Hall Bath: After

I’m so excited to share some photos of the completed hall bath. I still want to add some finishing touches, like art above the toilet. But, I’m so happy with how far we’ve come and what it looks like today!

You can find before photos here and my finish selections and thought process on the renovation here and here. I’m glad I decided to stick with the spirit of the original bathroom.

This bathroom didn’t function as a full bath. It didn’t have an outlet, AC or a shower (only a bathtub). So, we knew we needed to spend quite a bit of money on infrastructure and layout. If you check out this post, you’ll see that we moved everything around. Now, you walk into the vanity instead of the tub.

I fell in love with this cabinet color at our contractor’s showroom. I thought it paired nicely with the more beige and brown tones that come through in the marble. I’d originally picked out a different wallpaper, but it turned out to be too expensive. I stuck with the tree theme and ended up with this paper. It’s popular for a reason – it’s excellent quality for the price and so beautiful in person. The beige in the tree trunks matches perfectly with the vanity so it felt meant to be.

I’d totally forgotten about this until I uploaded the above photo, but I designed this vanity without a side splash. It was only supposed to have the backsplash. The top got installed while I was at work and while I certainly could have said something – they could have easily removed it and made any drywall repairs necessary – I just decided to let it go.

We really made the most of the space. The vanity is 33″, the maximum size allowed while meeting code requirements for clearance around the toilet. The mirror is actually a recessed medicine cabinet; I prefer storing my makeup, toothbrush/paste, etc in a medicine cabinet over a vanity. Just know that you do have to plan to use one in advance to accommodate framing, plumbing, and electrical.

I spent a lot of time thinking about sight-lines (especially in our kitchen) during this renovation. We leave the door to this bathroom open when it’s not in use because the window lets a lot of light into our upstairs hallway. As a result, it’s visible when coming up the stairs. I love that you see the vanity feet, under the vanity, and skirted toilet. I think it’s far more interesting than a stock cabinet and toe kick would have been.

Perhaps a strange thing to love, but I LOVE this toilet. It’s just so pretty and because it’s skirted, you don’t see the outline of the pipes or the dust and grime they tend to collect.

We did not want to spend the money on a glass shower door for this space. But, finding a shower curtain rod and curtain long enough for the tub opening was more challenging than I originally anticipated. The tub is a standard 6ft long tub, but there is a gap between it and the wall, so we filled it in with a ledge. Perfect for storing all the shower essentials! However, this made the opening more like 76″. I first tried a tension rod because I didn’t want to drill into the tile. But, our cat took that down in the middle of the night just days after I installed it. I ended up ordering a custom brass shower curtain rod off of Etsy. Admittedly, this purchase made me wonder if I was in fact saving any money by skipping the glass. But, I love the softness the curtain provides. I used this traditional curtain in linen (white looked pink in the space) and a regular shower liner. Bonus: when I had the curtain rod installed, they only drilled into the grout lines, not the tile.

Here’s to a fully functioning hall bath!

sources: medicine cabinet / light fixture / knobs / faucet / towel / basket / trash can / shower curtain rod / curtain / white subway tile / wallpaper / toilet

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