We’ve been dreaming of this day since we moved into our home 5 years ago. Our bathroom was the very last project we completed and it feels amazing to be done! While we have been anxiously waiting and saving to tackle this space for years, we’ve been putting plans in motion since last October and demo started April 1st!
To watch the whole bathroom unfold, check out:
• Where we debated nixing our tub (and hundreds weighed in)
• The new tentative bathroom layout
• More layout options (since that one didn’t work)
• The 8 vanities that helped us design ours
• The 6 floating vanities we designed + our favorite mirror options
• Shopping for stone countertops
• The master bathroom mood board
• Before photos and demo begins!
• Plumbing fixtures, heights, valves and drains
• 10 tips for living through a home renovation
• Adding 2 windows to the bathroom
• Adding marble floorsÂ
• 7 Different kinds of shower niches and designing ours
• Undermount bathroom sink & wall-mount faucets
• Soft Close (and open!) Pocket Doors
• Our small, water closet
It’s hard to believe (I actually can barely remember!) a few months ago our bathroom looked like this:
Now, it looks like this!
Here’s another angle:
And one more, looking into the closet so you can see how it was laid out before (I’ll never miss that water closet in the middle of the whole room), although we’ll save the closet reveal for a different day. We have a few more things to finish up there first.
The biggest change to the vanity area has been the floating vanity we designed and had made through Fashion Cabinets in West Jordan, UT. We mounted the vanity 9″ from the ground so the counter sits at 36″ high and it’s an actual joy getting ready with the double sinks and mirrors and all the storage in the drawers! Not to mention the ample lighting, both natural and the sconces we added.
The undermount sinks paired with the wall-mounted faucets make cleaning the area a breeze.
The dark green-ish tile from Fireclay Tile (Loch Ness is the color) really brought the drama to the shower area. We used 3×9 tile on the walls, niche, and ceiling and the Chain Homme pattern for the floor in the same color.
Three shower heads feel like an absolute luxury. For day to day, Chris and I have our own sides that we use (and the thermostatic valve is always set to our temperature–so nice!), but when I have a little more time, I turn them all on and it’s so completely relaxing, like a warm hug.
You can read more about our water closet here, but the splash of floral wallpaper feels unexpected and is a great juxtaposition with the more masculine shower.
There was even room for a built-in linen cabinet! We designed it and had it custom made with the same company that did our vanity and water closet cabinet. It’t perfect for holding jewelry, medicine, cotton balls (etc), and we have towels and socks in the drawers!
We’re so excited to share our closet transformation soon–it really is the icing on the cake!
We haven’t missed the tub for a second (we do have one for the kids in their bathroom, but of course they want to use our shower now–haha!), and definitely don’t miss this view.
We’ll share a budget breakdown, as well as a FAQs soon, so if you have any questions, feel free to ask away in the comments! Thanks so much for following along in this fun renovation!
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
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
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
ToiletÂ
Toilet paper holder
Kohler Purist Shower headÂ
Kohler 12″ Rain Shower Head in polished nickel
Kohler Purist Cross Handle for Thermostatic Valve
Kohler Purist Lever Handle for Volume Control
Triple Towel hook
Jewelry tree
Simple Human Mirror
First Aid box
Hi Julia, can you tell me what you used to finish the edges of your niche? I just had mine done and the edges show the tile sides which are brown and make the whole thing look weird, since my tile and grout are white.
My contractor says I should have used edging – I wish he had suggested that before it was done. Now he says all he can do is paint it white, but I’m not sure that’s the best solution.
Love your master bath redo, especially your double vanity. I am interested to learn how usable are the draws that are directly under your sinks. Can you share picture of how it looks inside? I would like to see how much storage your draw configuration offers because I just love the look!! Thank you!
You have such clean, sophisticated taste! I am finally doing some remodeling (I’m nearly 70 – never too late!!)
and love your bath vanity drawers and your inspiration for such. I have recently discussed this with my cabinet man but he says they make the space under the plumbing unuseable. I can’t seem to find examples of the interiors of these drawers and how they are configured to allow useable space. Can you share any photos or links you used to show your contractor what you wanted?
Any leads would be appreciated so I can make this as clear and easy for him as possible.
Good for you, Laura! These are all of the inspo images we worked from when designing the vanity in our master bathroom: https://chrislovesjulia.com/8-vanities-helped-us-design-vanity/
We also played with options in this post: https://chrislovesjulia.com/6-floating-vanities-designed-favorite-mirror-options/
This is how we actually installed it with storage: https://chrislovesjulia.com/kohler-undermount-bathroom-sink-and-faucet/
Hi,
Just wondering if the trim or wall paint you used match the pax wardrobes in your dressing room. Thanks!
Fabulous! While keeping an eye on my simmering “chicken breast” seitan I decided to use this time to search for ideal height(s) from the floor of what my partner + I are referring to as “mildly floating cabs”; your blog came up pretty high in the google search result and I am delighted both for myself to read this page (and a few of the others of your pre- bath remodel) and for you — what a fun transformation.
I started planning + purchasing for this remodel nearly two years ago (Axor Softcube shower fittings were my first!): creating a large, curbless shower in which we both (husband + I) can bathe our multiply, profoundly disabled youngest child was the impetus. Even with all the home mods we’ve now done it’s probably still less expensive for us to continue to remodel than to purchase anew … although I would LOVE to build a house from scratch for our family and our very particular needs, Needs, and wants. Of course. That being said, our ridiculously large master bath makes the most sense to house this new configuration.
Well, if we were going to gut and move things around, I figured NOW. Now I can finally have enough storage to put everything away, including nothing on the countertops; Now I can finally have a bright, light, warm space; Now I can make my life easier in terms of a) finding things, and b) cleaning, and Now we can have a much safer, easier, and warmer space in which to bathe this most incredible child. Making things easier became my (new) mantra, so I decided to go ahead and make it my New Year’s Resolution for 2019: How can I make things easier for myself? And I try to do it. A few of my child’s medical professionals (with whom we are cosy + chatty) have since adopted it, and it makes me happy for all of us.
So Thank You for sharing the height from the floor of your floating vanity. Thank You for sharing the dimensions of your wall mount faucet. (I’ve been dithering between the 7″ and 9″ lengths of the Graff ME wall mount two-hole faucet.) Thank You for validating my choice for doing a back-wall-only backsplash.
Because of the appropriately strict (fed + state) regulations regarding significant home mods on behalf of people with profound disabilities, we will finally be able to start our project 1 May. The lead-up, planning, research has been so much fun and such an education. In my goldsmithing studio, aka a room in our basement where I also have my gently-used (!) exercise equipment, I’ve had plumbing, tile, mirrors, sinks, teak bench, custom light fixture stored in their boxes, just waiting. My rower is to the right of the pile, so I like looking to my left and daydreaming.
Congratulations on your new bathroom. Am sure you are just loving it.