Master Bath Reno: Part 1

Welcome!  I'm so excited to finally be sharing this post!  When we bought our house 2 years ago we knew that both of our full bathrooms would need to be renovated.  As you know, we have already completed renovated our guest bathroom.  We started there because the bathtub was leaking during every use through the overflow hole and through the ceiling into the dining room.  Well about 6 months or so ago, our master shower (which was installed by the previous homeowners completely wrong...surprise) started leaking in the dining room also!  We figured out where it was coming from but there was no way to stop it without just ripping it out.  It had also caused some mold to build up behind the shower and onto the subfloor.  Here's where we started...

I posted these pictures on Instagram in June when we ripped out the shower and cut out the molded subfloor.

And here's where it was last night!  The door is out temporarily from the door frame but eventually the door frame will be gone and the wall will stop where the door frame starts.  We couldn't remove it completely because its got an outlet on both sides and a switch inside the shower/toilet area.

 And here's the tub!  It's a Kohler Davinshire from Lowe's and had pretty great reviews.  It's 32" wide so not consider oversized but because the wall where the shower head is protrudes out and ends at 34" we had to keep it under that width.  But it is extra deep which in the end is what matters the most to me anyway!

It's a little hard to see (sorry for the horrible lighting!) but there was not one layer of vinyl flooring but THREE!  Just one more "short cut" they took...

As of right now, we are only doing the shower and tub due to time constraints with my dad's schedule so we will be doing this piece by piece.  However, I have big plans for this area and it's eventually going to look amazing!  We are currently deciding on tile choices but I have to make that decision today because it's going up tomorrow!  Here are our current two choices.

This is the tile we used in the guest bathroom.  It's just slightly larger than standard subway tile and looks phenomenal, but took a while to install because there's so much of it.

Interceramic Glazed White Porcelain Wall Tile 4x8

This is our second choice which is even bigger at 9"x12" and has subtle grey veining in it.

Style Selections Calacatta White Porcelain Wall Tile 9x12

I'm thinking we are going with the second choice, but I'm heading upstairs right after I type this to make the final decision!

Hope you are having a great day and thanks for stopping by!