I love my shower! This is all new for us. It's been over a years worth of planning, saving and organizing friends to succeed. We took some space from our closet to enlarge the shower space. It doubled in size. This is when you are grateful for handy friends to barter with! I tiled this shower with a friend over a months time. I did do the shower floor completely by myself though. We used quartz for the bench, threshold and 2 corner shelves. The fabricator is local, but I'll have to get out the receipt. The glass door and surround is from Tim's Glass. Very nice guy and great price. I even took his bid to another location and they told me "I can't beat that price". And it included installation. Very good company. Go local!
We did a lot of research for the sink too. We were looking for unique but not expensive. We started with a concrete counter, and would you believe that the price tag is over 1k! We ended up at CabinetsToGo (the creator of LumberLiquidators). The cabinet to the left is actually a kitchen cabinet pantry. We had extra depth to the left of the sink, so this was a perfect fit! And you wouldn't know the colors are not the same. They look like a perfect match too. Espresso (almost black). The coolest part is the sink. It's all glass. One piece! There is a separate frosted glass underneath too. We normally have towel storage under that, but we are needing to do wash. I'm looking for baskets to put over the toilet and add towels there too. So, I'll add a photo when that's complete.
This is inside the shower. I didn't like the idea of having all this just sitting on the bench, so I found these stack-able locker racks at Staples and it's perfect. Everything can still drip dry if necessary and not take up a lot of space. It's all about the height right!The tile was from Floor and Decor in Addison. The wall tile is actually floor tile and we put it everywhere, including the shower ceiling. The accent tile we made a border all the way around, and a mini one on the towel wall. We also purchased the dark brown bull nose as a finishing touch we didn't realize we'd need and found at the last minute the store was closing as we were finishing the layout plan. Timing, and it's perfect! It's just the right brown and borders the shower entrance perfect.
A few other things I wanted to mention was when we did the demo for this project, I took the toilet and all doors we no longer needed to the Habitat for Humanity Restore. They have one in Addison and Elgin, closest to us, but their website can help you with your nearby. While I was there, I looked around at the restore and found towel hooks that were heavy duty. I purchased 3 for $5. They were like brand new. In addition, the lights over sink are pendent lights that were brand new in the box they were selling for $1. Yep, $1! I bought 3 for the bathroom, and 3 for our someday kitchen. We just had to get the track lighting bar for the ceiling that was $14 and done!
The mirror is a set with the shelf above it, that is to match the sink so it's from Cabinets to go too. I put the shelf above the mirror because there wasn't enough space between where the shelf would go, and the facet. The facet actually flows like a waterfall, it's very cool. The vases are from a friends wedding several years back and they were the center piece. I've held onto them in hopes of someday having the right place for them. Initially I had them on the ledge outside the shower, but one fell and shattered, so I'm down to six. I had seven for those of you who know me.. so I'm searching the house for a spare to get 7 back up there :)
And I managed to avoid most in the photos, but we still have the trim on the windows to do. The baseboards and crown to install and some grout work to fix up. And the shotty tape job has some fixing in the ceiling. The projects just never end! BUT I love it!
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Impressive Brandi!
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