current fixture is dating your bathroom more than anything else. Replacing an old fixture will not only immediately update the style of the bathroom, but it will also give you the opportunity to adjust the amount of light the room receives, whether the current fixture is too bright or too dim. 02 of 04 Paint the Vanity Laurey W.Glenn Painting cabinets can be tricky, but if your bathroom has a smaller vanity that's less than 5 feet long, this is a job you can certainly handle on your own in a couple of days. Like kitchens, many dated bathrooms suffer from unattractive, builder-grade wood cabinets that are just begging for a fresh coat of paint. Finish them off with some new hardware, and your bathroom will instantly look 100 times better than it did before. 03 of 04 Switch Out the Mirror Laurey W. Glenn For something that can often go unnoticed, mirrors can have a surprisingly big impact on the aesthetic appearance of your space. If your bathroom has a large, frameless mirror above the vanity, you could consider swapping it out for a framed one in an interesting shape. Need more storage? Consider installing a medicine cabinet. Even something as small as buying a new mirror that's a better fit proportionally for your vanity can make a big impact. 04 of 04 Change the Wall Color Photo: Laurey W. Glenn This may seem like an obvious one, but even if the wall color in your bathroom isn't "bad," changing it up and giving the room a fresh coat of paint will breathe new life into the room. If you're interested in adding some pattern to an otherwise monochromatic space, small bathrooms are a great place to use wallpaper. We love a bright, bold wallpaper pattern in a bathroom, and it makes for a great option to use above wainscoting. Was this page helpful? Thanks for your feedback! Tell us why! Other Submit