Five bathroom updates buyers will appreciate

O buru na, Mgbe ị rapasịrị n'ụlọ ruo ọnwa ole na ole, Are na-ewere ihe ndị dị gị gburugburu ma na-achọ ụzọ iji chụpụ ihe ma ọ bụ melite arụmọrụ ụlọ gị, ị nọghị sọ gị. Dabere na Nkwupụta Site na Ntụleghachi ụlọ obibi, Nchọta Online metụtara ụlọ ndozi ụlọ dị elu 84 percent this year. Na obere mmelite na ime ụlọ ịwụ, dị ka taịlị, utakiri, or paint, sonyeere ndị ọzọ ama ama, Dabere na akụkọ ahụ.

Ọ bụrụ na ị ga-emelite ụlọ ịsa ahụ ma ịchọrọ ịhọrọ nhọrọ imewe gị ka ịmalite oge, Nzọụkwụ mbụ na-ekpebi ihe ị ga-eji bụrụ oge na-enweghị oge.

"Ndị mmadụ na-adaba n'otu ogige ma ọ bụ abụọ,’’ said interior designer Michael Winn of Winn Design and Build in northern Virginia. "Ha chọrọ ime ụlọ ịwụ na-adọrọ adọrọ, or they want something contemporary and spa-like, like the Four Seasons.’’ Translation: Ọtụtụ mmadụ, the bathroom might not be the place to get splashy.

Ma ọ bụrụ na ịdọrọ ezigbo agba na usoro? "Mgbe ụfọdụ, Ihe kachasị na-enweghị oge bụ ihe ị hụrụ n'anya,’’ said Katy Harbin, Onye nrụpụta sitere na North Carolina. "E nwere ndị na - emegharị ụlọ ịsa ahụ ọ bụla 10 afọ,’’ and for them, Chohọrọ agba agba nke afọ na ngwaike oge nwere ike ịrụ ọrụ.

Maka ndị chọrọ ime ya ma mee ya, doo, Vin, Harbin, and Boston-based interior designer Erin Gates, Onye edemede nke "ihe nke ezinụlọ,’’ agreed on five bathroom updates that are truly timeless.

An all-white palette

Whether you prefer a classic-looking bathroom or a spa-like retreat, Winn said, “white doesn’t go out of style.’’ Think white paint, taịlị, countertops, igwefu, and textiles.

Ọ bụrụ na ị hụrụ onwe gị agụụ, Nwere ike itinye ya na ọgwụgwọ windo na akwa nhicha, Gates suggested, ma ọ bụ akwụkwọ ahụaja na nka. "Naanị nọrọ na ịwụnye akwụkwọ ahụaja n'ime ụlọ ịsa ahụ na-eji mmiri, as the steam can sometimes cause the paper to peel.’’

Harbin nwere mmasị na akwa nhicha na-acha ọcha na mkpụbelata ọdịiche dị iche iche. "

Chohọrọ agba agba agba nwere ike ịbụ aghụghọ, Harbin said, Yabụ na ọ dị mkpa ịtụle ihe nlere na-acha uhie uhie karịa ebe a na-echekwa agba kama ịdabere na kaadị agba. "You nwere ike ịnwe ime ụlọ ịwụ ahụ, dị ka ezigbo travertine mara mma n'ezie . . . ma ọ bụrụ na ị tinye uwe ọcha na ya, Ọ na-ada ewepụghị, but rich creams’’ will work, she said. Ọ bụrụ na ịnweghị ike ịchọta ihe nlele buru ibu, Nweta ihe nlele ma tinye osisi mmado iji hụ ka ihe niile si ele anya. Tinye agba ahụ na-esote taịlị na courttop ndị nlele anya na ha niile na-arụ ọrụ.

Mixed metals

Na-agwakọta ụdị mital abụọ na oghere nwere ike ịdị mma karịa ịga otu ihe eji emecha n'ime ụlọ ahụ. Na usoro nke ụfọdụ, "Nickel na-enweghị isi,’’ Winn said. Ogologo, kwa, Ọ na-ahọrọ Nickel Nickel; Na ime ụlọ ịwụ ahụ, ya na enyo enyo.

