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Guest Bathroom Reveal

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It’s time to reveal the super big secret project that I talked about for the last six months and I can’t believe it’s finally here!

As you know, I partnered with The Home Depot and The Home Decorators Collection to overhaul our guest bathroom.  I shared with you the before photos and the plan but now you get to see the gorgeous after pictures and I am BURSTING with excitement.  First of all…this was a huge undertaking.  We had at times 20+ people in our house with cameras, microphones, bull horns (just kidding but that would have been effective), lights and the whole shebang.  They didn’t want to just get a stunning before & after….they were there to document the entire process….from start to finish.  They created several short videos for you to see!  And you get to see those today too!  AHHH!  (By the way….disclaimer….don’t judge me for the crazy faces I make on video.  It gets all sorts of awkward up in here when you have a camera guy all up in your face)

As a recap, our plan to makeover the bathroom was fairly simple….take out tub, tile entire space, install amazing finishes, call it a day.

We wanted to make it clean, bright and a space to pamper guests.  That was a tall order considering it started as a boring box of blah.  It had cream pedestal sink, cream toilet, cream tub, dirty & hole-y walls and no storage.

And now….(are you holding your breath?  because I am!)

And now….it looks AMAZING.  Everything is fresh and clean and new and beautiful.  There is so much I could say about the space.  We picked out a new vanity – one that is exactly the right size to maximize the storage.   Since the vanity had an option to get a carrera marble looking top, we carried that throughout by picking a marble tile for the floor and another honed marble for the shower.

Speaking of shower….we ripped out the old tub and the old tile that was in there.  We kept the gold fixtures.  Just kidding 🙂

The new subway tile goes all the way to the ceiling and we made the entire thing a walk-in shower.  We don’t know any guests that would use this bathroom when it had a tub and we opted for the walk-in shower because our older guests would have trouble with such a high wall to step over.  It was completely a preference thing that I am SO glad we went for because now it makes the entire space look bigger and much more open.  Of course, the frameless glass shower door helps.  A lot.  It doesn’t block any light and it is so thick feeling that everyone that comes over is in awe that it came right off the shelf!  Yup!  No custom door here!  It was so affordable.  Seriously…I could talk about that door all day.

Before the details of the room were lacking.  We brought in a little cabinet for towels but it usually just got in the way.

The lighting in here was poor and the space, although completely functional, was not updated or pretty.  I am sure that we could have lived with it for many more years but seeing it now, I am really very thankful to The Home Depot because I love it so much.

The thing that I am probably most proud of is the tile.  It came out really really well.  I went with a herringbone pattern on the floor and on the shower base and in the shower nook.  The tile is a honed marble that had so much variation that it doesn’t look boring but it fades away nicely to allow the space to breath.  When you pick tile for a bathroom – it’s a great plan to carry out the same kind of finish (even if it’s different sizes) throughout because it makes it look cohesive and more spacious.  The subway is a really thick marble….and the first time I ever worked with a blunt cut subway tile.  It was a huge undertaking but I am so proud that I laid every.single.tile.

One of the goals in the bathroom was to make storage space.   We added the vanity and the shelf and they both helped a bunch but one other way was to carve out this little niche in the wall.  It’s between studs and we had to do some extra steps to make sure it was waterproof but in the end, we have added storage space inside the shower that ties in our accent tile and provides a spot for soaps and sponges.

Speaking of shelf….I DIYed this pipe shelf for over the toilet and it has to be one of my easiest and fastest projects to date.  It was done in less than an hour!  I love that I got to customize the size and now it is the perfect spot for those bathroom ‘extras’ and that darling glass jars collection.  I think it really anchors the artwork too!

Our original plan was to install this light fixture pointing downward but we opted to point it up for now because it actually adds more light to the room this way (it bounces off the white ceiling and washes the entire space!).  One day we may add some overhead lighting and that will help the overall brightness situation but for now, we like the versatility in this light fixture and the fact that it looks great hung either way.

One of the rookie mistakes I made during this whole thing was that I failed to note the spread on the vanity for the faucet!  Oops!  I actually picked out a different faucet in the beginning and when I double checked our order, I had to make an emergency call to change it in a hurry.  Thankfully, nothing had been shipped and it was just a quick switch but next time I plan an entire bathroom, I’ll know….check that spread!  (here’s the link to our current faucet)

You may be wondering….why did I go with the bronze?  Well….first of all, because I knew that I could spray those shelf pipes to match.  And secondly….because I fell in love with this shower head.  I have to admit…it’s a looker and I am crushing on it like I did in fifth grade over Devon Sawa.

