this is the area for the closet and dressing area still to be built.

Here is a link that might be useful: Treetop master bath

1. We're looking at porcelain tiles. Are there any major differences in those you get from a specialty tile place (looked at some AO tiles) and those from a big box floor and tile place, aside from price of course?

2. It's looking like I have the option of 2x2 or 3x3 tiles for the shower floor. Either one better than the other?

3. We were thinking of not tiling the non-shower portion of the bathroom, but then I was thinking about the sink backsplash area. Someone suggested that we could just do tile wainscoting (if that's the right word) just on the wall that has the sink and toilet. Is that a reasonable suggestion or are we better off just doing the shower and figuring something else with the sink area? At the moment I'm not looking at sinks that would have an integrated backsplash. If it makes any difference, I'm looking at 13 x 13 tiles for the shower and bathroom floor.

Thanks!

The hall bath floor plan wasn't great so I stole closets out of the bedrooms on each side. BR#1 had another closet so no big deal. BR#2 is separated from the master BR by the original master bath and master closet so we decided to give the bath and closet to BR#2 and to convert a spare room (sewing/junk room) into a new master bath & closet.

I went to a couple of tile stores and "made up my mind" more than once. One Saturday I was looking at marble and another customer said - have you seen the porcelain that looks like marble? I hadn't. She showed it to me and I was sold. That's what I used in the hall bath.

It was hard to pick out finishes because I like so many different styles. I did buy the master bath vanity from the Restoration Hdwe outlet and I wish I hadn't. I bought it for the hall bath but then changed the whole floor plan. That meant I had to use it in the master and it was so long that I didn't have many floor plan options because of 6' vanity, windows etc.

I don't know if anyone read my original thread about the bathroom where I asked about a chandelier http://www.thathomesite.com/forums/load/bath/msg1100582713301.html?6 but I ended up picking the "bubble" tile as an accent and decided on this chandelier with the round glass balls. I'm not sure if it "goes" but I don't care. I like it.

What's done is done and I do like love both of them. We had a "bathrooms are finished"/birthday party Saturday and of the 40 people here most of them preferred the hall bath.

Original hall bath

Standing by the tub looking towards the door at the hall.

The new master closet and bath will be behind that window (which was originally to a porch that was converted to a room years ago).

New bathroom from hallway

The towel rack is actually a toilet paper holder. The counter is soapstone.

Dual flush toilet from Home Depot, (love the dual flush) Mercer train rack from Pottery Barn

Pedestal tub from Van Dyke's Restoration. It was the cheapest one from a place that I couldn't find bad reviews of. Plus it's owned by Cabela's.

Copycat pottery barn chandelier from overstock. You can barely see the dropped crown molding with the black paint extended down the wall. There is rope lighting behind the crown for a "night light".

The new master bath

I inherited this cabinet and all of the Lladro from my mom. I've had it for years with no place to put it in our tiny house so it's been boxed up in the basement. Someone else picked paint colors for me and this color is so beautiful in real life - SW Rainwashed. It reminded me of the Lladro so I brought some of it up and I think it looks great in this bathroom. The painting is also from my mom and she and my dad bought it in Spain many, many years ago. This room screamed for the painting, too.

Although the back yard hasn't been completely cleaned of all the remodeling mess, I love the view from the bathroom and can't decide what kind of window covering to use and keep the view.

I was still changing floor plans after the bathroom was demo'd. I (obviously) didn't plan it all that well because I had to buy the freestanding towel rack for the master bath and the hall bath doesn't have a place to hang a towel while you are showering but we'll work it out. :) There isn't any storage in the hall bath so I bought three file boxes from the Container Store for "stuff" and I like them. The basket under the vanity is for dirty washcloths/hand towels. My 15 yr old daughter uses this bathroom.

Kids Bath

Guest Bath

Powder Room

Master Bath

This is our master bath, which we added by borrowing space from the large master bedroom and closets. It was previously a 1.5 bath house, now officially a 2.5! Our bedroom is now smaller, but it was completely worth it.

