DOWNLOAD THE FULL REPORTVanities Take the Spotlight: More than three-quarters of homeowners (76%) upgrade their vanity cabinets during a primary bathroom renovation. Vanities are becoming focal points due to their color or tone, with 3 in 10 homeowners (30%) choosing wood, followed by gray (14%), blue (7%), black (5%) and green (2%). Renovators are investing in their vanities, with 3 in 5 (61%) choosing a custom or semicustom option.
Enhanced Home Systems: More than 3 in 5 homeowners (62%) upgrade home systems, the most frequent enhancement in the bathroom; the percentage is up by 3 points from last year. Top home system projects include ventilation upgrades (59%) and the addition of heating systems, such as radiant heating (14%) and tankless water heaters (9%).Transitional Style Leaps Forward: Considering that outdated style is the top trigger for bathroom renovations (as cited by 48% of renovating homeowners), it’s not surprising that nearly 9 in 10 renovators (87%) change their bathroom’s style. Transitional style is now the top choice (25%), followed by modern and contemporary (16% each).
Median Spend Jumps 13% Year-Over-Year: The national median spend for primary bathroom projects increased nearly 13%, to $9,000, while higher-budget projects (with the top 10% of project spend) saw a 17% jump, to $35,000 or more. Those doing a major bathroom renovation, which includes a shower upgrade, spent three times more on their renovation than those doing a minor renovation ($15,000 versus $5,000, respectively).
Shower Updates Increase: Already popular shower upgrades are becoming even more common during bathroom renovations, up by 2 percentage points year over year and now at 84%. When removing a bathtub, nearly 4 in 5 homeowners (78%) enlarge the shower, with 40% of those making it at least 25% larger. More homeowners this year also are relocating their shower following a bathtub removal (23%, an increase of 6 percentage points).
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Vanities Take the Spotlight: More than three-quarters of homeowners (76%) upgrade their vanity cabinets during a primary bathroom renovation. Vanities are becoming focal points due to their color or tone, with 3 in 10 homeowners (30%) choosing wood, followed by gray (14%), blue (7%), black (5%) and green (2%). Renovators are investing in their vanities, with 3 in 5 (61%) choosing a custom or semicustom option.
Enhanced Home Systems: More than 3 in 5 homeowners (62%) upgrade home systems, the most frequent enhancement in the bathroom; the percentage is up by 3 points from last year. Top home system projects include ventilation upgrades (59%) and the addition of heating systems, such as radiant heating (14%) and tankless water heaters (9%).
Transitional Style Leaps Forward: Considering that outdated style is the top trigger for bathroom renovations (as cited by 48% of renovating homeowners), it’s not surprising that nearly 9 in 10 renovators (87%) change their bathroom’s style. Transitional style is now the top choice (25%), followed by modern and contemporary (16% each).
Median Spend Jumps 13% Year-Over-Year: The national median spend for primary bathroom projects increased nearly 13%, to $9,000, while higher-budget projects (with the top 10% of project spend) saw a 17% jump, to $35,000 or more. Those doing a major bathroom renovation, which includes a shower upgrade, spent three times more on their renovation than those doing a minor renovation ($15,000 versus $5,000, respectively).
Shower Updates Increase: Already popular shower upgrades are becoming even more common during bathroom renovations, up by 2 percentage points year over year and now at 84%. When removing a bathtub, nearly 4 in 5 homeowners (78%) enlarge the shower, with 40% of those making it at least 25% larger. More homeowners this year also are relocating their shower following a bathtub removal (23%, an increase of 6 percentage points).
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