Today I’m sharing pictures of my own primary bath renovation You may remember it was precipitated by a section of the floor giving way due to a rotten subfloor (more of that disaster and the before pictures HERE).
The floor needed replacing in its entirety, and some structural work was needed on an exterior wall where the water that did the damage had come from. In addition to that, I took the opportunity to upgrade the cabinetry and shower.
The toilet was relatively new, so that was reused.
Eventually, I‘d also like to replace the tub, but for the time being, we worked with the existing one rather than adding that additional expense. Every project has trade-offs and that was mine which allowed me to have the cabinet setup I wanted.
The permanent elements are all neutral - white cabinetry, marble-look porcelain tile and quartz, and chrome faucet and shower fittings.
But the whole thing was elevated with mixed metals in the form of satin gold sconces and cabinet hardware and a spectacular Jacobean floral wallpaper what ties in the blues and greens from the adjacent bedroom.
The vanity is my favorite configuration - a single sink flanked by drawer cabinets and a pair of countertop tower cabinets that extend to the ceiling.
The base cabinets are a full 24” deep since I have plenty of depth to accommodate that - I had not counted on the fact that the door to the bathroom is also the original 24” door and had only 23+” of clearance, so the 24” cabinets had to be hoisted in through the window?! But all’s well that ends well!
I chose 6” drawer pulls for the vanity and use the one on the faux drawer in front of the sink as a hand towel bar.
Tall sconces flanking the sink are mounted through the plate mirror effectively doubling the light.
The tower cabinets both have outlets inside to plug in small bathroom appliances, and my magnifying mirror (an essential element once you get to a certain age!) is also mounted in one of the towers on an articulating arm so it pulls out when needed and disappears the rest of the time.
Two shallow and 4 deep drawers provide more storage than I actually know what to do with - a nice problem to have!
The tile is a porcelain marble-look with gloss 6” x 12” in the shower and matte 12” x 12” on the floor. In a perfect world, I would have laid the floor tile on the diagonal, but again, it is a more expensive installation that way and I knew I was going to have patterned wallpaper drawing the attention in the room.
The faucet and shower fittings are a classic profile from Brizo. The shower head is an interesting design in that the handheld magnetically docks in the center of a shower head ring and offers several settings from massage to rain shower.
I had two niches tiled into the shower wall to hold necessities. The lowest niche is just 24” from the floor allowing it to double as a footrest for leg shaving.
I used a simple white low clearance shower pan from Kohler for the floor for easy entry and clean lines, and a frameless glass door with a fixed panel.
The cherry paneled front on the existing tub was painted white to match the new cabinetry.
White 2” faux wood blinds at the windows offer privacy while still allowing light. Eventually, I’ll add custom valances. I AM, after all, a window treatment devotee!
A newly done bathroom is a golden opportunity for new towels and these striped ones with the bow design on the edge were a perfect match for the colors in the wall covering!
As much as I loved the openness of the bathroom without the bakers rack and the hamper, practicality still has to reign in such a hardworking space so they are back.
The wall covering from York is such a glorious finishing touch.
Everything about my newly renovated bathroom makes me happy - from the shower, to the ease of getting ready with the perfect storage, to being surrounded by pretty patterns in my favorite colors.
It is a lovely place to start and end the day, and, as all good design does, it makes me smile!
