Master Bathroom

We finally have a master bathroom!  We've technically always had this space, but it was not desirable when we moved in, and it was easier to use the main bathroom.  Jon gutted the bathroom back when we did the furnace about a year ago.  This project goes back a while.  We've been wanting to redo this space for a while, but you see we wanted to use the space to its fullest potential.  While it did have a shower in it when we bought the house, it was so tiny that I wouldn't even dare try to shave my legs in there, and Jon would hit his head on the shower head.  It was a 32x32 shower that had no light in it at all.  It was awful.  The reason it was so small was because the flue vent for the furnace was going through the house right behind the shower, along with the vent for the water heater.  So in order to redo the bathroom, first we had to replace the furnace, then we had to move the vent for the water heater into the walls to get a good sized shower, now its 48x36!  Jon put so much time into this space, and he did such a great job.  He finished the plumbing and electrical, poured a custom shower pan, tiled, installed all the fixtures, and he did it with love (mostly).  I love this space in our house.  It really is the only adult space we have right now.  The children are not allowed in our bathroom, and I kind of like it that way.

We found the CD of pictures from the realtor from when we bought the house, luckily it had a picture of the bathroom in the original condition.  This is as good as it gets for the "before" picture.

Jon was so happy to demolish the lovely gold glittered sink, leaky toilet, and tiny shower.

After the furnace was finished, Jon removed the old furnace vent, and moved the water heater vent into the walls.  This required some of the drywall to be cut from the closet behind the shower.  Then he framed in the new shower pan.  SO BIG!

Then the tiling began!  We chose to keep the palate simple and modern because it is not a very big space.  This also makes it easy to change the color scheme in the bathroom with accessories and towels.  

 

The finished product!!!!