Today I’m excited to share the next room design at the Hacienda Hideaway—the ensuite guest bathroom! Last year we tackled the primary bathroom, and one nice feature of this house is that it’s equipped with a second ensuite bathroom.
Before
This ensuite is a smaller standard bathroom with an enclosed shower. The original design matched the other bathrooms—brown travertine tile, cherry wood vanity with speckled granite, and the signature flip-house gray walls and vinyl plank floors:
The main bathroom area measures 85″ x 73″, and the shower footprint is 42″ x 87″.
Design Plan
Similar to the primary bathroom design, this ensuite will feature a Mediterranean style with Moroccan influence, a muted earthy palette, and organic elements like brass and wood tones. Here are a few designs that caught my eye…
The key design takeaways for this space: an arched shower opening, zellige shower tile, light blue moroccan floor tile with natural wood and brass accents. Here’s what I came up with:
You can click to shop the exact sources:
Progress
It wasn’t in the budget to rearrange the floor plan or make any major structural changes, so we had to work with the existing layout. Last summer, we demo’d all of the wall and floor tile.
Then Lucas framed out an arch for the shower entrance and patched the walls.
The shower walls were coated in RedGard in preparation for tile…
And then the fun part: shower tile! I collaborated with Riad Tile for this project, and chose their natural zellige 4×4′ tiles.
We hired this job out and our installer had never worked with zellige, so there was a bit of a learning curve.
It took two guys a few days to finish, but it turned out incredible! Honestly, how dreamy is this tile?? I’d been wanting to use it for a long time and it did not disappoint.
With the shower tile complete, Lucas moved onto the bathroom walls. Originally we planned to cover them in microcement, but I changed my mind and opted for vertical shiplap instead (don’t worry, we’re using microcement again in the third bathroom!)
We went with these shiplap planks (the same material we used in the Hacienda kitchen) as they come in extra long lengths and are straightforward to install. Our ceilings are 9’4″ which help make the space feel larger, especially with the vertical lines.
With the shiplap complete, it was time to move onto my favorite part—the floor tile!
I worked with Stone Impressions and selected their Miabella tile mural in Sea Glass, on Thassos marble. These murals are custom made to order to fit your room, and they sent a mockup based on our floor size:
Install day arrived and I couldn’t contain my excitement! Until our installers discovered that the walls were not square at all—see the border row of tile on the far left? That edge is square, which meant we’d have a large gap in the lower left corner. Because this tile is like a puzzle and all of the pieces have to fit together in a perfect square, there was no room for error and we had to come up with a Plan B.
I decided the best solution was to create a new border using plain white marble 4×8′ tile to help hide the uneven edges, and inset the entire mural so it becomes more of a ’tile rug.’ Stone Impressions sent over the new border tile and our installers got to work…
Hiring out the tile work in this house was worth every penny. We got to let the pros do their thing and watch in anticipation!
As is often the case, Plan B actually turned out even better than Plan A. I absolutely love the added white border—and our installers were able to make it so that you don’t even notice the uneven sides!
Talk about statement tile. It’s absolutely stunning in person.
We used Mapei Alabaster grout on both the shower and floor tile, which is a light warm gray and much easier to keep clean than white.
I also added this marble shower threshold:
And that brings us to today! I’m ordering Samplize swatches this week to find a wall color (going with a very pale greige or beige) while Lucas works on refinishing the vanity. It’s a dresser I scored on FB Marketplace for $40, and it just needs a little modifying to fit:
Everything else is pretty much ordered and ready to install (besides artwork and hardware). We’ll be finishing up this room over the several weeks in tandem with the adjoining bedroom. I plan to reveal both rooms next month, and you can follow along with our progress on my Instagram stories for more updates!
Christine says
Love following along. You guys are amazing. Do you have the info in the sander with vacuum attachment? Looking to sand down a built in vanity we have ….
