Thanks for the nice compliments, Snowyshasta and organic-donna. We absolutely love our bathroom, now that we've been using it for a few months. We also saw this design and "borrowed'' it. Actually we saw a bathroom in a showroom, and immediately knew it was what we wanted -- the colors, the look, the fixtures. It wasn't too feminine, or too masculine, but just right for a his and her bath. I just asked my DH what he liked best about the bath (he's sitting here watching basketball), and he said the shower. It is equipped with three heads -- a handheld, a stationary one and a rain head. "It's like being in a spa,'' he said. I love all the storage. As you can see it's not a huge room, but we created a serene space for the both of us, with every nice feature we wanted, and with enough storage for all my girlie things away from our three teenage daughters, and our collection of nice towels. My husband loves having his own space too. His, of course, is not as packed as mine, but we actually still have some half empty drawers and shelves. The tower is so handy. Our cabinet maker tried to talk me into making the glass doors on that tower a frosted glass, but I insisted on clear glass, and I'm glad. Doesn't look great in the picture, but I love that I can see everything in there. You can always hide things -- like first aid medicines -- in pretty baskets and still keep them there. We love the radiant floor heating, and we especially love the Robern medicine cabinets, which have mirrors inside the doors and even along the back of them. Love, love love our new bath. It was costly, and like you, Organic-donna, we worry about money, especially with the economy being as it is. But we think we were smart shoppers about everything we bougtht, and know that if we ever want to sell our house (but we have no such plans), we'll get our money back. We built it for us, and every single day I am grateful for this pretty bath and have no regrets that we did this. Besides, I grew up in family of nine -- and we all shared one bath! I'm done with sharing.

yeah, I can now add photos directly in posts- so wanted to show a few (nothing new), for easier look-see...I like images in the posts without having to link away to see...though it's understandably not always an option. : ) Thanks, to all who have posted their info. and knowledge-- SO helpful, fun and interesting. href="http://s119.photobucket.com/albums/o131/CyndiK_photos/?action=view¤t=102_5757.jpg" target="_blank"> tags- "antique vanity", round penny, tall niche travertine mosaic, monochromatic, kohler, cimmerron, archer, forte, villager tub, decolav square, "strand bamboo" "frosted glass", "small master bathroom" Here is a link that might be useful: kitch_n_kats photos- masterbath, all photos and detail

Beautiful renovation pipdog! Two questions please: Which laticrete silver shadow did you use? Was it permacolor or spectra lock? I ask as you have the same honed marble floor tiles as we will soon have. Did you seal the marble before the grout AND after the grout or just after? Many thanks

I've been thinking about your design. You are right - that wallpaper needs to go. In general, the layout isn't terrible, but IMO you need more light and a feeling of roominess. I'm not sure what your budget is, but if you can make that window bigger and come down more since you want to leave the tub there, I would definitely consider it. But, in case you don't want to make big changes-just minor things, here is what I would suggest: 1) After removing wallpaper, add casing around the window frame - minimum 3" to make it look larger. 2) Add bead board, including behind the tub and come up high enough to make the focus the tub, not the high window. 3) Remove the small wall between the shower and the vanity. 4) Remove the half wall between the tub and shower. 5) Make the walls surround the shower glass and bring out the glass so your shower is more like 3-1/2' deep. That half a foot will make it alot more roomy. I don't like cleaning glass, but in your case, it will make a world of difference in opening the room up. 6) Replace both vanities with a pedestal type sink or a half open style vanity & then replace side cabinets with taller cabinets that are 15" deep (not as deep as sink). OR, replace both vanities and side cabinets with a larger vanity (no side cabinets). 8) Last, but not least, take out overhead light boxes and replace with wall light. Just doing this, removing wall paper and a nice paint color will make a world of difference. What were your thoughts on the floor? The wood is beautiful and wood really keeps the room warm if you have white bead board, white pedestal sinks and side cabinets and a light blue, yellow or other light color above the bead board. You will have to touch up the wood flooring as far as adding some when you remove the tub. If you were planning to remove the wood and add tile, that will affect the look. I can see how the french doors get in the way and the left wall looks possible since the other wall has the toilet. If it's not a load bearing wall and contains no wires or pipes, it should work fine. Here are some photos for inspiration - design, style and color. None of them perfectly fit your layout, but all have elements you can incorporate. I also did a few ideas of your drawing moving things around. Since I'm not in the space, not sure what would work, but the pedestal sink with storage areas on each side of the closet entrance gives you the most floor space. If you need storage, and would want a mirrored vanity area, I put that in as well. Large mirrors around both sink areas and above extra counter height storage would give the room more light and make it look bigger as well. Hopefully someone else will weigh in here. There are good ideas on this board. I'm not sure how to post many photos in one reply so there will be a few posts from me!