So there you have it folks….a little run down of our newly finished bathroom.  I still have to crunch the numbers but our budget of supplies was right around $5000…which isn’t bad considering we used really high end items like marble and replaced EVERYTHING in here.  A portion of the materials were provided by the Home Depot and we chipped in so that the finished space could be exactly what we wanted.  Overall, it was an amazing experience.  It took tons of hard work and long hours and I think I called the room “my marble coffin” when I was in the throws of tiling….but so SO worth it.

And of course….I can’t tell you about how awesome it was to work with the amazing photographer Sarah Dorio (she gets all the credit for those amazing after shots!), Brian Patrick Flynn and the production crew at Flynnside Out Productions,  the folks at 22Squared and everyone at Home Depot and The Home Decorators Collection.  It was truly a wonderful experience and we can’t say thank you enough.

Now that the big fat kisses are over, let’s get to the videos!  Enjoy!

 

For more details on how we did this makeover – click the following links!

Demo & Rough In

Board & Floor Prep

Niche & Waterproofing

Tiling

Painting, Shower Door & a number craft

 

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  2. I just saw your commercial for the first time! Definitely had an “I know her!” moment even though we have never met. My husband was shocked to see you on tv after I had talked about your blog all the time. I’m trying to convince him that we should get a fixer upper and reno it ourselves ;). Your bathroom looks awesome by the way!

  5. Way to go Katie! You two did an awesome job! I’m in love with your shower! You an I must be the same age because I totally loved Devon Sawa too. I watched that scene in Casper where he becomes human again over and over and over again….

  6. We just finished our master bathroom remodel and used the same shower door from Home Depot, but in chrome 🙂 I wish I could show you a picture because it’s amazing! I love the floor tile you chose too 🙂

  7. I love it! Well done with doing all the tiling yourself! I don’t know how you do it all with three little boys! It’s all so beautiful! I have the urge to rip out my tiled floor to ceiling bathroom and replace everything in it now!

  10. I cannot believe you tiled that shower yourself! You ROCK Katie Bower!! The new bath looks amazing! btw, can’t wait to hear how many Christmas cards you received. (mine was included)

  11. I love your floors! We redid our bathroom with small updates. I still have the shower and floor to do. What I had in mind is exactly what you did. Great minds think alike. I think you did great on the videos. I could never add videos to my blog, it gets awkward real quick. I start shouting out to my homies and making silly faces. You guys did a great job!

  12. Wow. Wow. Wow. You are a rock star, girl! I LOVE that shelf..my hubs and I made some for our front room too..love how quick and easy they are. This bathroom is amazing…gets me excited to look at our bathroom in a new way too!

  15. Katie. Bower. This is 958421098342305820394324% even better than I expected. I thought that in the mood board where you put the glass shower enclosure, I almost thought that you were going to use that dark orange brown tile. I was questioning your tastes a little bit. 🙂

    Great job tiling, it looks like a professional did it!

    Sarah

  18. This looks beautiful. You did an amazing job on all of that tile, too! Can’t wait to go home and view the videos as I’m not able to at work. I have plans to re-do our master and have also checked out this door. We have a separate small shower and very big jacuzzi tub that we never use. I’ve thought of doing just a shower, but I absolutely hate cleaning showers, with all of the corners, especially with our crappy water, so I’m still going back and forth. Again, beautiful job!

  20. WOW! I’ve been waiting patiently for the reveal and I just LOVE it! Great job y’all! We’re about to tackle our master bathroom which is smaller than your guest bathroom so it’s great to see a small space turn out so luxurious. 🙂

  21. I think I can show my husband the tiling video so that he will let me retile our ugly brown tile bathroom! We have never DIYed so he doesn’t trust me. How did determine how much tile you needed?

