Home Tour: Master Bathroom Reveal!

With the slanted walls there was very little area to actually have a shower so having it in the center of the whole old bedroom (across from the vanity) was the only choice. I didn't want plumbing on exterior walls but, in the end, I just didn't have any choice and I think the bathroom vanity looks like it is exactly where it belongs. It was an old dresser/buffet of my mom's, you can see more about it here: How to: Turn a Buffet into a bathroom vanity

So, I bet you want to hear about the tub huh? Yeah, it is my pride and joy :) Of the hundreds upon hundreds of hours I put into this house in the renovation I gave myself this one splurge. A lot of folks wouldn't call it a fortune (I purchased the tub on sale at Menards for $599) but to me it was an extreme indulgence. However, I literally thought about slipping into this tub on a daily basis and it became a part of my working mantra to keep me going throughout the entire house renovation. It is wonderful and I am so glad I got it for us! I take a bath at least once a week now and I wouldn't live without a big tub again.

So, the tub faucet I saved some money on, I got it for $70 at our local fleet store and it is the exact same faucet as our kitchen faucet because (brace yourselves) it is a kitchen faucet. I don't think it looks like a kitchen faucet much at all though, in fact I think it looks like it belongs there and nobody has ever questioned it. Pedestal tub faucets start at around $200 and run into the thousands of dollars so the choice of this faucet was a bit of a no brainer for me. There is also one major advantage to it being a kitchen faucet that I did not anticipate: the faucet swivels completely out of the way and I LOVE that.

See that cute little magazine rack beside the tub and commode? It was in my Grandparents' living room for years (now our Living Room) and I ended up spray painting it black and using it as an end table in my Master Bedroom for lack of better alternatives before I moved in here even though it was way too short and didn't look right/really work at all. It found its new home here and it is exactly where it belongs. With its cedar lined storage cubby I have a place for girly storage and I actually use it as a magazine rack as well and, of course, it is the perfect perch for my wine glass when I take a bath and who knew a table lamp would be great in a bathroom? Well, it is and this little magazine rack made it all possible.

I've become a true fan of vessel sinks! Not everyone likes them (I've read some horror stories online) they are definitely different then what I was used to! I splurged on this one and the faucet but I had always wanted a vessel sink.

I absolutely love it!