Home updates - Master bath

We tackled yet another large reno project recently. Namely we finished off updating our master bathroom. When I say WE I mean the contractor whom we hired... haha... In 2010 when we bought the house, we put in a new kitchen height vanity in our bathroom and added a nice granite countertop, new framed mirror and new light fixtures, faucets and towel bars. Here is the before (as we bought it) and after.

Don't be mislead by how nice the photo is. The sellers had a really good photographer do it. It as a pretty boring and plain, builder grade bathroom.
Here are pictures of the vanity as it was going in back in 2011...

 

 

And the finished product!

The only thing that was left over was updating the shower and bathtub. We had plenty of time in Switzerland to think about what we wanted to do in there. In the end we decided to (1) hired pros to do this and (2) not change the layout too much. Originally we were thinking a freestanding tub and a massive fancy shower. But it would have cost sooo much and we probably wouldn't see much return on investment. So we did the best we could with the existing space and this is how it turned out! We love it!

We took down the shower wall, tiled the shower, added some nice accents and a shampoo niche... And the shower is now all glass. I think it all turned out so cool. I love the granite cap on the shower wall! It ties the vanity area so nice. And the floating corner seat is great for propping your foot when shaving legs haha...
One more last look at the before...

And demo begins...

 

 And it's done!

We only hit one snag in the project. One day water started dripping from the ceiling on the 1st floor right below where the new shower is. Turns out that in the process some pipes came loose and water started getting out of the system. Our contractor had to open the ceiling, fix the leak, and then once everything was aired and dry he closed it all up and it's all good again. Whew!

 

 

We are LOVING our new bathroom! It is so comfortable and luxurious! It's fun using it!