Our New Bathroom

I have been meaning to post pictures of our new "master" bathroom for a while. (Those of you who've been to our house and have seen this bathroom know why master is in quotes. Small is an understatement.) First, a picture of the old bathroom:

I wasn't able to scan it the right way, so you'll have to turn your head. Now, it probably doesn't look all that bad, and it really wasn't. In fact, that marble floor cost us an extra couple thousand dollars when we bought the house because the bozo who refurbished it decided those 9 tiles of marble made the house all the more valuable! What an idiot. Other than the floor, though, the vanity was pretty cheap, and the recessed soap holders were definitely outdated. The main problem we had with the bathroom, though, was the shower. It was one of those plastic deals and very poorly done. (I don't have any pictures of it.) But even so, we didn't plan to redo the bathroom until at least this summer. Then the shower started leaking into the basement, and we knew we had issues. Since we needed a new shower, it was time to update the whole thing. My Uncle Johnny, who also redid our guest bath two summers ago, did this bathroom for us, too. He is a crazy workaholic who does amazing work. He's a total perfectionist and even insisted he re-stain the wood around the window so it matched everything else. And...he's fast! He did the demo the weekend after Thanksgiving and was done right after Christmas. And that's working on weeknights and weekends since rehab is not his day job (though it should be). Without further ado...here is the new bathroom.

The vanity looks similar because it's white again, but it is nicer and is a cottage style. And the top is soapstone, which is a better surface than what we had. It is also no longer plain white. The mirror is simply a smaller version of what we had. I would have preferred one big mirror/medicine cabinet, but Will likes having this kind because he cuts his own hair. Since I got to pick everything else out, I gave him this one. :)

Now, here's the real beautiful part of the bathroom: the new shower! In order to make the room look a little bigger (a little...) and simply because it looks very nice, we went with clear shower doors. I love it! I especially wanted them because the tile work is so beautiful, I didn't want frosted doors to cover it up. Here's a close up of the accent piece I chose:

Not bad, huh? The shower is still small, but at least now it's beautiful!