Soapstone bathroom reveal
I have posted on here a few times but am a regular lurker and wanted to share my DIY bathroom makeover.
I want to thank enduring for the sink inspiration! My bathroom is small and the vanity was way to large and I needed to find something that had about a 15" in depth. Not something I was able to find. Your sink/vanity was an inspiration!
This project took about three months to complete. After work and weekends. By the end I will admit I was just sick of it and swore off any more projects for a while (but I do this with every project it seems lol).
Things we did: Ripped most walls to the studs. Removed the back wall of the bathtub area to take over a 12" space that wasn't being used. Reinforced the floors, Changed plumbing to 2" and centered, ran new water lines for the two shower heads. Waterproofing everything. Added new potlights and changed side sconces to a single light over a builtin medicine cabinets. Then all the tiles etc.
I had originally tried to put the 12x24" tile on the ceiling of the shower but with the sagging and the struggle I saw reason and scraped the two off that I had put up and went to homedepot (covered in mess) and found a nice white mosaic and threw that up there instead. MUCH easier and it still looks great.
I love how everything turned out. It's not perfect but for doing it ourselves I am quite proud. We've been using it for about a month now with 4 showers a day and it is so amazing to have a large shower and not have to clean a jacuzzi tub anymore.
soapstone: Quarry located in Quebec (used for floors, shower base and niche, sink, backsplash, counters and wall behind toilet.
Vanity: custom 14.5" depth x 30" wide in walnut w/ push to open drawers so it doesn't take up more isle space
shower tile: marble look a like porcelain from home depot.
Walnut to frame in window and to do shelves throughout the room.
toilet: kohler cimarron (love this toilet!)
Grab bar, toilet paper holder and hand towel bar are moen align series
Fan: Panasonic whisper series
Brick: ironworks thin brick by general shale (I used the same brick as my kitchen backsplash two years ago)
Grout was an epoxy grout that I had to order from the USA as I couldn't find it here. Easy to work with and looks amazing!
I can't remember the other details but my husband loves his rain shower and my hand held (which is an american standard) is wonderful. Glass enclosure was done by a local company as there was no way I was DIY'ing that!
All that is left to do is decorating!
Before pic when I just started dismantling and realized I didn't have a picture:
After:
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Comments (6)Lovely! I like the classic white tile and porcelain and how you used furniture pieces in the bathroom. I love that the storage at the end of the tub has pull-outs that can be reached from the toilet. Your custom sink and backsplash and counter are unique and beautiful. Yours may be the first bathroom sink I have seen in which a small or medium dog could be washed! That is a good thing! I showed your pictures to my DH because I am thinking of classic tiled walls with a chair rail for when we redo our bath in a couple of years. He liked it! I was expecting him to say, "too old fashioned." He did not, he said it looked nice. From him, nice is a compliment. He even liked your rows of listello. I was just at the Tile Shop's site the other day looking at the Hampton tiles because someone was selling some on Craigslist. I am hoping to do as you did and get what I can cheaper there, and fill in the rest from the store. I can see that you worked very hard to secure all of your materials - and then cut the floor tiles to size and culled the Hampton tiles, too! You succeeded very well in getting the look you wanted while saving money along the way. Congratulations, and thank you for the pictures and great detail and supply list....See MoreMy West Bathroom Reveal from project in 2013 to 2014
Comments (17)Yes it is weird. I know that when I did the post it indicated there were 2 post, yet in the general lineup of threads on the bathroom forum, it just indicated there was one. I edited the second post, so now it may show up. But I will copy the post below. Apparently this part 2 thread didn't post so here it is. "Part Two" (refer to above post for part one) Tile, floor and shower: The floor is Stone Peak, in the Fossil pattern, the color is Deep Sea. It is very pretty and I think it goes nicely juxtaposed to the shower tile. It is lovely with the walnut coloring. The Shower tile is Atlas Concorde in the Marvel Calacatta Extra design. It is 12x24. It is porcelain and very strong. It is rectified and made in Italy. I stumbled a crossed it and was able to order it from Nebraska Furniture Mart. It goes very well with the walnut. I apologize to Mongo for having consistent lipage throughout the shower L. I put floor warming wires in, like I did for my first bathroom remodel. I used SunTouch WarmWire brand, 240 volts. My electrician installed the thermostat but I did the rest, learning from Stacey Neil, Mongo, and the John Bridge Tile forum. DH thinks this warm floor is great. I used mostly Laticrete tile setting products, Hydroban, thinset 254 modified, their silicon color caulking, and the spectralock epoxy grout. I sometimes mix custom colors and did with the shower wall grout. I also custom mixed my caulking in a ziplock bag. Instead of Ditra uncoupling membrane like I used for the first bathroom, I used the Laticrete Strata Matt that was new. It has vents in the waffles to allow the use of modified thinset (allows drying through evaporation of the ingredients). Ditra is to be used only with unmodified thinset (where the product drys via chemical reaction “setting type”). The Laticrete Strata Matt is around 45” wide and too wide for me to use very well. The Ditra is around 36” wide if I remember, and easier for me to manage. I used Mape Self Leveling Compound to cover the warming wires prior to the uncoupling membrane application. if there are any more questions you have please ask. Again I have not proofed this text since last year ;) I hate the thought of reading this long post....See MoreReveal for unglazed bathroom sink flange
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