  22. Fun Fun Fun! It looks great Katie. Love everything about it. And really enjoyed all the videos too. What a fun project for you guys! 🙂

  24. That looks simply amazing – love it!
    If you get a chance could you please elaborate a bit on building and waterproofing that niche in the shower – I want to add one to mine and could definitely use any advice you have!
    Greetings from Germany
    Jenn(ifer)

  27. Your bathroom is AMAZING!!! I am new to your blog and I am LOVING it!!! I have just revamped my blog and am hoping to use people like you as a continued inspiration to stick with it! We too are in the process of a total home remodel and I can’t wait to be posting pictures on my blog!

  28. It looks so beautiful!! You did such a great job and all of the pieces work together seamlessly. I think the thing that freaks me out the most with the DIY (even the tiny bathroom), is what goes underneath the wall tile… my bathroom has no ventilation and I’m pretty sure I’ll have to replace the drywall. And where to start with the drain pan. Are there any resources you could share for direction with the ‘undergarments’ of the shower?

  29. 1. I love love love this room. Well done!
    2. I love the confession of your Devon Sawa crush and am SO GLAD I was not the only one. Best part of Casper the movie was his scenes near the end 🙂

  31. WOW!! This looks great! I love everything about it. But the thing I love the most is that you laid the tile yourself and you laid it just the way tile is supposed to be laid–centered on the wall with mirrored corners!! EXCELLENT work! Nothing ruins beautiful tile like a hack tile job but yours is spot on. 🙂 You rock, girl and so does your blog.

  32. I freaking love it!! It’s just beautiful 🙂 I especially love the vanity, and the marble finishes.

  34. It looks great! Can’t wait to try making the shelf!!

    I’d love for y’all to have your own TV show

    Thanks for sharing,
    Laura in Tx

  36. It’s been a hit, but our the whole package is really the star. It was a 1964 original, closed in, yucky bathroom. That shower door makes it seem sooooo much bigger.

  40. Wow, the bathroom looks great! And I totally enjoyed the videos too. I love the scene at 0:50 in the first video. You two are so cute! <3

  41. Your new bathroom looks amazing! I love how bright and airy everything feels. And that glass door. <3

  43. Oh my goodness, I LOL’d at the Devon Sawa comment! I was the same way, though I thought I was the only one at the time. 🙂

  45. Looks AMAZING! On your design board, where’s the inspiration mirror from and what’s the name of the paint? Lovely, lovely… very spa-like!

  48. The bathroom turned out beautiful! We are just about to redo one of our bathrooms, and this is such an inspiration!

  49. Wow Katie!! I absolutely love The bathroom and the little videos!! You are SO talented!! Great job;)

  50. Great job! The bathroom looks amazing!!!

    I’m inspired on re-doing my boy’s bathroom now! Thanks for the shelving idea!

  51. So, I have one huge awkwardly shape bathroom in our upstairs, and I would love to make it into two. I think that the size is there, can you tell me the dimensions of your bathroom?

  54. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

    This is gorgeous. I’m obsessed with that shower head. And well, everything! This is a brilliant job!

  55. The bathroom is sooooo beautiful! You were great in the videos. Love the southern accent. You must be so proud and so relieved to have a big project complete 🙂

  56. AAAAHHHH!!! I’m watching hulu (at work, don’t tell) and low and behold, a commercial came on and IT WAS YOU!!!! I thought to myself “It’s Katie! I read her blog every day!!!”. That being said, Congratulations on the commercial! It looked awesome.

  57. I love it! I especially love the picture – it’s like it transports you to some beautiful vacation destination every time you go in the bathroom. We remodeled one bathroom and started on a second during the past year and MAN is it a lot of work! Kudos to you guys on such a lovely finished product!

  58. Did I miss the paint color in the post? If not, please share! GORGEOUS! This is my all-in-one inspiration board for our bathroom reno!

  59. Omg! Katie, it looks amazing and you look so awesome in the videos!!! I’m so happy that your blog is growing even more and can’t wait to see what you do next!

  60. Great style, Katie!! It looks really great! I especially love that “you are so proud that you laid all that tile yourself.” It’s got to make it that much more special!!! You go, girl!!!!

  62. I LOVE it!! I actually made the same shelves for my half bath, but I haven’t hung them up yet because I’m not sure what to use to hang the pipes. Obviously I want to make sure they are secure, but I don’t want to ruin the drywall if I decide to take them down one day. What did you guys use?

  63. Wow, it looks amazing, congrats on a job well done! We want to pull out the tub in our master bath and do exactly what you did, so this is an especially good post for me. Nice work!