Here are the details:

- floor & shower tile - 12x12" slate (special order from Home Depot), cut down into 3x6" subway tiles for the shower area.
- niche tile - 2" honed carrera hexagons from stonetiledepot.com
- carrera threshold at shower and door
- tile on wall behind vanity & toilet - teeny tiny white glass mosaic tile from okglasstile.com
- toilet - Toto Aquia II with Toto Washlet s300
- vanity, sink faucets, medicine cabinets - Ikea
- shower door - Vigo frameless sliding door bought on Overstock.com
- shower faucets - Hudson & Reed
vanity lights(I don't think you can see these in any of the photos) - Artemide talo mini in white
wall color - silver satin, Benjamin Moore
trim color - Anthem White, Valspar

Anyway, on to the pictures!

view from the bedroom:

vanity & toilet:

standing in the shower looking back towards the door. It is impossible to get a photo of the shower without getting terrible reflections in the glass door! The dark tile also makes it hard to get a good photo of the whole thing. Anyway:

shower detail:

niches & hand shower:

floor detail:

mosaic tile detail:

Yes, the floor is brazilian cherry over hydronic radiant floor heat. No problems with it at all.

I only have a couple of other shots of this room...

Seriously, thanks for all the kind words. You all have impeccable taste!

I will add this regarding toilet pony walls and storage. There was a thread a while ago, I posted a drawing and maybe even photos of a "regular" pony wall that was framed with 2x6's.

The drywall on the toilet side of the pony wall was opened up and framed out for shelved storage. It was deep enough to hold rolls of toilet paper, etc. The doors in a cabinet like that have to be narrow enough so that when they swing open they don't hit the toilet, or a wider "standard" door can be cut vertically, hinged, and turned into a bifold door. Just like bifold closet doors. But smaller. ;^)

The thing is that 5" wide wall is usually all wasted space.

Several times I'll widen the pony wall into a 10-12" wide cabinet for added storage.

No real rule of thumb, but 4' and over things stay dry dry, towards 3' you get some splashing. Less than 3' it gets wet.

At 3-1/2' you can be careful and get no splash, or you can "just shower" and you'll likely get a little random splashing, but no puddling.

If it's not already designed as a wet room, just carry your shower pan waterproofing a couple of feet out of the shower and into the bathroom.

Mongo

Porcelain tiles.

Oversized soap shelves (but they should drain)

Washcloth rack in shower

American Standard Cadet "3" toilet, ADA, soft close seat, elongated. Threw away our plunger for this one.

Full extension drawers!!!

Insulating the bathroom walls

Putting the TP holder out by my knees instead of on the wall behind me next to the toilet tank.

Electrified one drawer for hair dryer

Mix of incandescent and mini fluorescent light fixtures for different purposes (e.g. low wattage fluorescent over shower is also our night light)

Offset sink rather than center it on counter top.

Raised counter top height (but not high enough)

All Moen, all the time.

LEFT ROOM FOR THE WASTE BASKET

Regrets:
Linen closet should have gone to top of wall.

Relatively dark counter top shows water marks (water softener is in our future)

My hair brushes also live in that cabinet.

Here's a pic of the slate that we've had for two years:

We used a grey grout for that bathroom. For the master bath that we just finished, we used black grout.

We also installed the vanity, sinks, and plumbing. We had the basic case built for us, and we made the countertop ourselves. The legs are from Ikea. The sinks are from eBay, knock-offs of expensive Ronbow sinks. The faucets are Kohler Purist. We plumbed all the plumbing (supply and traps) in a 4" space along the wall, so there only needs to be a shallow U-shaped cut-out in the back of the drawer to accomodate the shallow drain pipe.)

The drawer pulls are not installed yet (they'll be George-Nelson-like slim edge pulls on the top edge, about 1.5" wide.) and the mirror is not up yet. DH is making the mahogany frame for that this week. I also need to find a good fabric for the window, and install the door.

