5x12 bath pics

17 years ago

We recently took over a small hallway closet to expand our 5x9 bathroom to 5x12. We are big DIYers, but used a contractor for this job b/c it's our only shower and we wanted to minimize the time showering w/ a rigged up shower in the basement.

We're more or less happy with the finished result, but learned a lot about working with contractors and would most likely take a different approach if we did it all over again--for example, hiring specialists (or doing some of the detail work ourselves) vs. a GC. Sigh.

Favorite things:

+ Having a nice soaky tub

+ Having 2 sinks and loads of storage between vanity and medicine cabinets

+ Heated floors (will love in about 4 weeks when it gets cold here)

Some of the details:

Tile: Casa Dolce Casa porcelain in Todi

Vanity: Restoration Hardware Cartwright

Countertop: Galaxy Black Granite

Faucets: Kohler Bancroft

Tub: Kohler Archer (love love love this tub)

Towel bars and sconce (on backorder): Pottery Barn Mercer

Medicine Cabinets: Hotel Recessed, Pottery Barn

Wall color: Valspar Belle Grove Buff

Toilet: Kohler Kelston

Here is a link that might be useful: pictures on flickr

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Comments (5)

flseadog
17 years ago
misspixie, your new bathroom looks great. Isn't it amazing what 3 extra feet will do for a space? You have used many of the same elements we have except ours aren't all in the same bathroom. We have a guest bath with the Kelston toilet, a dark espresso single sink RH vanity (can't remember the name), and just a shower rather than a tub. I love the combination you did with the Kelston and the RH vanity and they look very stylish together. We have the 6' Archer tub in another bathroom and we also love that tub. It's a very comfortable deep soaker for the larger folks in our family.

We remodeled a 100 year old home by ourselves acting as our own GC (when we were very young) and always said it was a shame to let all that experience go to waste even though we never did any more remodeling---but did just finish up building our new home using a GC. I'm betting that you've learned enough with this experience to take charge of your next project but I love the way your bathroom turned out
marisany
17 years ago
Your new bathroom is beautiful! I am happy to hear that you love the Archer tub. Our demo started today, and I need to have a tub by next Thursday. The Archer (drop-in) is one of the finalists.
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minac
17 years ago
I really like the tile color you picked out for your bathroom. I'm finding tile is the toughest thing to pick out for our bathrooms. I wish we had that extra few feet to include in our bathroom the large soaking tub and double vanities look oh so nice.
yuliadc
17 years ago
Misspixie, very pretty, uncluttered bathroom - you designed it well! I am also considering the Archer 5 ft tub and would greatly appreciate your advice. Since you are using it as a shower as well, do you find that the bottom part is wide enough for standing in while showering? Some people on this site mentioned that it felt too narrow. Thank you in advance!
redroze
17 years ago
Looks terrific! I love your vanity, RH has the best stuff ever.