  64. Katie your bathroom looks AMAZING!!! I love the vanity, and the tiles, and the paint color, and the shelves…. basically there’s not a square inch that I would change. And the commercials! You rock, girl!

  65. It looks fantastic! I can’t believe how much you get done with three little ‘helpers’ in the house:) x

  66. LOVE it!! We were just looking at frameless shower glass doors the other day. We desperately need to renovate our small bathroom that sits between two bedrooms. Imagine beige, maroon and green matching wallpaper and floor (don’t forget the matching maroon trim!) and a 70s style laminate cabinet. It’s a looker. I really want to do floor to ceiling tile for the bath, but we have vaulted ceilings and the bath is on the side of the vault so it has the highest ceiling. Do you have any suggestions as to how high would you go with the tile? There’s a window that sits about a foot above the current tube- I was thinking maybe just past or just below the window?

  68. Eeee totally amazing job!!! Saw it on Home Depot’s Instagram a few days ago and have been so excited for your post on it!!!!

    Can you share where the print/canvas picture is from? I know it says everything is Home Depot, but I’ve never seen artwork there and can’t seem to find it online. Hoping it is HD so I can go get the exact print! 🙂

  69. Her project was definitely inspiring and I did link to her post in the moodboard pos for providing some inspiration.
    Xo kb

  71. It’s beautiful, impeccable, gorgeous, perfect etc. Honestly LOVE everything you picked out!! I might have missed it, but did you say which color paint you went with? I LOVE it!! Great job!! And your tiling skills are super impressive!!

  72. Love how this turned out!!! You are so amazing to tackle these projects with three little ones running around. I dont know how you do it, but keep it up girl!

  73. I am in LOVE! Great job! From here on out, I will make it my mission to become your best friend so you will invite me over JUST so I can shower in your bathroom. That’s not weird, is it? 😉 Can’t wait to get home and watch the videos.

  75. OH…. mahgoodness. It looks amazing! For. Serious. I just all looks so …. flowy! (is that a thing?) I’m in awe. You made that bathroom your B-…….athroom! As in… YOUR bathroom. Love love love it.

  76. Tricks on you! I subscribe to home depot on YouTube and saw these a bit early! Last week I think! Gorgeous look! I am also impressed with the tile job! Way to go Bowers!

  78. I don’t have a blog to link to, but I am a serious lurker and have been reading your blog since before Will was born. I love your bathroom. And you did an amazing job on the videos. Congrats on the success of your partnership with Home Depot and Home Decorators Collection.

  81. I ADORE what you’ve done to that space! My husband and I built our own home less than 2 years ago but I am seriously contemplating re-doing our guest bathroom now! Love the tile, love the finishes and LOVE the DIY shelf! GREAT JOB!!!!!

  82. OMG – I loveeeee how it turned out. This may be the push I needed to get started on our master bath. I mean…the carpet on the floor (yes, I said carpet, as in carpet in the BATHROOM – so gross) is just not working for me anymore. We’ve only been in our house 6 months, but this is exactly what I envision our master bath reno looking like. 🙂

  83. Wow! Katie, this is definitely out of a magazine. I love how fresh and modern it is, yet it is cozy and inviting. You rock, girl, doing that amazing tile job. It’s all sheer perfection. I love the simplicity of the room, because it’s not over-styled or cluttered. I think the soft mint green is gorgeous. It’s crazy how the original color of much of your home is mint toothpaste green, yet this hue is so right on. Excellent job, Bowers. The shelf could have been on the ” Bower Build -off. ” It is a winner!!….. Happy New Year! Enjoyed all the family Christmas pictures. Those boys of yours couldn’t be any more adorable. What good parents you are!

  84. Beautiful! That’s the style I want! It’s timeless and elegant.

    Can I really do this? I gotta think this through.