Mgbe ị na-eji ọla abụọ dị iche iche (na ọ dịghị karịa abụọ), Harbin said, “repeat them enough and it will look good.’’ Try using gold on knobs and a mirror and nickel on faucets and hardware, Ma ikekwe ọkụ gị, ọmụmaatụ.

Itinye ego na ngwaike ọla dị elu ga-enyerekwa ogologo ndụ. A tọkpụ nwere eriri ọla na ụrọ na-arụ ọrụ nke ọma "nwere ike ịbụ pricer na mbido, Ma ị ga-enwe obi ụtọ ma emechaa,’’ Harbin said.

Marble countertops

"Marble, ma ọ bụ nke na-eme, Dị ka quartz nwere ọdịdị marble, agaghị aga ụdị,’’ Winn said. Ọnụ ọgụgụ, ya na ntuli aka maka ileba anya.

Dị nro, porouus pleaị chọrọ ụfọdụ semianing na-eme ka ọ dị mma, Winn said; Ọgbọ ọhụụ nke ndị na-eme ka ihe nkiri na-enyekarị marble ahụ na-enweghị mmezi. "Ndị Kọlọtọ ndị a dị mma na ụlọ ịsa ahụ dị arọ, dị ka nke ụmụaka ji,’’ he explained. Maleble siri ike nke slab na-abụkarị $100 ka $200 kwa square; “marble-like material’’ is about $45 ka $75 kwa square, Winn said.

Usoro ọdịnala

Byway na-acha ọcha na mmiri ma ọ bụ ịsa ahụ agaghị adị afọ, Winn said. Maka ala, penny tile — white or black and white — is still found in homes built in the 1950s and ’60s in North Arlington, VA., Winn said, Ma ndị ahịa na-arịọ kwa ya n'ụlọ ịsa ahụ ọhụrụ. Classics ndị ọzọ gụnyere akụrụ na akpa nkata.

Họrọ taịlị ndị a na ọcha "ga-arịrị,’’ Winn said, karịa taịlị na agba agba ma ọ bụ usoro. (Ọ bụrụ na ị hụrụ n'anya na agba na agba, Kama usoro na-enweghị ike, Gbalịa rog a nwere ike gbanwee ngwa ngwa.)

Winn suggested white grout with white tile for a classic look. Maka mmetụta nke ugbu a, nwaa ure ma ọ bụ oji ojii na-acha ọcha. Dika nha, nnukwu ulo taịl, dị ka 8 site 8 inches ma ọ bụ 12 site 24 sentidu, nwere ike ime ka ụlọ dị ka nnukwu, "Kemgbe ndị na-acha uhie uhie na-ahụkarị,’’ Winn said. Obere taịl - 1 site 1 inch ma ọ bụ 2.25 site 2.25 sentimita asatọ - dịkwa mma maka ime ụlọ "iji mepụta zuru ezu, repetitious look.’’ They can also be beneficial in a shower, N'ihi na ahịrị ndị ọzọ na-enyere aka ịkwụsị, Gates said.

A furniture-style vanity

Winn recommended a “free-standing, Ngwongwo ụlọ,’’ which will “make the bathroom seem less utilitarian,’’ he said.

Gates na-enweghị mmasị na-akwụghị ụgwọ na ọnụ ụzọ na-adịghị mma na ebe a na-emebi emebi - ụdị ya na ịsa ahụ ya. Stylerdị shaker dị mfe, she said, na-enweghị nkọwa, ọ gbanyere mkpọrọgwụ na akụkọ ihe mere eme. Gates recommended a custom vanity, Ọ bụrụ na mmefu ego na-enye ohere.

Ucha, awo, and limed oak wood are all safe bets for a classic look that won’t age, she said. N'ime ụlọ ntụ, Gates recommended a simple pedestal sink and free-standing cabinets or baskets to hold toilet paper and extra hand towels.

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