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Small master bathroom remodel

10 years ago

Our master bathroom consisted of two rooms, one with a vanity that was open to the bedroom (originally it was carpeted, as well, but we replaced the carpet with tile years ago) and the second enclosing the toilet, shower, and jetted tub. What started out as a leaky shower pan turned into a total redesign of the space. The toilet moved from one end of the room to the other and is now in a small chamber with a pocket door. The vanity shifted to the left to make room for the WC, and instead of a dividing wall, there is now a half wall between the vanity and a combination tile/soaking tub.

Comments (12)

  • 10 years ago

    Wonderful transformation!

    bjb33 thanked Bev
  • 10 years ago

    Love it!! Very very well done.

    bjb33 thanked tooky58
  • 10 years ago
    I have the same 70's style bath and deteriating shower stall. I need a Floorplan or more pictures to visualize this.
  • 10 years ago

    Maybe this description will help - I don't know if my other pictures will. The old bathroom was a 7' X 16' rectangle, divided into two smaller parts. If you were looking at a floor plan, the bathroom was open to the bedroom (door frame, no door) in the lower right corner of the rectangle (one of the longer sides). This is the door you're looking through in the first picture. The opening led to a 7' X 6' space, with the opposing wall completely taken up by a 6' vanity with double sinks. If you stepped in and turned left, you were standing in a door that opened into a space that was slightly less than 7' X 10' (allowing for the separating wall). There was a single window, which would be on the far left of the rectangle. On that wall, under the window, was a large jetted tub. Just to the left of the door was the shower, and the toilet was in between the tub and the shower. That is what is depicted in the second picture.

    To reconfigure the space, we (1) knocked down the wall dividing the bathroom into two parts; (2) created a 3' wide water closet against the far right-hand wall, with a pocket door (fourth picture); (3) turned the opening into a real door, and moved it about a foot to the left; (4) built a 6'6" vanity against the opposing wall, with the right edge up against the wall of the WC (third picture); (5) built a half-wall on the other end of the vanity so as not to cut off all the light coming in from the window; and (6) turned the rest of the space (7' deep and a little over 6' wide) into a tiled shower/bath area (fifth and sixth pictures). We also replaced the old window with glass block, which brings in a lot of nice natural light. On a sunny day, I don't even really need to turn the lights on.

    The other big change was making the shower/tub area curbless. Part of that was for accessibility (not an issue now, but thinking ahead) and part of it was just because we like the "look." There is a glass door on the opening into the shower area, which keeps water in without blocking the light. The house is off-grade, so this necessitated dropping the floor a little (cutting into joists and then reinforcing them).

  • PRO
    10 years ago

    We just finished a similar job. Nice job.

    bjb33 thanked Pacific Coast Custom Design
  • PRO
    10 years ago

    Nicely done.

  • PRO
    10 years ago

    Very good job! Amazing transformation.

    bjb33 thanked K&N Appliance Gallery
  • PRO
    10 years ago

    Beautiful!

    bjb33 thanked Laura Lee Designs
  • PRO
    10 years ago

    Great work!

    bjb33 thanked OTM Designs & Remodeling Inc.
  • PRO
    10 years ago

    This is beautiful. Really loving the color choices.

    bjb33 thanked Addition Building & Design, Inc.
  • PRO
    10 years ago

    Looks nice! Enjoy!