DIY: Complete Bathroom Makeover with the Look of Porcelain Mosaic Tiles for Less Than $250

You can cover all the walls in your bathroom with what looks like porcelain mosaic tiles, and have enough money left over to make over the rest of your bathroom. All you need to create the look is:

Dimensional wallpaper in 1/2" mosaic tiles in any color (we used an ugly green color)

Primer

Two complimentary colors of satin finish or semi-gloss paint (we used satin finish):

The first color will be your base color, and you will need about a gallon of it, depending on how large your bathroom is. This color will cover all of your bathroom walls. We used the lighter of the two colors as the base coat.

The second color will be mixed with the glaze to the tint you desire, so you will need much less of it. You may only need a quart of this color. We used the darker of the two colors to be mixed with the glaze, so that it would be easier to reach the desired effect.

Glaze. You will need about a quart of this.

At least 25 plastic bags. These can be grocery bags you have saved, or you can get them from a friend who has saved their grocery bags.

We bought all of our supplies (including the supplies for the rest of our makeover) from Lowe's Home Improvement.

Follow these steps to create the look of porcelain mosaic tile:

Hang the dimensional wallpaper the way you would normally apply wallpaper.

Prime the paper and allow to dry.

Paint the walls with the base coat of paint. Allow this coat to dry.

Mix a small amount of your other color of paint into your glaze until it is the color you wish. You will want to do this carefully, as you can always put in more paint, but you can't take it out. Carefully add small amounts and mix entirely before deciding whether to add more.

Brush the mixed glaze over your base coat on one small section of your wall. You will need to repeat this step and the next until all the walls are finished. Do only small enough sections that you can finish quickly so that the glaze does not get too tacky, or you will not be able to create the desired effect.

Crunch up a plastic bag. Press it into the glaze, lifting the crunched up bag which will randomly remove some of the glaze from the wall. You can do this any way you want, and can remove as much or as little as you want, as long as you get an effect that you like. You may need quite a few bags for this step to complete your entire bathroom. You will repeat this step after step (5) until all the walls in your bathroom have been completed.To complete the look, you may wish to apply crown molding around the top of the walls. Along with the supplies for the porcelain mosaic tile look, we were able to buy the crown molding, a new glass shower door, new ceramic tile for the floor to complement the new walls, new knobs for all of our drawers and cabinets, a new wall shelf, and a new light fixture. All of these supplies were bought from Lowe's Home Improvement, and came to less than $250 for the entire cost.