We’ve been using our newly remodeled master bathroom for 5 months now and it still feels like a dream. Almost every day, either Chris or I comment on how wonderful, beautiful, functional or worth it it was. All the painstaking planning really paid off.
Even still, we often get asked (mostly by others gearing up for their own bathroom renovation, I think) “What would you do differently?” It wasn’t until recently it dawned on us–We would skip the rain shower head.
When planning out the shower, we were originally going to do a steam shower, with a shower head on each side and the rain shower in the middle. We ended up nixing the steam option and I’m so glad we did–it gets PLENTY steamy in there! And we LOVE having two shower heads on either side–they are both constantly used. But the rain shower? Not so much. It’s nice for a very short time until it feels like you’re drowning in water. I’ve tried just using the rain shower head, but it wasn’t as enjoyable as the side heads, so it goes unused 98% of the time.
Obviously this is all a luxury and it’s not something we would remove, but hopefully it serves as a heads up to anyone else about to embark on a bathroom renovation. Maybe it’s the size of our shower (48″x60″), but for us, the rain shower sounded more appealing than it ended up being.
Anyone else with a similar set up have thoughts on rain showers?
See the full bathroom reveal here
The budget breakdown here
The budget breakdown here
BATHROOM SOURCES
Wall Color– Sherwin Williams Cloud White in Satin
Trim color– Valspar Pure White in Semi-Gloss
Vanity, Linen cabinet, and Water closet cabinet–custom made through Fashion Cabinets in West Jordan, UT
Marble Floor Tile— Wayfair
Shower Tile, 3×9 and Chaine Homme in Loch Ness–Fireclay Tile
Countertop –Venato Quartz
Undermount Sinks
Purist Wall-Mounted faucets by Kohler in Polished Nickel–Wayfair
Walnut Mirrors
Sconces
Towel rings
Hand towels
Soap and Lotion set
White Pocket door
Wood pocket door
Prive sign
Flush Pull and Edge Pull Pocket door hardware
Smokey Floral Wallpaper
Flush-mount light
Unlacquered brass knobs
Toilet
Toilet paper holder
Kohler Purist Shower head –Wayfair
Kohler 12″ Rain Shower Head in polished nickel— Wayfair
Kohler Purist Cross Handle for Thermostatic Valve — Wayfair
Kohler Purist Lever Handle for Volume Control
Triple Towel hook
Jewelry tree
Simple Human Mirror
Dipped Ceramic canisters
First Aid box
Hi Julia! Major fan here – I absolutely love everything that you guys do! Thank you for making this your job :)
I am currently renovating my master bathroom and had a discussion about rainshowers with the salesperson based explicitly on this post. She mentioned that Kohler has 2 flow amounts – 1.75 and 2.5 gallons – you have linked to the 2.5 gallon head…If this is the actual head that you purchased, do you think that this water flow impacted your perception or enjoyment of the rainshower head? I see you have a volume adjustor (and temperature) so did you find if you reduced the volume that it improved the experience?
We’re looking at Riobel lines which incorporate volume and temperature together and the rainshower is on a shower arm, rather than the ceiling, swivels and the flow is at 1.5, 1.7 or 2 (all lower than your 2.5 purist)….
Thanks for your thoughts!
Hi, Emily! We’re excited for your new shower! We’re Kohler fans, through and through, and love the flow of the 2.5 gallons. We rarely reduced the volume, so I can’t tell you if this improves the experience. I CAN tell you that we’re going with Kohler again in our master bathroom this year. Please check back in with a review once you’ve made a decision!
Hello,
I love your bathroom. What color paint did you use on the vanity? Thank you
It was a custom vanity with a color from the cabinet builder.
Do you think these two white paint colors could work well in a kitchen? We just moved into a new (to us, 1920s to others)house and someone along the way painted the molding green! I’m struggling to determine how to do a white tone in the kitchen and a brigher white for the molding.
Definitely!
What is the color and brand of paint for your bath vanity and kitchen vanity?
Our bathroom vanity is custom and our kitchen cabinets are Ikea!
Hi Julia! Is it possible that the paint colour (Cloud White) is actually from Benjamin Moore? Can’t find it on Sherwin Williams website!
Oh! Maybe so!