Jenna Sue says
Hi! Those are recent additions to our tool kit, you can find them linked here: https://www.amazon.com/ideas/amzn1.account.AFMYWSDELC2ZNVU4GLWPPCXU4FIQ/2ZTTT6HOQOZMP/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ref=idea_lv_lole_&type=explore&linkCode=sl2&tag=jennasuedesig-20&linkId=c93f84e096087595f1f0b28810a7f3ed&language=en_US
Mikal D. says
Love, love, love the tile floor… so much so, that I’m doing it in our house! We went today to get the tile samples. I do have one question, have you found that the tiles scratch easily or are they holding up well?
Thank you!
Jenna Sue says
You’ll love the floors! We haven’t even finished the room yet so I can’t speak on durability, but they’re marble so they do require specific maintenance.
Lia says
Your rooms are so incredible – each reveal is such a treat.
I just want to include a cautionary note about Pulse brand fixtures for other readers. We had one in our en suite and while we initially liked it, it didn’t last long and wasn’t worth the price. And the company was no help at all, so I wouldn’t recommend that brand. The quality isn’t there.
Jenna Sue says
Oh no, I’m sorry you didn’t have a good experience with them! The reviews I read were on par with the well known/pricier brands like Delta, so I’m optimistic!
Peggy says
We had the same shower in our previous home. Never had a problem with it. We got it on Amazon and I’m planning to buy it again.
Ivory says
Do you just love these kinds of mistakes? When everything works out even better in spite the flaws. Your bathroom is coming together fabulously. That I am not surprised about. Can hardly wait to see the final outcome. Gorgeous!
Jenna Sue says
Honestly it should have been Plan A all along! I think the white border is perfect 😀
Michele M. says
Oh my word – it is looking incredible. Just wow. And I love love love that “happy accident” with your Plan B – frames it beautifully!!!!
Jenna Sue says
Agreed! It makes such a difference.
Paula says
Plan B!!!!!!!
Kathleen says
beautiful. some of the links aren’t working, shower faucet and light (goes to lowes but not product) maybe an issue on my side. Love all your choices.
Jenna Sue says
Oh no, sorry about that–thanks for letting me know! They should be working now.
kim says
Curious about the colors — the floor (Beautiful! Like an exquisite oriental rug!) looks very cool and gray with blue-ish undertones, while the shower tile (Gorgeous! That texture!!) reads a lot warmer overall, even though on close inspection it has some gray tones in it. Do the two tiles look different/better in person?
Jenna Sue says
The shower tile has a range of color, some gray and others are more greige. The lighting also changes the colors depending on time of day or if the lights are turned on, so it varies quite a bit! The wall color will pull the warmer gray tones into the main bathroom area.
Emily B says
Appreciate you showing that things don’t always work out as planned and you have to find solutions to pivot away from the original plan. The border around the floor tile was a genius solution and looks like it was always intended. Looks awesome!
Jessica says
That tile floor 😍 and the white border looks like it was meant to be – seamless transition from walls to floor. Absolutely stunning!
Mandy Allen says
It’s lovely, especially the new floor design, which looks fantastic. I’m intrigued as to what you are doing with the shower archway unfinished edges!
Jenna Sue says
Thanks Mandy! That edge will be finished with microcement.
Mara says
This is so gorgeous already and it’s not even finished!
Jenna Sue says
You really can’t go wrong with those tiles — to die for!!
Teddee Grace says
The Plan B white tile also, to me, helps tie the shiplap into the design plan. Always so exciting to see what you are doing.
Jenna Sue says
Plan B was meant to be! 😀
Judith says
This is amazing I love what you are doing!!
Alexis says
Hello! What software do you use to make your idea/vision board?
Jenna Sue says
Hi Alexis, I used Adobe Photoshop.
Jenna Sue says
Thank you Judith!
Caroline says
Every room you do is my new favorite room. I can’t wait to see everything finished. This is going to be stunning, I am sure.
Jenna Sue says
So glad you like it, Caroline!