I spent $12,000 renovating my bathroom. It’s nice enough, but I made 5 huge mistakes.

• I renovated a bathroom in my Victorian home for $12,000. It’s nice, but I have a few regrets.
• White floors are difficult to keep clean, and our mirror is hung too high to serve shorter people.
• Our ceramic inserts for shampoo and toilet paper are too small to be fully functional.

I live in a charming 4,000-square-foot Victorian home that was built in 1890.

In recent years, I spent about $12,000 renovating the small, 50-square-foot bathroom that’s tucked underneath the front staircase.

When I bought my house in 2012, it already felt outdated.

A stained acrylic tub was shoe-horned behind a half-wall near the toilet, tucked under a pitched ceiling where stairs on the other side of the wall ran up and over it. This meant no one taller than 5 feet could stand under the showerhead.

My renovation included a full rip-and-replace to the wall studs, custom tile and installation, plumbing and electrical costs, new fixtures and accessories, drywall, and paint.

Although I love my updated bathroom — now bright and modern with black-and-white tile throughout and the shower in a new location — I still made a few mistakes.

Here’s what I did wrong and wish I’d done differently: