Split Bathroom Reveal - Finally!!!
Hello everyone!
I posted a while ago about split bathroom layouts and design, and got a lot of input from all of you.
Here are the threads about my bathroom:
https://www.houzz.com/discussions/5442737/thoughts-on-split-bathroom-layout
https://www.houzz.com/discussions/5792925/are-large-marble-tiles-or-panels-a-trend
https://www.houzz.com/discussions/5823693/help-me-choose-a-vanity-for-our-transitional-bathroom
So, we demolished the old bathroom on November 4th and the new bathroom was completed by Christmas. We moved everything around so there was a lot of plumbing involved. We also live in a super old house so we had to level the floor and straighten the walls to make them meet at 90-degree angles.
This is how our new bathroom turned out:
This is the vanity and tub room when you walk in from the hallway:
We have so much storage!!
Here is the shower and toilet room. Smaller, so pictures were hard to shoot:
Old bathroom (when the house was for sell):
I wasn't sure about all of these mirrors when we bought the house but quickly got to think of them as super helpful for making the room feel large and bright, and also for styling hair. Hence all the mirrors in the new bathroom.
So far we love our new bathroom. It allows many to use it at the same time.
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Comments (56)This old thread got revisited. @dani_m08 to answer the question about extra probe, I believe I ordered an extra one when I bought the set up. The probe wire is just setting in the junction box I think but honestly I cant remember. When I laid out the underfloor heating and the probe, I just ran another probe near the first probe, and it was then sealed into the floor self leveling compound as per instructions. then the end was just threaded into the wall like the one that would be live, and not connected, but just laying there in the box. Regarding the tile layout. I just decided to run it this way, after getting instructions on the 90Degree way, IIRC. The herringbone that I love is from my childhood and the side walks in my neighborhood that all ran at 45Degree. so that to me is herringbone. I know you posted on @sochi thread about her amazing bathroom and a wall mounted faucet. I would totally do it if I had the right sink for it. In my case I had made my sink out of soapstone and an integrated backsplash. The pictures of this bathroom reveal are no longer available because of the use of photo bucket, when it was Gardenweb. I did not keep my account with photo bucket. I'll add some of the reveal pictures so you can see the sink and floor. Regarding the sink there is no ledge for water to drip from my hands when using the faucet. The water drips right into the sink. In my other bathroom with a deck mounted faucet I am always wiping up drips and it is a nuisance. I much prefer the setup for this sink. Below: I love the flush finish from the faucet to the bottom of the sink. nothing drips on a counter or edge of a sink. Below: looking in from the doorway. Below: Here I am finishing up the sink. the backsplash was epoxied on as a separate piece. The whole soapstone install in the room took next to nothing to buy as they were all small pieces that I epoxied together with a 3 part stone epoxy. Below: this is the counter at the tub, and is in 2 long pieces but I was able to epoxy them together at there edges to make a wide slab for the top. All the soapstone was finished with a 60 grit sandpaper to be rough and this lovely soft tone of blue/green/gray/white. I did not oil it so this color tone would remain light. Below: If I recall correctly @sochi helped me decide on this Hubberton Forge Mirror. I have 3 different metals in this room, but they are all a cool silver to black color. Below: the center of this tower shares space with the kitchen on the other side of the wall. there is also some extra space that houses some electrical wiring. this is an old simple house. this bathroom was an add on when it got move to the farm in the 30s IIRC. The plumbing was all rearrange and some of the details that were orignially there I kept but updated it, such as this tower feature. The old one went and the carpenter did a wonderful job with this one. Below: This feature was another thing I kept from the old bathroom but flipped it from the other end and had the carpenter put drawers in it. Before it was a hell hole. things got lost and the build was soooo old and creapy I didn't like using it for storage. Now it is perfect for storage....See MoreBathroom Reveal, Thanks to the Bathroom and Remodel Forums!X-Post
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 MoreBathroom Reveal, Finally.
Comments (62)I love what you've done to the bathroom. It's so elegant and serene. That's really interesting about the larger floors tiles bowing in the center, and I'm so glad I read this. I'm having 5"x32" wood grain Castlevetro tiles put down in my studio and the tile salesman didn't mention this. Do you remember where you read this? I looked at some of Bill Vincent's old posts but I didn't see it. I'd like to show that to my installer because he's never put down this type of tile before. I also wanted to do the 1/16" grout line and ordered the sandless grout, but I may have to rethink this. Again, the salesman said there would be no problem with that. Grrrr....See MoreBathroom reveal. Finally done, broke as a church mouse
Comments (27)Wow, absolutely gorgeous. Love it all, especially that amazing floor! And I know just how you feel about being broke, LOL.....it's okay, the feeling goes away after a few years :))...See More
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Thanks everyone for the comments. As I mentionned in my previous posts, we are a family of 5 sharing one bathroom on the second floor. It had to be functionnal more than anything else.
enduring This is our layout. The wall where the tub and shower are measures 10' and the vanity wall measures 8'. I feel like we accomplished a lot in that tight space.
Snaggy and Mary Tillios , I hear you about the mirrors. When we bought the house, the bathroom wasn't split, and had 3 walls completely mirrored. I didn't like the look of it. But after living in in for a few years, I got addicted to them! It made the room seem much larger and made haristyling a bliss. When we demolished, the room seemed so small and dark without them. This is why we put so many mirrors back and because they were the last thing installed, we got to see the before and the after, and it made such a big difference.cindylou62 I agree! Unfortunately, one of our cats has a wet rug fetish and pees on bathroom rugs every single time we forget to hang them. I will be buying new towels eventually and will try something more fun than the white or grey that we currently have.
bpath reads banned books too I love our toilet too :) Thanks for noticing! If I remember correctly, you were one of the ones that convinced me to use some of Ikea's bathroom line. So glad I did!
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