Grand Tour: Master Bath
October 5, 2009
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. I’m a big believer in making your home your personal refuge from the world. I’d rather spend my money on feathering my nest than taking a grand vacation. Those new to this blog should know that we expanded our home in a (nightmarish) remodel back in 2006, but never got around to finishing the master bath, mostly due to lack of funds. Over the past year, we’ve slowly been finishing the space. And this past weekend, we put the finishing touches on the master bathroom. Yippeeeeee !
Five years ago, before we expanded our home, our master bathroom was not a pleasant prepping area. At least not for me. It was so so very tiny. So small that Mr. CG and I were elbowing each other and quarreling over counter space. I finally resorted to primping in the children’s bathroom. But not any more darlin’. All of that has now changed.
We’ve purposely doubled the size of our bathroom and budgeted in room for a separate primping zones. One year ago, the space you’re about to tour was nothing more than sheetrock and a plywood floor. At last, at last, at last it is finished !
Welcome to our sanctuary. Away from the world. Away from the kids !
Come on in !
Oooh la la, I feel like I’m living in the lap of luxury in here. We had the cabinets custom made. They are alder wood with a walnut stain.
We topped the counters with inexpensive cultured marble instead of the real thing. Frankly, I prefer it. Cultured marble is so much easier to clean and maintain. The mirror is the Florentine by Hitchcock Butterfield.
I doubled up the hardware on the center drawers to make them look more like a dresser.
Mr. CG’s side of the vanity:
He takes his mouthwash straight up. Tee hee hee.
I chose the overmount sinks for their ridge detail and oval shape. Fixtures are Price Pfister.
I planted an orchid in a champagne bucket for extra glamour.
La toilette is hidden behind a door. Love that !
Of course, you’ve seen the bathtub zone before.
This discount chandelier over the tub is a favorite detail.
This spa shelf was one of my transformations from a few months back where some tacky thrift store brass objects met up with my can of spray paint. Read all about it here.
And you’ve also seen the master shower before. Whew, was this a chore to tile !
Still no shower door, but that will come later.
I’m a big fan of the shampoo bottle insets and Oceanside glass tile stripes.
This pair of towel hooks are another favorite detail.
You can see all the up close details and tour the inside of the shower right here.
Oh my, just when you think you’ve seen it all. You haven’t even seen the best part ! Here is the crème de la crème. It’s my own personal vanity. For over a decade I’ve dreamed of an old Hollywood style vanity with tons of glamour where I could powder my nose and paint my little girl’s toenails. This vanity is just a dream come true for me. This is my absolute favorite spot in my home.
Oh my goodness, could you just fall over backwards from all of that storage? There’s tons of it. I share it with my step daughter and this is our girly primping zone. All of our beauty products are housed right here.
Kitchen drawer dividers serve their purpose in our vanity:
I sewed this slipcover for this vanity bench that I found on Craigslist.
This silver octagonal mirror is a favorite detail.
Here is a daily reminder of my blessings: two lovely daughters, now 17 and 5 years old.
My favorite silver trimmed shell holds jewelry at day’s end.
These $3 dollar thrift store sconces were once gold, but I spray painted them and hung them on my wall for added atmosphere.
Now if only I could keep these little munchkins preoccupied elsewhere.
But it’s totally not happening.
Double vanity. Plenty of elbow room.
And they lived happily ever after.
The paint color is my own custom blend. 1/3 Behr ‘Mountain Creek’, 1/3 Restoration Hardware ‘Silver Sage’ and 1/3 ‘Swiss Coffee’ white. It looks a little pastel blue in many of the photos but in reality, it is much softer and more gray.
So there it is, the whirlwind tour. It’s quite a big change from a year ago! And it is a dream come true for both of us. After ten years of marriage, it’s nice to have a little sanctuary to call our own. At least, until we’re invaded by you know who.
Tags: bath
It is really gorgeous! I’m loving all the little touches and obvious love that went into picking them out.
That is wonderful! I love your vanity, too. Every detail is so well thought out. Enjoy!
Beautiful retreat! I LOVE the wall color. Great attention to details.
I am running straight to my master bathroom…to clean and organize it, so that I can start my bathroom makeover!!!
Wow that is just Beautiful!!! You are so talented. I can’t believe you did all that yourself, another Wow!! We are redoing our Hall bathroom but our contractor is doing it. Now I feel like I am cheating:)
deezie
enjoy your gorgeous space
Just Gorgeous! I love grey-blues!
That’s absolutely gorgeous…a girl’s dream!
Your bathroom looks gorgeous. I especially love the moth orchid in the champagne bucket!
Leeann x
I love it!
Just gorgeous. I would seriously live in that bathroom if I had it. In fact, I may just come and live in yours! ;)
It’s absolute gorgeous, Kate! Enjoy it! I love the details you’ve added {I especially love an area for the toilet where it can have its own door}.
It’s absolutely beautiful! I love your vanity area…what a dream!
I have bathroom envy! I love every single thing you did!!
