We just purchased a house with a 90s look and feel in the Master Bath. We can’t afford to renovate.

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Op, check this out:
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/410390584784945576/

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I don't think that OP has a garden tub. They were not used in the 90's. I think she has a big triangular tub in the corner. OP, could you just send a photo???

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Learn renovation. Learn to do it yourself. YouTube videos are your friend here. That's what we did, and it saved us thousands of dollars. Then again, my husband is a renovation perfectionist who made sure every re-built floor and wall was solid enough to stand up to a tornado, so we might be an exception.

But you can certainly teach yourself how to paint a wall (hint: prepping to paint is 90% of the work, the actual painting is 10%), take down wallpaper, replace a light fixture or faucet, and put up new light switches and outlet covers. Go learn.

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Anonymous wrote:What’s wrong with a garden tub?

They are awful and dated, this post. In fact, they are so dated that they should be coming back soon. Hahaha.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't think that OP has a garden tub. They were not used in the 90's. I think she has a big triangular tub in the corner. OP, could you just send a photo???

OP here. You are exactly right. I used the wrong word. Triangular ugly jetted tub. Btw pp, my hubby can’t even hang a picture straight. No diy for us. Just trying to decorate around it. I can and will paint and change all hardware.

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Anonymous wrote:What’s wrong with a garden tub?

They are awful and dated, this post. In fact, they are so dated that they should be coming back soon. Hahaha.

Garden tubs weren’t used often in the 1990’s. The trend back then was for the horrible triangular jetted corner tubs. Those are dated. The freestanding deep soaking tubs (with NO jets!) are more recent and are still popular. That’s a garden tub.

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Anonymous wrote:Learn renovation. Learn to do it yourself. YouTube videos are your friend here. That's what we did, and it saved us thousands of dollars. Then again, my husband is a renovation perfectionist who made sure every re-built floor and wall was solid enough to stand up to a tornado, so we might be an exception.

But you can certainly teach yourself how to paint a wall (hint: prepping to paint is 90% of the work, the actual painting is 10%), take down wallpaper, replace a light fixture or faucet, and put up new light switches and outlet covers. Go learn.

NP that's not what OP is asking for. She wants the tub GONE and replaced with a nice freestanding tub. This is not an easy DIY at all. Pretty sure she's not asking how to replace a light fixture, which is very easy.

I too have a jacuzzi corner tub with a plant shelf and so.much.tile. We are saving to renovate. Our shower is tiny and our tub is large. We want to move the tub to the wall (not the corner) and make the shower larger. There's a lot of plumbing work to remove jacuzzis too and likely drains will have to move. I have a huge bathroom. The tile is also mudset, so it's extremely difficult to remove. We had to jackhammer it out of the other bathroom, so I'm sure this is the same. And then there's terrible 90s soffets over our sinks so that's more drywall work... We are very handy, but that's a large, expensive job that involves removing everything and taking everything down to the studs. Neighbors spent 45k on theirs (and it's not fancy), but I think we could do it for 15k if we're very frugal and only hire out the countertops.

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Anonymous wrote:Op, check this out:
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/410390584784945576/

No!

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What’s wrong with a garden tub?

They are awful and dated, this post. In fact, they are so dated that they should be coming back soon. Hahaha.

I was about to say - I just googled what they are, and they look luxurious! I'd love to have a giant tub to take a bath in. Put some candles on the ledge, pour yourself some wine, close the door, ahhh Calgon take me away.

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OP we have a master bath like that too.

Someday we're going to rip it out and build the master bath of our dreams.

But to make it more livable until then, we replaced the tile on the floor (replaced the big ugly beige squares with smaller, white tile), we put in a new tub lining to cover up the jets, and we ripped out the tile around the tub and replaced with white bead board.

Easy to DIY if you have the time and patience.

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OP. They are big and look awkward. But you can buy a product that cleans the tubes inside which might make it more usable.

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BTW I bought a large countertop at HD for very cheap and our contractor cut it to size for us. So much cheaper than custom.

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Anonymous wrote:OP we have a master bath like that too.

Someday we're going to rip it out and build the master bath of our dreams.

But to make it more livable until then, we replaced the tile on the floor (replaced the big ugly beige squares with smaller, white tile), we put in a new tub lining to cover up the jets, and we ripped out the tile around the tub and replaced with white bead board.

Easy to DIY if you have the time and patience.

These sound like good, cheap updates to look into, OP.

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Anonymous wrote:OP we have a master bath like that too.

Someday we're going to rip it out and build the master bath of our dreams.

But to make it more livable until then, we replaced the tile on the floor (replaced the big ugly beige squares with smaller, white tile), we put in a new tub lining to cover up the jets, and we ripped out the tile around the tub and replaced with white bead board.

Easy to DIY if you have the time and patience.

OP here. This sounds awesome. Can you post a photo?

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We have a raised (with steps) large tub with jets set in the corner of the master bath with a ton of tile around it.

At first I wanted to get rid of it all but I found the steps/platform thing really useful and there wasn't anything else I needed that space for. The tub was also in good condition.

So we took out all the tile and replaced it with new more updated tile. Picked a very modern tile for the steps. New paint, new vanity/counter-top. Did it ourselves although it took FOREVER but it looks lovely.