What fun! We've recently completed adding a master bathroom in our home that previously only had one full bathroom. It was high time to add a bath to this 3400 sq. ft. home or we'd never be able to sell it in the future (despite the fact that we've lived here 25 years, that time could come down the road).
Here's where we put in the shower floor in what had previously been a type of closet with large drawers and a cabinet. Some of the drawers were made of cedar and I hated to lose them, but they were in the perfect spot for the new shower. This was also a pass-through to another bedroom which we closed off - that wasn't an entirely bad thing....
This gorgeous clawfoot tub was an incredible find! A friend had seen it on the front porch of a home that was being renovated (there were actually 4 of them - I considered buying all of them), and I bought it from the owner for $250. The inside porcelain had been refinished and it was in great condition, but the exterior had been painted more than once and needed some love.
The original faucet was brass and we had it plated in chrome for about $100. After a couple of failed attempts to refinish the exterior on our own, I finally came up with the brilliant idea of taking it to an auto paint shop, and they painted it for me for another $250. So instead of buying a new freestanding tub for $2,000, I got a much more attractive option for a fraction of the cost. Yay for me!
We had to finish the floor tile in order to proceed, and we had some help from a talented guy who was referred to us by a friend. We went with 1 inch white matte finish hexagonal tiles. It was a nod to the 1/2 inch hex tiles we had in our existing bathrooms, but more modern. In one of the photos above you'll see a great marble doorway threshold I found at Lowes.
Now the timing was right to start tiling the shower. I had purchased the Grohe fixtures quite a long time before we got to this point and was anxious to get things going. We had a rain shower head, a regular shower head, and a handheld shower unit. This all was brought together by a separate 'mixing' unit that allowed us to set an exact shower temperature and turn on one shower component at a time and not have them all on every time we showered.
I went with 12 x 12 Carrera Marble tiles from Lowes with some pencil trim. I liked the idea of having a feature wall, and decided a simple diamond pattern accented with the pencil tile would look great. We also set the ledge with tile set in a diamond pattern, and the remaining tile was set in a brick pattern. Dark grout accented the tile beautifully!
Do you notice anything different in the photos above? It's the paint! We went with white trim on the windows and floor trim, as well as the picture molding at the ceiling. I took forever to find a paint color I liked in the room because there's so darned much light in there. This stormy blue color worked well with the white and the marble. And in one photo you'll notice a preview of lighting fixtures over the sinks and the sinks themselves.
And now - ta da! - the tub is in! Also the two sinks and it finally looks like a bathroom!
Here's where we put in the shower floor in what had previously been a type of closet with large drawers and a cabinet. Some of the drawers were made of cedar and I hated to lose them, but they were in the perfect spot for the new shower. This was also a pass-through to another bedroom which we closed off - that wasn't an entirely bad thing....
We had to finish the floor tile in order to proceed, and we had some help from a talented guy who was referred to us by a friend. We went with 1 inch white matte finish hexagonal tiles. It was a nod to the 1/2 inch hex tiles we had in our existing bathrooms, but more modern. In one of the photos above you'll see a great marble doorway threshold I found at Lowes.
Now the timing was right to start tiling the shower. I had purchased the Grohe fixtures quite a long time before we got to this point and was anxious to get things going. We had a rain shower head, a regular shower head, and a handheld shower unit. This all was brought together by a separate 'mixing' unit that allowed us to set an exact shower temperature and turn on one shower component at a time and not have them all on every time we showered.
I went with 12 x 12 Carrera Marble tiles from Lowes with some pencil trim. I liked the idea of having a feature wall, and decided a simple diamond pattern accented with the pencil tile would look great. We also set the ledge with tile set in a diamond pattern, and the remaining tile was set in a brick pattern. Dark grout accented the tile beautifully!
Do you notice anything different in the photos above? It's the paint! We went with white trim on the windows and floor trim, as well as the picture molding at the ceiling. I took forever to find a paint color I liked in the room because there's so darned much light in there. This stormy blue color worked well with the white and the marble. And in one photo you'll notice a preview of lighting fixtures over the sinks and the sinks themselves.
And now - ta da! - the tub is in! Also the two sinks and it finally looks like a bathroom!
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