Primary Bathroom Plans

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Jan 25

Saying goodbye to the old bathroom

And good riddance! We had CARPET in the primary bathroom. A maroon corner tub. Mirrors on almost every surface in the bathroom including the plugs and light switches. I don’t want to make any assumptions… but the first owners must have been really… adventurous. I have other adjectives I can use to describe them, but I shall refrain.

But before I do a deep dive on our design choices let’s take revisit and see what it looks like in its current state.

I mean, I gotta say, it is a comfy tub but I am not about to bathe in it- I don’t even know how to clean the jets of this thing. But the steps up are a hazard and underneath it was the aforementioned carpet.

How they managed to tile OVER carpet? I don’t want to know. But if I had to hazard a guess, they framed the steps without ripping out the old carpet and then tiled over it. Just lovely.

Let’s not forget the tinyyyy dark shower stall they allotted themselves in a very generous size bathroom. Or the one sink vanity that is the perfect height for children but certainly back breaking for anyone over 3 feet tall. By the way, two sinks would have fit quite nicely here.

And of course a shout out for the mirror inception that happens in here every time I walk in. One should never have to see yourself from different profiles when using the toilet is all I’m going to say. I’m a confident woman, but dang if all these angles walking out of the shower trip me out!

So what now?

As I type these very words, my wonderful contractors are demoing this very bathroom. K and I are not handy people. Mostly because I am very bad at math and he’s not one to learn power tools. So we hired our trusted team that we’ve worked with in our past three homes. (And I always ask if I can share their contact but they always politely decline.)

Do you spot the carpet around where the tub use to be?!

What are the design plans?

Before we delve into my scheming, I just want to say that everything is subject to change because I’m not a designer and just pick and choose things at the seat of my pants. As much as I’d love to bring this to life, things like budget, logistics and timelines we have to consider. But if all goes according to plan, this is the direction we are heading in!

Ok now on to the fun stuff!

We are going to put in a double sink vanity where there is just one right now. I love that it has a marble counter top and the lines of this vanity. The colour we ordered is currently out of stock but keep an eye on it! They restock quite face.

We also plan to take down all the mirrors surrounding the entire bathroom and just do two of these oval mirrors.

It’s going to look so elegant with brass sconces flanking them on either side. I linked more options here.

But the shining star has got to be this dreamy wallpaper. It’s a bit of a splurge so you might want to consider this option or this one for a similar look.

I love how the oval mirrors juxtapose the straight lines of the vanity. And I’m mixing brass sconces with polished nickel faucets with cross knobs.

For the bathtub area, we are making our dreams come true with a clawfoot tub. I’m linking a similar one here. I wanted to make a statement with a chandelier above it and of course I put my dream Jacqueline chandelier on my mood board. Here are some similar looks for less.

I made sure to repeat some brass and polished nickel elements on this side of the bathroom as well with the tiered towel rack.