Finished marble family bath with marine-inspired touches

13 years ago

Many, many moons past the scheduled end date, our tiny family bath renovation is complete. Our house is a 1925 Baltimore rowhouse, so we kept it period- and neighborhood-appropriate, sticking to big box and online sources to keep costs in check.

There are definitely things I'd do differently, like fighting for our shampoo niches, which the contractor nixed as too time consuming. The grout is darker than we'd asked for, but I've grown to like it. We also had radiant heat floor mats installed, and they take at least 45 minutes to warm up, so are sort of useless (though I've read you can hook them up to a programmable thermostat to avoid waiting around). And we need to raise the vanity pendants, because the medicine cabinet door bumps the left one and shorts it out. But all in all we're very happy. Many thanks for all the inspiration from these boards, especially to Yillimuh, who consulted on the IKEA Godmorgan vanity. More photos are on my blog, linked below.

Sources:

Vanity, towel hardware, eye chart: IKEA

Faucet: Danze Parma

Medicine Cabinet: Kohler Archer

Vanity Pendants: Target.com

Toilet: Kohler Cimarron

Tub: Kohler (Home Depot in stock)

Tub filler: Price Pfister (can't recommend - the finish gets spotty immediately and it's not nearly as adjustable as the Danze Parma)

Floor tile: Home Depot

Bath field tile: Home Depot 12x12 marble cut down to 6x12

Small square trim tile: ebay

Bullnose tile: Home Depot

Open shelving: custom

Overhead light: salvaged

Paint: Martha Stewart Living Bakery Box White

Here is a link that might be useful: More photos on butimeanwell.blogspot.com

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ae2ga
13 years ago
LOVE the tile! It looks really great.

Did you choose 12x12 and then cut to size to get the size you wanted? Was it less expensive to buy the larger and cut? Or is it somthing your GC did?
na_praha
Original Author
13 years ago
Much less expensive to buy larger and cut down, especially since our contractor had given us a set price for labor, regardless of how much he had to do. I think that was like $3.49/SF, plus tax.

Also, the former copy editor in me is cringing at my mispelling of GODMORGON in my original post.
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cat_mom
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Looks very nice! We had 12x12 travertine tile cut down to 6x12 for our hall bathroom floor--gives the stone a different look in that size. A nice twist!

I am sorry your contractor fought you on the niches. My DH actually made/framed-out ours himself. It really shouldn't have added extra time for an experienced contractor. All in all though, your new bathroom still looks terrific!
Stacey Collins
13 years ago
I love it; well done! Very serene, and you really nailed the modern/traditional juxtaposition PERFECTLY. Enjoy! (And P.S. You will not regret the $65 for a programmable thermostat for your floors. Ours are programmed to get up to temp by 6 am, then they cool down during the workdays, come back on in the evening, cool at night, and on all day on weekends. It's sooooo fabulous!)
writersblock (9b/10a)
13 years ago
Very nice! In fact, at first I thought the first pic was just your inspiration photo.
pharaoh
13 years ago
Really beautiful. Love the ikea touches.The marble is divine. Very very pretty!
na_praha
Original Author
13 years ago
Thanks for all the kind words - and stacyneil, I'll definitely look into the thermostat, thanks to your rec!
emilymch
13 years ago
I love it, na_praha! The vanity looks great, and I love the pendants! Those niches, too - so nice!

Thanks for the shout-out, too! I opened this thread without looking at who posted it, and I was quite surprised to see my name at the top!

(Did I use enough exclamation points? Here's one more, for good measure: !)
nicole__
13 years ago
WOW! Very nice!
breezygirl
12 years ago
Ah ha! I found it! I remember seeing your super cool bathroom a while back, but was having trouble finding it again. It's such a fabulous space. Great job!
bill_vincent
12 years ago
Very nice work. :-) THe only thing I see that I would've done differently is that I would've kept the same 50% broken joint with the chair rail, instead of breaking the joint by 2-3 inches. (It's the OCD in me. :-) ) Other than that, it looks terrific! He did a great job keeping the walls nice and flat!
canadianmiss
12 years ago
Very nice! Love how it turned out :)

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