Well, the project is complete!!
All of the construction equipment is OUT OF HERE. I’m almost not sure what to do with myself. It’s no challenge whatsoever walking from the hallway into our bedroom at night now. There is no chance of tripping over a power-drill or impaling myself on who-knows-what. Where is the thrill in that? 
It’s been a long haul, but it’s been worth it. You can see the list of the things we did here, and you can check out other posts by clicking on the Home Improvement – Master Bathroom category on the sidebar.
Without further ado, here are the pictures! You can click on each picture to see things in more detail. Click a couple of times on each picture to see the most detail…
Here’s what you would see if you were the new heated floor in the bathroom. You can see part of what we’ll be replacing (counter and sinks) and refinishing (cabinet) in Phase Two of the project. And, yes, we’ll be replacing the very stylin’ 1977 light fixture above the sinks. You can see one of the pair in the reflection of the medicine cabinet.
This pictures shows the floor tile and some of the wall tile with the shower base. My hubby did a great job cutting the tiles for the furnace vent. I liked the different lines in this picture.
Here is the new shower base we installed. It was much easier than installing a tub. Because there is a brand new tub right next door in the main bathroom, we opted to keep the full shower in here. You can also see the shower curtain. It’s a little bit wrinkly in this picture, but it will smooth out in no time.
My hubby painstakingly cut each tile. The pieces for the window were particularly tricky. He even rigged a contraption to keep the tiles on the “ceiling” of that space from falling down while the mortar was drying. The man’s a genius when it comes to these projects we get ourselves into. The window sill and apron are new, as well.
Here is a picture of the tile design inside the shower. We put these diamond-shaped pieces in random places throughout the shower walls.
Here, you can see the new fan/light and our curved shower curtain bar. We took out the solid sliding door and opted for this instead. We have a curved shower curtain bar in the main bathroom, and we love it! You can also see that we painted the outside of the bathroom door to match the paint color we chose for the walls (so that the white door wouldn’t detract from the main color of the room). The winner? Churchill Hotel Wheat! (For some reason, the flash makes the door and the wall look like different colors, but trust me, they’re the same in real life.) 
So, how do you find a shower curtain to fit a space created by a low profile shower base and a curtain rod that is curved and much higher than normal? You get an extra-long curtain and then add some decorative rings. Yes, this was the plan all along, and we like the effect! Because the shower curtain is completely clear (see-through) it feels like you’re taking a shower in the whole room! It’s bizarre the first time you do it, but it doesn’t take long to get used to it.
Here you can see the new towel bars we put out in the other section of the bathroom. You will notice that we opted to paint one wall in this area the same color as the walls inside the shower room. We kept the other three walls of that area white. That way, when you look toward that room, your eye focuses on that color, and it highlights the tile inside. Also, you can see the programmable sensor for the heated floor. (It’s under the medicine cabinet.) Warm floor tiles in the morning are incredible. It almost makes getting out of bed bearable.
Here is a little bonus area of the “Master Suite” that we remodeled as well. This is on the wall opposite of the door, floor sensor, and medicine cabinet. We put up a new mirror and two hampers (one for darks and the other for lights). We got these items at Target (and I just pronounced that as Tar-jay in my head, just so you know…). The hampers we had before were mismatched and didn’t really fit in this area very well. Before, this area was kind of an after-thought, but I’m very impressed with it now! And, you can see the reflection of our bedroom in the mirror.
So, that’s it! I can’t believe how far we’ve come, and Phase Two will be super-easy to complete. In fact, we’re not really in a rush to get that part done. There’s no time-constraint, and as long as I don’t have to step over extension cords, drill-bits, sanding blocks or tubs of spackle, I’m a pretty happy camper.
Like I said, it’s been a long project, and now that it’s done, we couldn’t be happier with the results!
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