How to tile an arched shower entrance
How are people tiling their arched shower entrances? I have a house from 1940 and I want to keep this architectural detail. Before the bathroom was ripped down to the studs it was just the lathe and plaster without any waterproofing! So I’m not sure how tile should be properly done in this scenario. It’s hard to tell from the inspiration photos, and I want to order the tile early because there are just lots of delays with everything. I want to make sure I get the proper bullnose pieces. The wall depth is 4.5” once you factor in the sheet rock on the outside plus the cement board on the inside. I’ve tried searching different terms but I can’t seem to find a Carrara marble tile that’s a 4.5” long rectangle with 2 bullnosed edges on the short sides. The shower walls are going to be 6x12” honed carrara tiles with thassos marble chevron mosaic on the floor. Ideas? Thanks all!
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2 years agoPerhaps not quite the same thing but when I did a gut remodel, my kitchen had the original hideous plastic dropped ceiling that was covered with sheets of plastic. 😱
I installed canned overhead lighting as well as under cabinet task lighting but where that open space had been, my designer had a coved copper tile ceiling installed with up lights. The tile setter who did all of my tile work in kitchen, bathrooms and ultimately on my balcony had no trouble doing it and it looks great.
FWIW my inspiration bathroom pictures had a LOT of those fabulous vintage bathrooms with the arched shower. Because of the size of my bathroom, it wouldn't have worked but I did try to keep the feel with the style of the rest of the bathroom.
This was my super inspiration photo from Motawi - not an arch but a lot of the Colonial Revival/Spanish vintage homes in my area do have arched baths as well as the ones from the 1940's which were still influenced by the earlier Art Deco styles.
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