Please Help with My Master Bath!

7 years ago

I am remodeling my master bath. I am going with a white vanity with Calacatta quartz counter top. Floors will be a dark-ish brown/gray vinyl plank. Walls will be painted Revere Pewter. I’m thinking oil-rubbed bronze fixtures and frameless shower glass.

The question comes in the tub/shower area (but I’m open to comments on any of it). I am remodeling to sell the house, and my agent is suggesting I keep it very clean and simple, with white 3x6 subway tiles replacing the existing tile. Light gray grout. I’m afraid it might be too much white, but I have looked at a million white bathrooms on here and do like the way they look. I plan to put a niche in the shower wall and I can either tile inside that with the same subway tile or white penny round tiles (or ???). I’m thinking of doing the shower floor in hex tiles similar to the Calacatta vanity top.

Another question: should I tile to the ceiling behind the tub? Or do it the way it is now? That would add more contrast, with the greige wall color.

What do you all think? Am I on the right track? Any photos of a similar look?

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K R
7 years ago
You don’t need to do subway tile to keep it simple. There are tons of white 12x24 tiles out there that looks clean and modern. The one I’m doing for 2 bathroom remodels kinda has a wavy sheen to it (but it’s not actually wavy). Also I definitely would tile up to the ceiling IF you’re doing a larger format tile. I don’t care for tile in the bathtub, are you changing out the bathtub too or just the tile?
ecf1216
Original Author
7 years ago
Thank you for your comments. I’ll take a look at larger-format tile, but I do like the 3x6 subway tiles.
And yes, I am keeping the bathtub and re-tiling around it. That’s the area I was referring to when I asked how high I should go up that wall with the tile.
Thanks again!
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Cheryl Smith
7 years ago
My personal opinion is that I wouldn't do anything besides painting. I never have understood putting money into a home to sell it. Spend money if something needs fixing but for just cosmetics, spend when you can enjoy it not someone else. What you like may not be the buyers taste. Make sure everything works and is clean. there is nothing wrong with the plain white tiles you have. I would come down on my price over spending the same amount on a remodel.
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7 years ago
last modified: 7 years ago
You will lose a lot of money to remodel this bath. Leave it alone and just paint fresh. Realtors want an easy sale for them. They don’t care if you lose more at making that happen. The average 5 piece master bath remodel starts life at 40K and only goes up from there. Just those 2 wet areas, done CORRECTLY, you’re talking 20K. That’s with nothing else done but the tub and shower. What you have isn’t offensive enough to tackle any of it other than paint.
biondanonima (Zone 7a Hudson Valley)
7 years ago
Ditto what GreenDesigns said. I am in the process of remodeling the master bath in a house we bought three years ago. The master was in much worse shape than yours when we bought it, but I am glad the previous owners didn't update it, because I didn't care for their taste in materials and I would have felt bad ripping out a perfectly serviceable but ugly-to-me bathroom. Since mine was both ugly AND in need of repair, we planned our offer on the house accordingly and are now redoing it to our taste. Paint it and be done with it.