Do you have a dog station picture? That sounds interesting. About the budget, I'm trying to keep it reasonable, while allowing for some upgrades. That's why I'm looking for opinions on the splures that are worth it.
Splurges I found worth it in my bathroom...
A luxury shower
An electrical upgrade with added outlets, LED lighting, and a bathroom fan (somehow my bathroom never had one)
A customized storage shower bench in my bump out window
Nice real wood cabinets exactly the way I wanted it (no junk drawers, but 3 big cabinets for the sink one and a nice deep medicine type above my toilet)
Dual tower bars, robe hooks, dual toilet paper holder with a magazine rack (stupid luxuries that kept my bathroom in order)
A sweet comfy toilet
A specialty ordered shower door - the shower space never had one, and it does now...night and day better
Pull handles that fit my whole hand - I must have looked for hours for something that didn't bother me - I LOVE these now
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My fully installed lit magnifying makeup mirror - has been SO useful...
Splurges I found not worth it...
The floor - I spent under $100 on beautiful vinyl
The walls - paint only (another under $100, even with the "right" paint)
The large mirror - my contractor gave me it free b/c I was happy with simple and framed in black (like my cabinets) so she stole it from another job, b/c she loved my bathroom and wanted the pics to look good, so she kinda donated that so the pics would look great
The pricey finishes for the "pulls" and bars/hooks - baseline finish was fine with me. I have a gorgeous light grey and black bathroom and I love it (I wanted no white, and I got that b/c white stains SO easy
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Biggest splurge was almost ZERO upkeep and lots of durability
...that was my number #1 push with my contractor who used this, and my hatred of tile and white, to help steer me and find things for me
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