Bath: Before and After

by TheHandMadeHome

Builders generic to bath haven. We never intended to replace the bathroom. We had no intentions whatsoever of gutting it out. It was never our fave, but it was what it was, and we fully intended to let it be. Then we found a water leak and it all began. Follow along as we make the best of water damage and the beer mold apocalypse. Hop on over to see all the photos and follow the backstory, because this is where you can find us escaping from the kids most night.

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First up: The tile. It's from the fabulous Builder Depot. (www.thehbuilderdepot.com) Our favorite tile resource.

For the floor, we used Carrara Venato 2" Octagon Polished Mosaic Tile. We wanted something classic with a fun contrast to liven up the space, since we knew we were going with a lot of white.

For the walls, we used this gorgeous glass subway tile with a bit of this rope trim for a super subtle polished look. We loved taking that tile all the way up the wall, and feel like it made the space look a lot larger by unifying it all.

And for the floor of the shower + our little shampoo shelf, we used the same stuff we used in our mantel makeover(http://www.thehandmadehome.net/2014/05/salvaged-mantel-makeover/): Carrara Bianco Polished 3" Hexagon Marble Mosaic Tile.

We then added in a vintage claw foot tub from vintagetub.com, built a vintage wooden ladder to hang our towels on. (http://www.thehandmadehome.net/2014/06/vintage-ladder-towel-rack/) and installed a frameless glass shower.

We added vintage sconces and a chandler from lamps plus.com

Since this was a complete over haul we decided to get rid of the "L" shape monster that our builder thought was a good idea and replaced it with an elegant piece from Virtuusa.com.

We rounded out the space by building some custom art, mirrors and added in some towel racks. (http://www.thehandmadehome.net/2014/06/26947/)

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Katie on Jan 10, 2015
My shower/tub has the same setup as your original. What you remodeled to is right on target with my remodelideas. I am curious what the total size of the shower/tub half of the bathroom. Would you send measurements by chance?

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Designer Drains on Jan 31, 2017
The fixtures are amazing!

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