Nice! I esp like the lighter counter top and the wall color.

Very pretty! I think it looks much bigger with the big mirror, and the new wall color is gorgeous.

Pretty! Really like the new vanity top, and you can SEE it with the medicine cabinet gone. What color is on the wall? It's very serene.

Great new countertop, and overall comprehensive changes.

Thanks everyone! bpat- wall color is a PPG color called gray marble.

Beautiful!!!!

Nice!

Lovely! It does look larger. The mirror makes a huge difference. Love the shelves, too

The Before was already very nice, very handsome, and the After takes it up several notches to lovely. Amazing how a few changes make such a big difference.

Great job! I looks so much more open with just a few changes, especially the mirror. But I love the new granite & paint too. Hope you are enjoying it.

Removing the cabinets made a huge difference, not to mention the lighter color of the countertop. The only feature I would change in this sleek new bathroom is the cloth valance?, don't really know what to call it in this context. I'm sorry, but for me it ruins the look, and seems to have no function that I can imagine.

ingrid- I totally agree. I have removed the valance but felt it was too bare. Maybe it's just getting used to it not being there. I will try living with it down for a while :)

I think they both are very nice, although the large mirror is a lot more practical. I'm not a fan of the valance either...it just looks odd...like it wants to be a window but it's not? HA!

Very nice! I'm not a valance person myself, but I actually think it looks great in your space. Even on windows the main purpose of a valance is to look nice, so why not? It just seems to fit. Nice job.

I agree with Ingrid about the valance, but didn't mention it because you kept it from before the updates, so I figured you really like the look. I think the fabric is wonderful in the room though. What would you think of finding a wallpaper in a similar pattern and papering the wall opposite the toilet and perhaps the wall with the shower?

It looks great! That counter and mirror really change the room. The shelves look great too. Could we see a pic without the valence?

Sorry took so long. I was out of town. So what do you all think? Valance or no Valance?

oly- I really like your wallpaper idea! The dh would rather wallpaper or paint any day of the week so I just may look into that.

I'm not crazy about the valance hanging there, but it really adds some interest with the print in the fabric, so I can see why it looks bare to you without it. If you did add wallpaper, I think that would look great and then I'd vote no valance.

Another idea might be to find that print in a fabric shower curtain and just hang it outside the shower doors, covering them when not in use.

I do prefer it without the valance. It's an interesting shower enclosure, are the doors mirrored?

I think the top of the shower enclosure with the bar already looks really cool, and the valance just makes it look old-fashioned. The look you have now overall is sleek and inviting. There's no way I would hide that behind a shower curtain that you don't need,

Errant- yes, the doors are mirrored. It's the main bathroom so I didn't want guests using it to see all the soap bottles, etc in the shower.

I'm going to leave the valance off & see how it goes. My eye goes to that brass bar of the enclosure, so I guess I tried to disguise it.

Could you maybe paint the brass black?

Errant- yes, the doors are mirrored. It's the main bathroom so I didn't want guests using it to see all the soap bottles, etc in the shower.

But you'd rather they get a large window size view of themselves while they are using the toilet?

You need to get rid of the valance. It looks silly....no good reason for it, and even used decoratively, it doesn't even hang right.

If it were my bathroom, I would put a shower curtain up. Pronto. You could hang the rod above the shower enclosure... but that would make it darkish in the shower, unless you have a recessed ceiling light with a diffuser? Or you could have a shower curtain made, you'd pretty much have to anyway, because of the height... but if you did, you could add a strip of sheer fabric to run where the upper open part of the shower is, letting in light.

I can't tell beacuse of the angle... but you could also run a rod on the outside of the shower just like a curtain rod. It doesn't have to be a tension rod like typical shower rods.. and it would be best to have the shower curtain made with grommets... easy to slide back and forth.

Nice job on the makeover. It looks nice!

Errant- dh won't paint it, so I've been trying to work with it. Maybe a shower curtain is in need here.

I think for very little investment (with most things probably returnable) you could try the shower curtain cover up and see what you think. You might even find something in a plain cream color and sew your valance to the top, sans tabs.

Is there some kind of finish that could be applied to give the mirror a darker, less reflective look? I think a shower curtain would diminish the elegance of what you have now.