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Beautiful but budget friendly master bath reno?

We are gutting the master bath in our new home. We have about $6-7k for renovations. It's a small space so it will be doable. Plus I work for a GC, so supervision is free. Our plan it to install a shower where the bath/shower is currently. Although I've considered doing a European type tub shower combo with half glass door and tiled wall. Replace the vanity with a 60" double bowl vanity. We like big white rectangular tile for the wall but are stumped for the accent and floor. We like dark gray tile for the floor. I'd love to hear some ideas to get us thinking outside the box.

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  • 10 years ago
    last modified: 10 years ago

    60" is a tight for 2 sinks. you'd save on plumbing, faucets, mirrors, and sinks by not multiplying by 2, all while knocking elbows. if that eases the budget to be able to afford a more expensive tile or floor some place, all the better.

  • 10 years ago
    last modified: 10 years ago

    3K of that 6K would go for a frameless glass enclosure. 4-6K would go for a properly waterproofed Kerdi shower done by a professional tiler. New plumbing drains and valves and pipes for the shower instead of a tub will run you 1-2K. A 60" double vanity with top would be $1500-$3500, materials only.

    Even if you DIY all of this, your budget won't cover materials.

  • PRO
    10 years ago

    It would be wonderful if you have space to build the two side walls out to 42" so that your shower could be 42 x 60. How much space is there betwee the vanity and the tub? Any chance of making the vanity longer than 60" How much wall space is there for the vanity? Those light switches could be in a cutout on the new mirror. I'd love to see you use 3 vertical bath lights mounted in the mirror.

  • PRO
    10 years ago

    I priced a Latitudes double vanity at Lowes the other day, 75" length for $1500.

  • 10 years ago
    Yes we had considered just doing one sink and an upper cabinet for storage! I think you're right two might be too tight.

    The length of that space to the door is 63". The house is small so we're trying to maximize what is there.

    I work for a GC, so I get builder pricing. A frameless door will cost about $1200. We just replaced a semi frameless in our current house for $775. Eighty sq ft of subway tile and a river rock shower plan cost us less than $2k. This shower has same wall sq footage bc it only goes to 6' instead of 8'. The shower pan will cost more bc it's larger.
  • PRO
    10 years ago
    last modified: 10 years ago

    The Latitudes cabinets come in 3" increments so if you used all 63" of the wall, you could have one 21" sink cabinet, and 2 stacks of 21"drawers. Or with 2 small sinks such as the Kohler 13" round Verticyl, you could use two 21" sink units and one stack of 21" drawers. Does anyone know for sure that a 13" undermount Verticyl will fit in a 21" sink cabinet? How much space needs to be allowed for the clamps that hold the sink in place?

  • 10 years ago

    What waterproofing system are you planning to use? Will you be doing the shower construction and tiling yourself?

    Lattitudes is a pretty poor line to be using as a benchmark of a decent vanity.

  • PRO
    10 years ago

    Have you used Latitudes and had problems? I like their high gloss laminate cabinets and was planning on using them in our guest bath.

  • 10 years ago
    How about a trowel sink with two faucets going into one sink.?
  • PRO
    10 years ago
    last modified: 10 years ago

    Small can be gorgeous. How about waiting until you can have quality materials, a totally great shower, FRAMELESS..... and beautiful tile. Its not a slum in the meantime, you could probably safely get clean in it. Paint the vanity, change the hardware, get a great shower curtain, paint the walls, hang a bit of art.........and delay.

  • 10 years ago
    last modified: 10 years ago

    I don't recommend Lattitudes at all. Look at Diamond or Kraftmaid kitchen cabinets for vanities. If you want something middle of the road well made. Or Schuler if you want a bit of step up. Not that Schuler is high end. It's just more customizable and has much better customer service than KM.

    The Schluter shower kit with pan, drain, and walls is about $900 for a tub to shower conversion. That leaves you not having to relocate the drain, which saves you about $500-$1200 bill from a plumber. IF you have access from a crawl space or basement. More if you have a slab that needs to be jackhammered. You will still need to replumb the supply side though, and hook into the drain properly. That's $600-$900. The thinset, tile, deco tile, and a poly or acrylic grout will run around $500-$800.

    It adds up VERY quickly!

  • 10 years ago
    I work for a luxury custom home builder. I don't pay a mark up to a GC. We have great vendors that give us really good pricing, so it's not going to be as expensive. We are doing River Run cabinets. They have great deals on a couple of their discontinued lines, which will save a lot of money. Also we're going to use a remnant for the countertops, which saves. We're prepared to go over budget some of we find we need to, but with a team that knows how to value engineer, it's possible to get a great looking space while also not sacrificing quality.

    These are great ideas! Thank you!
  • 10 years ago
    last modified: 10 years ago

    River Run is cheepchinese low end flip quality. Not what I'd want for a house I had to live in and have the VOCs keep emitting and the hardware degrading.