Master Bath Reveal

At the beginning of August, we began an overhaul of our master bath! Why did we decide to do this in the midst of a pandemic and right after we added a 2nd dog to our family?! When we found out my husband had an “extra” month of summer, we decided it was now or never…

When we bought our home 7 1/2 years ago, we knew this was a room that needed serious work. The master bath was last updated in the 1990s, when the previous owners did an addition on the back of the house to add the master bedroom and then converted what had once been a secondary bedroom (bay windows and all) to the master bath. It’s all connected by a private hall lined by closets; we really loved the layout and the fact that this 1939 home had a master suite with a lot of closet space! We decided we could live with the brown walls, too large mirrors, too bright light fixtures, and older 8″ tile because we couldn’t pass up the space.

Fast forward 7+ years later and this was the last space in our home we hadn’t touched. We’d painted every room (some of them twice now), changed out light fixtures, gutted the basement and we hadn’t touched this space. I didn’t want to spend a penny on it until we could demo all of it!

I pinned Pinterest ideas for years (see my Insta highlights for some of my inspiration) and, since our home was built in the 1930s, I wanted to honor its age with a classic bathroom feel – white subway tile, white penny tile and chrome fixtures that looked vintage.

What I’ve learned is that bathroom renovations are much more time consuming than painting a room and take longer than you think. The gut work required is dirty (the dust all around our home from the demo and drywall was fun) and requires knowledge of plumbing, electrical, drywall, tile work, woodworking, etc. Thankfully, my husband can do most of this and this saved us a lot on our budget. We did hire out the tile work, the install of the custom shower door, and had custom quartz counters put in. We’re also having custom plantation shutters added but they’re not in yet.

All the sources are below the photos in a list and if you really want to see what our master bath looked like before, I’ve included a gallery at the very end (I’m trying to forget about it)! The only thing we kept from our old bathroom are the chrome pulls on the vanity doors! 🙂

Annnnddd here’s the reveal!

This is my favorite view of the master bath – from the hallway into the space. I chose to have the tile from the shower (on the left) wrap around the wall as you walk in.
My husband’s vanity next to our walk-in shower. The cabinets are from the RTA Store and came unassembled and were already painted this color grey. We had the paint color matched and painted the crown molding and baseboards the same grey. I chose shaker cabinets because we already have shaker in our kitchen and basement and I wanted to be consistent with what we already had.
This is our walk-in shower with dual showerheads. We kept the layout of the bathroom the same as it was before the reno and I have always loved the size of our shower. Adding the rain showerheads really updated the shower and chrome kept it classic! Due to the configuration of the shower entry, we had custom shower doors installed by a local company.
This is my vanity and I love all the extra storage I got out of the reno. Before, our cabinets weren’t configured very well and we were really able to upgrade our storage with this project! The painting over the toilet was done by a family friend and I love how its simplicity fits the space.
View from the bay window looking towards the door to the hallway. The door is an old pocket door from our home that was taken down in an earlier renovation and left in the attic. My husband found it and converted it to a barn door. I added the privacy control on the glass panes.

Details, Details…

  • Perfume & antique collection
  • Classic faucet
  • Glass storage
  • Schoolhouse sconces

Master Bath Source List

Here’s our old master bath (or the space I’m trying to forget)!

Leah

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4 responses to “Master Bath Reveal”

  1. RCM Avatar
    RCM

    Nice all the way around with a bright and simple look. I like the warmth of the oriental rug and wooden wash stand. Love it!

    1. Leah Avatar
      Leah

      Thank you! Those vintage touches really do add warmth to the space. Good eye! 🙂

  2. Adam Avatar
    Adam

    Loooks great L! We love it!

    1. Leah Avatar
      Leah

      Thanks so much! 🙂

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