Bathroom Reno + $1 Grout Hack

I'll admit, this bathroom could have been a WHOLE lot worse when we bought the house. It's not huge, the vanity screams '90s, but it's totally functional, and with a couple cans of paint, it was a pretty painless facelift.

However, my biggest qualm was the floor - although the tile was pretty neutral and in great shape, I quickly found myself asking, "WHO PUTS WHITE GROUT ON THE FLOOR?" Cleaner people than me, that's who. That grout didn't stand a chance. It needed to be a darker color in order for it to look like it was even remotely clean.

To my credit, this is not just dirt - I tried to fill in the grout lines with a black grout pen, which worked fine-ish but then actually got wiped away any time I cleaned the floor. Not ideal. It also was like $13 for one pen, and that's a fine quick fix, but you know what's better? Sharpie markers. Two for $1 at the Dollar Tree.

Dave noted that I hunched over the bathroom floor "with the meditation of a monk," so yeah, it takes a little time and patience, BUT it is far less intensive than actual grout. And from a distance any farther than 4 inches, you can barely tell I hacked this job with markers. The best thing is that it looks 100% cleaner with black grout!