Grandma’s Walk In Shower

Yesterday we stopped by Grandma’s house to check on the progress of the bathroom remodel. I’ve mentioned we’re renovating the kitchen but haven’t show you the bathroom yet. (As a reminder, Matt’s grandmother passed away last year and we’re remodeling the bathroom and kitchen in her small home for the estate before putting it on the market.) The kitchen cabinets get installed next week so while we were waiting for their delivery the contractor we hired has been working on other things like scraping the popcorn ceilings, installing crown molding, and upgrading the bathroom – he finished the shower last week.

I’m so bummed because I cannot find the official “before” picture of the old old ooooldbathtub and its metal sliding double shower door that used to sit here. It was one of those standard shallow tubs with a sliding door above that many builders install. Funny, it looked identical to the one we also have in the hallway of the Las Vegas house – see this picture – you know the kind I’m talking about.

After talking with several residents in this retirement community and also pulling from Matt’s experience as an appraiser, we realized a walk in shower made more sense than keeping the old tub. I only have this “in progress” picture I snapped a month ago but it shows the empty space under construction.

I’m so impressed with the new look with the marble tile and frameless shower door. Forgive the iPhone pics, I’ll snap better ones when we finish the vanity side :)

The shower kit (head and valve) is the Leland by Delta in chrome, the tile is Daltile Marissa Cararra, available at Home Depot for $2.21 a square foot. The edges, niche, and seat are trimmed with the matching bullnose tiles. We love the look of this tile so much we may repeat the use of it in the master shower in the Las Vegas fixer, it looks beautiful and is a great price!

We asked the contractor to include a shampoo/conditioner niche and an angled seat for sitting or shaving in the new shower.

I wish the seat was *slightly* bigger and the niche had an extra shelf but overall we’re so pleased with the result including the new shower pan and shower door.

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Now that the shower side looks so attractive we need to make improvements to the vanity side in the next few weeks.

We went back and forth on salvaging the vanity, but now we’re leaning toward replacing it. We also plan to frame the mirror, replace the lighting, and paint the walls, likely a soft gray, I’ll keep you posted.

*** Update: to see the full bathroom remodel including new flooring, vanity, and lighting read this follow up post with the complete makeover.

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