Today is the day, my patient friends! 7+ months after demo first began, our long anticipated traditional, warm and organic Spanish bathroom renovation is complete.
Before
Let’s recall how it looked at the beginning of this year…
It started as a builder-grade special, small 5×13′ footprint, split between two rooms.
The only redeeming quality was the separate shower/toilet area for privacy, and slightly taller 9′ ceilings.
During
We ripped everything out (including the rotted exterior siding from an old roof leak, don’t worry), patched the walls and ran new electric.
A new shower/tub enclosure was built, and walls coated in microcement:
The old hollow core doors were updated with solid pine frameless doors (painted Benjamin Moore Hush), and the ceiling got a major makeover with DIY wood planks and beams.
Lucas built a custom oak vanity (with v-groove cabinet doors), and the rest of the install came together over this past week!
Reveal
Welcome to the first finished bathroom in the Spanish Sanctuary….
These traditional-look ceramic tile floors had been on my wishlist for years, and this bathroom was the perfect opportunity to use them.
We used Meoded Concretta tinted in SW Neutral Ground on the walls. Microcement application is a learned skill, and we’re still perfecting it after four bathrooms!
The dark wood beam ceilings give the room such a presence—the space just wouldn’t feel the same without them.
The shower tile gets a 10/10 for me. I’m in love with the reflective, watery quality and that gorgeous muted sage green.
Paired with the champagne bronze faucet and simple brass shower screen, this combo is a winner. One of my best decisions was also opting for a drop-in tub. After this install, I can never go back to a traditional alcove tub.
We spent weeks of trial and error testing various wood and stain combos for this vanity, and finally landed on red oak + Minwax Coffee (gel). Yes, oak is more expensive, but you can never go wrong with it (lesson learned after wasting $$ on subpar wood).
Originally I had planned to use Taj Mahal countertops, but decided it would be too busy and compete with the walls/doors, so instead I found this organic-looking quartz (Tab Quartz in Beach Pebble) and had the supplier hone down the factory polished surface.
We removed the door from the old linen closet and built open shelving, which feels much cleaner and less crowded in this space.
The accessories are the icing on the cake. That gorgeous sconce was an instant add-to-cart, and I couldn’t pass up these bargain $102 mirrors with their gothic-Spanish style feel.
Curious about the total cost? Not including a few miscellaneous items like demo and new doors that we upgraded the whole house with at once, I have this renovation coming in at right around $13k. This includes labor for the new tub/shower, plumbing, tile and counter install—everything else was DIY’d. Hard to beat that number for this result!
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I’ll share a video tour of the space soon on my Instagram as well, so make sure you’re following me there!
Now that this room is complete, we’ll be focusing our attention on the three upstairs bedrooms (all at the same time!) with the goal of finishing at least one this year 😉 Lots more on the way…
Gail W. says
Very cool final reveal.
Did you use those same style light switches all through the rest of the house??