Bathroom before (old steam shower) and after (walk-in shower)

last year

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When we bought the house it had an older steam shower which started leaking so we made the decision to replace it with a walk-in shower. This bathroom is very odd so I tried to design something that would fit with the earthy, stone look. We are still waiting on the shower glass but it is finally (almost) done!

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Nancy in Mich

last year

You appear to have done a fine job of matching the colors on the walls of the room. Once the glass iis up, I think the texture and flow pattern of the tiles in the shower will look great! Can you show us more pictures when the glass is in? I would love to see a shot with more of the old wall tiles and the new pony wall tiles in the same shot, plus a shot from as far back as you can get. It was good of you and your hubby to keep the old tile and adapt to it. So many would have stripped it all out, wasting all those materials.

Comments (16)

Barbara Almandarz
last year
Are you happy with the varying stone in the room? it's always difficult to match existing stone. I'd have gone with a different texture like t=ceramic or glass tile iside the shower.
emilyam819
last year
Wow, looks great. That old steam shower was something else.
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Olychick
last year
That's quite an improvement! I'm impressed that you would buy a house with that steam shower in the first place, but maybe it wasn't so scary looking before it was half demolished!
Glori C
Original Author
last year
I definitely struggled with going with a stone-look tile or something different. My partner really wanted to keep the earthy, stone vibe of the rest of the bathroom and so we tried to find something that wouldn't clash too bad with the slate roofing tiles on the walls or the slate floor (it's a very excentric house). It was a huge challenge because the walls are a warm, almost brown slate, and the floors have black, grey, and reddish tone slate. Overall, I think it turned out pretty well though and am happy with it.

And yep, the steam shower wasn't quite as scary when the doors and side panel were still on haha! But nothing worked on it and we knew we wanted to replace it. There's also another bathroom with a clawfoot tub that we've been able to use during the renovation (thankfully).
kculbers
last year
Beautiful!!! Well done.
PRO
Badeloft
last year
looks great!
PRO
FrameMyMirror
last year
Wow it looks great! I love the neutral colors and earthy vibe.
PRO
PRM Custom Builders
last year

The stone/tile choices look fantastic. This is beautiful.
PRO
Norwood Architects
last year
That's a lot of varied stone and tile. You've made it work pretty well together though.
Glori C
Original Author
last year
For anyone curious- just got the glass installed today!
PRO
Overland Remodeling & Builders
last year
It's beautiful Glori! That's all I can say. You did an awesome job!
kculbers
last year
Looks great!!
J Steel
last year
I’ve had very good service
PRO
Nicetown Curtains
last year
Obviously a totally new owner from before/after. Great remodeling!
sealedesign
last year
The continuation of stone and color match is great. The black at the top I wish would not stop the eye. Prefer it to blend and disappear.