Before and after: this beige bathroom has had a terrazzo glow-up – on a serious budget!

A £38 bathroom flooring hack with amazing results

Beige bathroom tiles with terrazzo stencil in white and black pattern
(Image credit: @sisters_homestyles)

Looking to makeover your bathroom (opens in new tab) but out of ideas? You'd be forgiven for thinking a bathroom switch-up requires a lot of time, effort and money, but thanks to a new wave of inexpensive DIY ideas, it's easier than ever to update your space on a budget – as one Instagram DIYer has shown.

Pip of @sisters_homestyles (opens in new tab) has made her neutral bathroom bang on trend by employing a few easy hacks, including using terrazzo stencils to jazz up her floor tiles – and the result is seriously impressive.

The before

Beige bathroom tiles with terrazzo stencil in white and black pattern

(Image credit: @sisters_homestyles)

The existing bathroom had good bones, but Pip wanted to brighten up the space and add interest to the large-format beige tiles. 

The process

Beige bathroom tiles with terrazzo stencil in white and black pattern

(Image credit: @sisters_homestyles)

'I started by painting the wall tiles white and then created a Crittall look door on the shower by painting the frame black and adding electrical tape,' says Pip. 'I then painted the floor a base colour and used four colours (white, black and two shades of grey) to do the terrazzo stencil.'

The stencil from Dizzy Duck Designs (opens in new tab) cost just under £38. Once the pattern was in place, Pip topped with a sealant to protect the finish from cleaning products, splashes and general wear-and-tear.

The after

Beige bathroom tiles with terrazzo stencil in white and black pattern

(Image credit: @sisters_homestyles)

The made-over bathroom is almost unrecognisable now. As well as the floor, and the ingenius shower screen hack, Pip has freshened up the decor by painting the wall tiles white and accessorising with some new plants. 

'I did this as a project in the first lockdown, and I still absolutely love it!' she says. 

Inexpensive, easy and highly effective? Like painting tiles, we're loving this idea as a spring weekend project.

Ellen Finch
Deputy editor

Joining as features editor in 2017, Ellen now looks after the day-to-day running of Real Homes magazine as deputy editor. She also commissions and writes many of the real case studies you'll see on the site, and loves speaking to people about their homes and get the details on the hacks they've tried and loved. She's currently gearing up to buy a home of her own in 2023 – hopefully with a garden to plant veg and wildflowers – and has a special interest in sustainable living, clever book storage, and cats.

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