  87. Haha! I have a friend who says that she is coming over just so that she can rub her butt on that door 🙂
    xo – kb

  91. Just measure your walls and floor that you will tile and then calculate your total square footage. Then add roughly 5-10% extra for cuts. I typically do 5% but in this case I did 10% because marble has so much variation and every bit is shown (that subway tile is not hidden at all!) so it’s always better to order more and then return the extra.
    xo – kb

  94. Well…every bathroom should have a vent or fan…just because that’s what Mike Holmes says 🙂 But as far as waterproofing, I will post about it…but we did a traditional pan with the concrete curb and then added RedGuard to the walls so that it would be extra waterproof.
    xo – kb

  97. Well, according to my research, you should definitely tile high enough that any shower splash wouldn’t damage walls. Usually that means about 5-6 feet. If it’s not a shower but just a tub, then I would probably not tile up the wall unless I take it around the room. The sight line is really important and you don’t want breaks in the wall when you have a different sight lines on the ceiling. Does that make sense?
    xo – kb

  98. You guys just popped up on an ad while I was watching Hulu with this guest bathroom!! Blew my mind! Congrats!!!

  99. Ummm that intro you did in the first video….adorable! You’re so happy and enthusiastic! Love it! The space looks incredible!

  100. Wow, it looks so great! I love the tiles you chose.

    And I was watching something on hulu this evening and your commercial came on! So I had to go back and look at this post again 😉

  101. It looks gorgeous! Great job. I gotta know – where do you keep the toilet paper? (the in-use roll, I mean)

  102. Ya know…that is an excellent question. I don’t really want to attach a roll holder to the side of the vanity and I don’t want a freestanding one (there isn’t room for it) so right now it is in the top drawer of the vanity. You can open the vanity drawer easily from a seated position and grab the roll…but I don’t think this is the right long term solution.
    xo – kb

  103. Cracking up that in all of the videos, the only line Jeremy gets is, “I can’t fit through the door. [giggle]”

    Lovely bathroom. I bet you’re jealous of your guests now! 😀

  104. WOW! This is completely gorgeous! We have a very small guest bath and I haven’t been able to find any real small bathroom inspiration that I LOVE, until now!

  107. I LOVE this makeover! These are beautiful choices and I’m going to be pinning them for my future makeover ideas! Great job on the videos too – you look and sound great! I love the art choice as well – very lovely. The light fixture I love, since I used it in my own bathroom mini-makeover a few years ago! We still love it and even when we redo the space in the future I can’t see us getting rid of it. It has great style whether you mount it upright as you did, or down facing, as I did. Great job, Katie!

  109. Woe…I just saw your ad on Hulu and was not expecting that! Gorgeous job on the bathroom. 🙂

  110. I love what you did with this bathroom, but I love even more that you dropped a Devon Sawa reference! Takes me back to a hilariously pre-teen poster I had of him in my 6th grade bedroom.

  111. The tile in that bathroom is making me drool on my keyboard! LOL! You guys did an awesome job! We need to redo our one and only bathroom (except the tub) this year for putting our house up for sale and I would love to recreate this look. Do you remember what stains you combined to make that shelf?

  113. Hi Katie, Looks beautiful. What do you use to clean the marble tile and all the grout lines in between?

    Thanks, Vivian

  114. Oh my goodness! I love it!!! The tile you chose is awesome! I actually love everything about it, not just the tile 🙂

  115. Seriously jealous! And about the Jeremy thing…he was SUPER nervous about the whole video thing but sucked it up and did it and then when we saw the final results, he was like “they made me all crazy for one line! what?!”
    xo – kb

  118. I’m painting while watching Hulu and your voice came on and I had to look up to figure out what was going on. So cool! The bathroom looks awesome!

  119. Looks AWESOME!! we are just finishing up our bathroom remodel too, but still need to order the frameless shower doors. I thought we would have to get this professionally installed, but looks like you did it yourselves (duh!). do you have any tips/tricks for the frameless shower door installation or is it pretty straightforward? THANKS!

  120. You are a rock star Katie! You seriously belong in Hollywood! Your bathroom is gorgeous but I am also really impressed with your video and how at ease you are on camera!! Keep up all your good work….I really love seeing all of your great work and ideas!

  122. isn;t it a guest bathroom? awkward for guest to do their business and then realize “where is the tp?!”

  124. OMG! LOOOOOOVE this bathroom….but love you more! You are so so precious and have such a sweet personality! So excited and proud of you guys – it’s an amazing transformation!