I am completely drooling over that vanity area. I too have been wanting a vanity area in our bathroom, but the only way I will get one is to sacrifice space from my closet-not gonna happen! I will have to live vicariously through you instead.
Absolutely beautiful! Every inch of it!
I love how you used cool colors but still made it warm and welcoming. This is a great space to start your day right, or unwind at the end of a long day! Makes me look forward to our eventual bathroom remodel! :-)
What a gorgeous bathroom! I have watched it all the way and absolutely love it! I believe if you can choose the separate toilet room, DO IT! We did and love that little detail! I hung two framed mirrors over my sinks, but the mirror looks like one I am looking for to hang vertically in my bedroom for a full length! I am going right now to look at it. Thanks for the link, and as always, the great ideas! Have a great day!
Beautiful! You did a great job. I have a vanity area in my home but we have sold it to move up north and I do not have as nice of master bathroom as I do here so I am going to have to get creative. (I love you tile too.)
It’s beautiful Kate! I’m extremely jealous of the fact that you have your own personal vanity, but glad that at least one of us can. :-) Have a great week…
pk @ room remix
WOW!! it’s so lovely- you did a great job making it personal & inviting. we are redoing our master bath at our new house, but it will be a LONG time before it looks anywhere close to that! (as you said, the expansion of the bath may have used up the available funds!) i got some good ideas from you! : ) thanks for sharing. your blog is a treasure!
rachel
Very Pretty, I’d be in there primping all the time !
Absolutely gorgeous and I have to dreamed about a vanity like yours! Someday….I’m so jealous! Great remodel!
I’m going to study these photos for awhile and try to copy all the little details you’ve done! They’re lovely.
Oh my gosh, your bathroom is gorgeous! I love your custom cabinetry! The soft blue and white is so calming. You did a great job!
I love it! As usual, I’m totaly jalous!
This room is absolutely amazing. I’m thinking of using a very similar colour blue in my home, and even in the kids bath, so seeing it here gives me so much more confidence to use it! THANKS, and well done
Very inspiring.How awesome is our God.He put His creativity in every woman ,man and child.Now if only we could all use these God given heritage.Great work.You never stop amazing us.Mr CG is blessed!
Very pretty….and I love the kids looking in to check out what you were doing.
Pam
What an oasis! So well thought out, Kate!
Congratulations on getting to the goal….you sure got a prize in the end….it is indeed gorgeous!!! Love every detail you put into it……..EVERY one!
Suzanne
FABULOUS!! It couldn’t look better! Oh how I long for the day when we can leave our 1950s ranch style home and start fresh. I’m so going to have a shower like yours! Thanks for sharing :)
Stunning! It’s like heaven in 4 walls :)
How gorgeous your bathroom is! That mirror is so beautiful! Love the blue tile in the shower. Oh, it’s just so lovely. Now, let those little munchkins in for just a little while. They’re just so cute.
Be a sweetie,
Shelia ;)
WOWZA! You had me at the first pics…but that primping station is just out of this world!!
Beautiful Job!
I have three comments for you: 1. Thank you so much for the comment about my master, I’d been worried about the rug and you made me feel I made the right choice! 2. Your bathroom is making me salivate in fits of jealousy! 3. You could not possibly have a 17 year old!
Okay, I just figured out your 17 year old is your step daughter. Watch out, she is going to be fighting you for the use of that beautiful primping space!
Absolutely beautiful! Every detail is amazing…you didn’t miss a thing!! :)
I may have just missed it, but what color are your walls? They look very similar to mine (Benjamin Moore Van Courtland Blue), but it’s hard to tell in pictures. I’m just curious because I’ve been pretty stumped with decorating and I love some of your ideas!
Your bathroom is beautiful! What a great space. I love the chandelier over the tub too. :)
Wow, your master bath is amazing! You must feel like a queen in there!
Jane
I’d like to make a reservation for Oct. 19th-23rd please.
WOW, this post goes into my favorites file. I just love your bath!
I love it all!! The vanity and the chandelier are my favorite parts. And I love the paint color.
I love it all!! The vanity and the chandelier are my favorite parts. And I love the paint color.
Congratulations! It is more of a spa than just a “master bath”! Every details fit together nicely!
I LOVE it!
Enjoy it! :)
I too have ALWAYS wanted a vanity! I’m so jealous. Yours is gorgeous.
Another stunning room! Seriously, I think you need your own home style tv show. The shower is absolutely heavenly, and the organization in the vanity drawers just makes me giddy (I love me some good organization).
Wow -it is amazing! I love the make-up drawer, how nice to have everything organized in one spot! We’re hoping to redo our master bathroom in December, I hope ours turns out half that nice!
i die! if only my bathroom could look like that! great job! i love the chandelier!!! where did you get it?!?!!
What a dreamy place! It’s beautiful, congrats on finally having it finished.
Really stunning! All of it! Love the mirror! I can see the careful planning that went into each detail. Enjoy it!