March 2, 2013

• Bathroom Remodel

  One of the major things I want to do with our new house (we closed last Thursday!!) is to remodel the master bath.  We had initially talked about moving the toilet to the other wall (next to the sink vanity), and then rip out the wall between the shower and where the toilet originally was, and create a larger shower.  Personally, I thought the idea was brilliant (it was mine, after all), but then Jamie realized that the wall behind the toilet, and the wall of the shower didn’t meet up, so one was further ”out” than the other.  I honestly had to have him explain it to me about a billion times because I had no idea where he was talking about, but suffice it to say…we can’t extend the shower because the walls won’t meet up. 

  So, option number two was to keep the toilet where it is, keep the shower at the same size, and just tile it in to make it look nicer.  It’s currently one of those plastic shower inserts, and the door is a glazed glass with awful gold colored hinging.  Plus, the last owners must not have cleaned it in god knows how long, because there is moldy grossness in the shower door and on the floor of the plastic.  Yuck.  So, option two became option one, and now we’re planning on keeping the shower the same (maybe bringing it a few inches forward to give it more depth, but that’s it) and tiling it all in so that it’s cleaner and more cohesive.

  Here is how our master bathroom looks at present.  I plan on painting the room a grey color to match the master bedroom (I’m also repainting that…the ideas is they will match).  As you can see, the tub is tiled in as well, with a dark blue accent row.  Regardless of what I do with the shower, I will be ripping out that dark blue tile and replacing it with something…or re-tiling in the whole tub, not sure which (depends on cost as well).  The tile around the tub is fine, so there really isn’t a point in re-tiling the whole thing, unless we decide to do something really different with the shower.  That said…I’m pretty cheap, so odds are that won’t happen.  LOL.

  

  Which brings me to ideas…the shower is small.  I originally was thinking we’d do one of those tiny square mosaic tile jobs in a pretty blue…but after seeing a few pictures of smaller spaces done like that on Pinterest, I’m afraid it’s just going to be too busy and cluttered looking.  The photo below is basically the size of the shower that we’d have…and it looks super busy and overwhelming all done with the multi-colored tiled mosaic.  Maybe it’s the colors, I’m not sure, but I feel like it’s just too much. 

  

  I know that I’d like to keep with a grey/blue color scheme…light and as neutral as possible.  I don’t want something super flashy that could get on my nerves over time, and I really want our bathroom to be soothing and an escape area.  Here are some ideas that I’ve come across that sort of peak my interest, but I’m still not set.  I can always use opinions though!!!  I trust you all!

  If we were to do something like this, we could keep the tile as is on the tub, and I can use the same accent tile to surround the tub as well as in the shower, which would bring them both together.  Plus, the white may really open up the shower area, since it’s already small. 

  

  I also really like how the mosaic tile looks when it’s in more of a stripe pattern, especially laid vertically.  Maybe if we use light enough colors, it won’t seem so overwhelming?  Thoughts?

  

  Then, no matter what type of tile we plan on doing, we are going to put up a plain glass door, with no brackets, so that it looks more open and without seams.  I really hate how a lot of shower doors have the gold or silver plating around the edges…I think it just breaks up the space too much and makes an already small space look that much smaller.  So, we’ll definitely be going with a single piece of plate glass as the door.

  

  So, what do you guys think!  Any ideas on tiles that I don’t have on here…I’d love to see whatever you think might work!

  Hope you all have a great weekend!

  XOXOXO,
  K.

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