Looking from the master bedroom through the hall with the two small walk-in closets on either side:

The tub and niche (faucets areJado IQ) and curious kitten (she loves the heated floor!)

Vanity, shower (minus door) and Toto Aquia toilet

From the shower:

vanity:

The before (only picture I could find!):

The After:

Details:
Tile - Just Level Avorio Ceramic
Toilet - Toto Guinevere
Vanity - Local Shop
Vanity Top - Travertine
Mirror & Glass - Local Shop
Shower Fixtures - Hansgrohe Raindance, ibox valve, thermostatic valve trim
Faucet - Hansgrohe Limbo
Paint - BM Aura Coastal Fog
Towel Bar, etc - Restoration Hardware Kent Collection

Kids/Guest bath: Somehow the pics don't look as good, but the bathroom looks very nice in person. http://s767.photobucket.com/albums/xx311/Newyorking_ny/Kids%20Bath/
Floor tiles - Walker Zanger Groove
Wall tiles - Walker Zanger Xilo white, 6x24
Sink - Lacava
Counter - Marble calacatta
Faucet - Lacava
Toilet - Toto Carlyle with washlet
Vanity - African Mahogany cabinet
Shower - Grohe
Accessories - Smedbo

Powder room: Not as nice as I thought it would turn out, and I had to make many last minute changes. I have to yet add the mirror - hopefully then it will look better.
http://s767.photobucket.com/albums/xx311/Newyorking_ny/Powder%20Room/
Floor & wall tiles - Pietra Bedonia sandstone 12x24
Sink - Lacava
Counter - Marble calacatta
Faucet - Dornbracht
Toilet - Toto Drake
Vanity - African Mahogany cabinet
Shower - Kohler
Accessories - Smedbo

Master bath:
http://s767.photobucket.com/albums/xx311/Newyorking_ny/Master%20Bath/
Floor tiles - Jerusalem Gold 16x16 except in shower
Wall tiles - Walker Zanger Travertine Palatino 16x16
Sink - Duravit Vero
Counter - Travertine
Faucet - Dornbracht
Toilet - Duravit
Vanity - African Mahogany cabinet
Shower - Hansgrohe
Accessories - Smedbo
In the shower, the floor and small wall separating the toilet are of Jerusalem Gold.

Our house was built in 1956 the master bathroom is 5 x 11. We kept the existing footprint so we didn’t have to move any plumbing. It had been remodeled by a previous owner at some point along the way but not to our standards. Having a pedestal sink and no storage and counter space drove me crazy.

I’ve been reading this site for 3 years and have gained so much inspiration and knowledge over the years.

Since the bathroom is so long and narrow, it’s a little challenging to take pictures, but here they are…

Before Pictures:

After Pictures:

The details…

Paint: BM Wedgewood Gray

Vanity Cabinet: Home Depot’s Pegasus Gazette 48"
Vanity top and sink: Carrara Marble from CSN Stores
Faucet: Delta Victorian 3555RB-216RB
Mirror: CSN Stores
Light Fixture: Delta Victorian (Lowe’s) 17063-34
Towel Rings: Delta Victorian 75046RB
Robe Hook: Delta Victorian 75035RB
Baskets: Target—dark global

Toilet: Kohler Cimarron K-11451-0
Toilet lever: Delta Victorian 75060-RB
Toilet paper holder: Delta Victorian 75050-RB
Glass shelf: Delta Providence (Lowe’s)
Towel bar: Delta Victorian 75224RB
Towels: Company Store bamboo/cotton blend

Floor tile: 12 x12 carrara marble
Shower floor tile: 1x1 carrara marble mosaic
Floor grout: laticrete spectralock—silver shadow
Shower wall tile: 3x6 white subway
Shower wall grout: polyblend platinum

Main shower head: Delta Addison RP61265RB
Main shower lever: Delta Victorian T17T055-RB
Hand Shower: Delta Victorian 75520RB
Hand shower lever: Delta Victorian T17255