    Sam 🙂

  125. We show everyone that is staying here where the stuff is at…don’t you? Like towels and extra toiletries? I don’t specifically point out the toilet paper…and it’s only guests that are staying with us…not everyday visitors or anything.
    xo – kb

  126. It’s super straightforward. I would say that I was CRAZY paranoid about the tiling because I was afraid that the framework wouldn’t be straight/plumb for the doors but the instructions show how to adjust for that.
    xo – kb

  128. This looks really pretty! I’m confused about which guest bathroom this is though..is this the one in the basement? That’s super bright, if it is! I remember you saying at one point you guys purchased the house with the mindset that you would host missionaries eventually in the basement- have you guys been able to do that at all? If so, I think it would be interesting to hear how it’s gone 🙂

  129. Beautiful! Nice work! I loved the videos. These are just the kick in the rear I need to get started on our guest bathroom. Thanks!

  130. This bathroom is on the top floor. The basement bathroom we did fix up a while ago. Here is the post about it. And not yet. We are on the list at our church but our church is really small so we haven’t been told anyone is coming home on furlough yet. And we have offered it to other friends in the ministry but no one has moved in yet.
    xo – kb

  131. I believe they were both Rustoleum…one was definitely Weathered Gray and the other I think was Early American…but I would have to double check that.
    xo – kb

  133. Love the new bath, so pretty and bright…I’m pretty upset because I just bought a house that has lots of beige-ish tile… would love to use grays and blues. Guess I’m in for some DIY soon. BUT I wanted to say that toilet paper holder in the first picture looked like a toilet plunger at first glance!

  134. This is beautiful! I love this color scheme with the whites and greys and blues. Is it weird to say that that’s also one of the prettiest toilets I’ve seen? Haha.

  138. Holy crap Katie, I just was watching Parenthood on Hulu and YOU were the commercial!! A little surreal, since I’ve been reading you for years, but awesome. Congrats!! (also, the bathroom is beautiful!)

  140. The bathroom looks great!! I love the tile and the bronze fixtures. How much would you estimate it cost to make that shelf? I’ve LOVED the look of that shelf for a while and I keep thinking that I need to do this somewhere in my house. You guys did a great job.

  141. katie!! it looks great! and i actually saw your video out “in the wild” before seeing it here! so proud of/happy for you!!

    i want to do the same thing in our new (old) master bath—take out the tub and turn it into just a shower. i will watch these videos over and over. one snag for me that makes my project a bit different—i need to pull up carpet in the vanity area. any extra steps i should know of in prepping the floor for tile??

    thanks! and congratulations!!

  142. No toilet paper?? LOLOLOL. I don’t know why I find that so funny, but I do. Did Home Depot not want us to think about what your guests would use the bathroom for? 🙂

  143. Katie, love everything you did. Especially impresses that you did the tile all by yourself.

    I went to the Behr website to look at the paint color (limelight) to see how it fit into the color palette. The search came back as “0” results. Any idea what happened?

  144. Too funny … we finished our bathroom project in March before our baby was born and used the exact same shower doors (which we LOVE) and same light. (but went with nickel finish on everything)

    Yours looks great! I agree with how nice and thick the glass door is. I didn’t even price out custom doors; we knew we could install these ourselves and that it would be cheaper than custom

  145. We are in the middle of a kids/guest bathroom. We ordered everything from Home Depot except the tile because they don’t carry the bullnose tile (hint hint Home Depot!!!) I hope it turns out as good as yours.

  147. Sure Holly! You just need to remove all the carpet and tack strips and then attach cement board if it’s plywood. You just screw it in place! Here is a link to how we did it in our laundry room. If it’s cement, you can clean it up and attach directly to the concrete floor.
    xo – kb

  149. They don’t! But we did find a way to hone some polished marble (we did it on the shower shelf) and it worked GREAT. I plan to post about it one of these days!
    xo – kb

  152. I love the bathroom….of course.
    BUT – I just shrieked out loud because I saw your ad on Hulu! I was doing other things and heard your voice…and was like WHA???

    Too cool! Congrats!!

  154. 99% Beautiful! I hope it’s just the picture but my eye is drawn to the lamp fixture which is not level on my screen. (Which is the missing 1%!) I have always have a eye for level decor and my friends accept me despite the fact that i adjust their artwork haha! Really beautiful Katie. I can’t wait to watch the videos.

