I wouldn't buy a house with the only tub being in the master bath as it severely limits who can use it and when.

It might not hurt the resale value but it will diminish the number of people who would consider buying it. Families with small children or couples planning to start a family soon would not be interested. If this is a family friendly community I wouldn't lose the tub, but if it is not a prime family area - more an area for singles, college students, older, retirement age people, it would be OK. It also would be OK if it suits the needs of the family best. If they have an elderly relative living with them and present needs trumps sale down the road. Personally, I have always loved a bath and will until I absolutely can't crawl out of one anymore.

If keep the tub, but reface it.

I would be curious as to why you want to make such a big change? When you say it is a guest and family bath, who uses it that would miss the tub.

We just redid our master bath and while I wanted to remove big garden tub altogether, we put in a smaller one instead. We are in 55+ community and some women prefer taking a bath, ours is only tub on main floor.

True, if you are going to be there a while, do what you want, but find out about plumbing requirements to change things as you want. It looks like the shower is pretty large.

Unless there is something I am not seeing, the tub looks great! You already have a shower there. Maybe consider replacing the vanity...it looks very dark and big....with a pedestal?

The tub has been torn out of the family bathroom for some time now, the attached picture is the standalone tub we have in the ensuite.

I'm just stuck at this point not knowing whether to put in a new tub-shower with nice tiles or go for the large standup shower.

I've done the rest of the house and everything is very traditional, so I thought the tub-shower might be out of place.

Can I attach a nice trim panel apron/skirt to the front of a tub or will that cause a lot of moisture to get trapped behind it? Has anyone done this to their tubs?

Yes. No one that stays as guests & need to tub, but it's good for resale.

U no u could just change the color or put up shutters on the inside windows. Or just the large window. The sink area is beautiful. The cabinet is a lovely rich color. I would go somewhere else in the room with that color. U could pic a rich color paisley or plaid in lighter colors of brown & other colors. Don't take the tub out. U have a nice big shower.

I'd paint the tub squares too.

Thank you JudyG, I wasn't sure how I felt about that tub skirt after I did it, but my wife really liked it and she's the boss.

If I go the tub-shower route, I would like to do similar trim (after more houzz research) on the tub skirt in the family bathroom. I think I can decorate the tub-shower with enough trim and tiles to make it look traditional to blend in with the rest of the house.

Has anyone seen a tub-shower with the Showerhead wall only 3/4 the height of the ceiling (to let in more light and open it up)? Is this a bad idea? I will put crown trim around the top to make it look like a pillar. Similar to this photo.

Sorry everyone, the picture in the original post is the ensuite that I've already renovated. It would be the only tub remaining if I do a standup in the family bathroom.

Jan the centres of the paneling is actually leftover tiles from the walls, it's hard to see from the picture. Don't ask me what I was thinking when I did, I was just getting too experimental. Here's a close up Jan

Well, 15 years ago we took out the tub and shower combo from the kids' bath and replaced with just a larger shower. We still had the large jetted tub in the master. It worked better for us.

Whether that was smart if we ever sell, who knows? Our contractor told us then that as long as we had one tub we were ok. And, for families with young kids: if mom is doing the bathing, that is early evening and really not in the way of anyone.

I also would use our larger master bath tub for the kids, since there was room for me to sit on the tiled edge.

As kids pass seven or eight, they tend to shower more, at least in our family!

I've still got one tub with plenty of room for mama to sit around if she needs to bathe some kids, so I think I'm going to just do what I want to the other bathroom and stop trying to accommodate.

I'm liking the idea of a curb less walk in shower, with 1 wall of glass half the length of the shower.

The toilet will be at the foot end of the shower, and I'd like to hide it somehow. Would a short wall with built in towel shelves be a good idea or would it get soaked?

Will you be moving anytime soon? A secondary tub is pretty important if you are...but if you are staying in the home...then do what you want. A shower is a great idea, especially for a guest bath where most of the time guests are looking to get ready in a hurry and not necessarily looking for a soaking tub. And a little humor...maybe you don't want the guests to get too comfortable...they may over stay their welcome...LOL!

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