  155. What a beautiful bathroom remodel! It looks so GREAT! The marble is just so pretty and timeless. I bet the space feels more open now that it’s just a full walk in shower vs. tub shower. Taking the tile up to the ceiling makes all the difference too. xo

  156. LOVE IT, LOVE IT, LOVE IT, Katie!! It’s beautiful! I’d love to remodel our 1980’s bathrooms sometime in the near future. I also love the pop of color plant on your toilet tank. Is it real? What kind of flower is it? Where did you find it?

    Thanks!

  157. Hi Katie , love your new bathroom . We are in the middle of a bath reno and I’m really interested in making a niche in the shower. Can you tell me what you encountered when you did yours? Any tips sure would help. Thanks so much.

  159. The light fixture is level in real life…but the shelf? Aww man, it is slightly warped and the wood is either perfectly level on the pipes or will rest the other way and be wonky. I’m thinking of glueing it in place! Ha!
    xo kb

  161. Love everything!!! You and your boyfriend did an awesome job!!! I want to make the shelf …. you make it look so easy that I am willing to give it a try!

  162. So, I’m reading this while watching hulu, and all of a sudden there’s your face! On a commercial! So funny, and congrats!!

  165. This blog is very helpful to make shining bathrooms in our houses. Before going through this article I was having the thoughts like whether I can make my bathroom look good or not after going through this wonderful blog my problem is solved.

  169. Well when we ripped out all the existing tile, we removed the drywall and any backer board. Behind that is studs and electrical and plumbing and all that. We marked where we wanted the niche (it was going to be centered on the wall) and added a new stud, framed out the top and bottom of the niche with new 2×4’s and then added the new cement board. It was maybe the easiest part of this project!
    xo – kb

  171. Love the bathroom! It’s absolutely gorgeous. I was watching Hulu and during one of the commercial breaks your Home Depot video/commercial popped up. You’re famous!

  172. Devon Sawa hahahah… Thank you for that throwback. I distinctly remember watching that one scene in Casper over and over and over with my BFF.

  174. Katie this is amazing! I especially love the floor tile. We’ve been in our first home around 3 months now and starting to get the hang of some DIY basics. Definitely going to work towards being able to tile and install units myself, so inspiring! x

  175. The bathroom is beautiful. We are getting ready to renovate our master bathroom and you have given me some great ideas. I was wondering if you could tell me what you used for the top and bottom of the little niche area in the shower? Thanks

  176. They are actually door thresholds. They are thick marble and matched our subway tile and we did have to tweak them to make them honed granite vs. polished, but in the end, they are perfect. And super inexpensive.
    xo – kb

  177. LOVE this new bathroom! Good on you for doing all that work around kiddies!

    We are building a house and i forgot to ask for the niches in the bathrooms so we will have to do it ourselves once handover happens 🙁 doh!
    did you have to have the waterproofing done? or can it be done yourselves? was the niche hard? id like to rip out the least amount of tiles as possible to do it lol and we have 2 bathrooms to do it in

  179. I love the finish of the wood in the bathroom. What stains did you combine to mimic the finish on the wood shelf?

  181. Love it all! But am I the only one who notices the toilet paper and toilet paper holder missing in the pics…where is it?

  182. It’s in the drawer. I saw a diagram where it said that the toilet paper needs to be 8-12 inches from the toilet…which just wasn’t possible so we put it in the drawer and now it works great. I didn’t want a standing holder because there just wasn’t room and the hidden factor kinda helps me because now it is out of the “splatter” zone 🙂
    xo – kb

  183. Looks amazing! I’m curious, what are the dimensions of this bathroom? I have a bathroom I would love to put a shower in and this bathroom “appears” to be the same size. Thanks!

  185. Your bathroom turned out beautiful!! I was wondering if you could tell me what tile saw you use? And if you like it? I’m getting ready to do our bathroom and would love a recommendation!

  188. Hi Katie,

    Your bathroom looks awesome, I’m thinking of using the same tiles for the shower and floors. Are you worried that the floor will be hard to keep clean? How is it so far?

    Thanks!
    Julia

  189. Since this bathroom is for guests, it has had really very low traffic and so far it is super easy to keep clean. I do recommend sealing with a marble sealer!
    xo – kb

  190. I may have missed this in your comments but what color are the walls of your bathroom? It looks beautiful!

  192. How did you do your crown molding in the shower? And how did you transition from the tile to the molding? I’ve been dreaming about redoing my shower and that molding just became a must have! 🙂

  194. I would also be interested in knowing how you came up with that finish on the wood shelf. It looks divine!

  197. As i’ve said before your bathroom was the inspiration for mine that we finally just finished!! I have the same floor tiles and grout. Thank you so much for the inspiration and help. How is it keeping the tile clean? What do you use to wash? I usually use Swiffer wets but I’m worried about the marble.

    I see you mentioned sealing – Can you tell me when/how/what you used to do that on the marble/grout floor?

  198. Most local home improvement stores carry a marble or natural stone sealer! You can sometimes even get it in a spray bottle (which makes it super easy!). I do that probably once a year on my marble after a solid cleaning. I use regular ole clorox wipes to get it clean and if there is a tough spot, I also use a marble cleaner that I got at the store where I bought the tile. I think Swiffer wets are fine but do a test area just to be sure!
    xo – kb

  199. Thanks! I would have thought the clorox wipes would be too harsh – good to know! One more silly question – did you seal immediately or wait a year?

  201. Love the bathroom. What tile did you use at Home Depot for the shower wall? We are in the midst of a bathroom redo. You are right, it’s a lot of time and research. We are DIYers.

  204. Hi Katie! Looove this bathroom! We are currently having our bathroom redone and copying much of your guest bath 🙂 Question, do you have a link to the edge tiles you used? There are too many to choose from and I’m overwhelmed! Thanks!

  209. I can’t believe what you have done here.
    The change is quite dramatic, but definitely, it’s for the BETTER!
    You have raised your home to a whole new level.

  210. Hi! I absolutely LOVE the work you did and am thinking about getting the same vanity. I do have a question: a few of the reviews of the vanity online say that the countertop in Carrera has a very purple tint to it. Did you notice this in your purchase? Thank you so much for your feedback!

  211. Let me go look…..I think I see what they mean…it’s a gray veining…and the gray has a blue undertone so I imagine in certain lighting it could look more purple. I don’t think it looks purple in my bathroom.
    xo – kb

  213. Hi. I love the bathroom shower tile. Can you tell me what color that is and where you got it from?

  214. I like the look of variation on the wall. In the world of Marble you pay more for a consistent base. You pay more for less variation.

    A more expensive marble has very little color variation from tile to tile, but veining can still be seen. Having said all that this bathroom wall has become a popular look. As people love the variation. So much so that we have actually requested the variation. But have ruled out the yellow tints in our Pietra collection. The only collection we have that looks like this – but without the yellow.

    The relationship with the quarry and the big box starts of as reasonable. But unfortunately as big boxes swap out buyers every 6-12 months and then the “new guy” pushes quarries for terms that are “challenging” to meet (as skippy the new hire wants to be a hero). Unfortunately now new employees jobs at the quarry depend on the big box. But there has to be a compromise and it is the quality that gets compromised or the quarry would go out of business as he has grown his fixed costs to support this new business.

    Fortunately very few people know the difference in the USA of marble qualities. The traces of yellow tile on the Herringbone (for example) this is one of the least desired characteristics in marble sales. Making it one of the least expensive. Most likely a result of the lower price demanded by big boxes to keep up the profitability for shareholders. It is an unfortunate look as it almost has a urine like stain to it, which if you have kids actually works out fine 🙂

    Personally I think it has come out well, assuming you are happy with the color variation and the yellow hint on the Herringbone. I like the wall tile, but I would have requested a different lot on the flooring. There are other lots, lots without the yellow, you just need to push the big box a bit harder to look a bit harder. Or try elsewhere on the mosaic. Tiles less of an issue.

    Just a tip to the readers trying to copy the look. Check for the yellow if it is something you are trying to avoid.

  215. That is a really good tip! As for the yellowing though…it’s a lighting thing…not a tile thing. We get no natural light in that space so they brought in a bunch of artificial lights to get it bright enough and that is why it looks warm…but the wall color is also not yellow AT ALL. But it doesn’t take anything away from your tip…just wanted to clarify because I totally see what you are saying but in real life, it doesn’t look yellow 🙂
    xo – kb

  216. Hello,

    This is absolutely gorgeous! What pink plant is that? And did you buy it that way? I would love to have that in my bathroom as well! 🙂

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