Son’s Bathroom Remodel Reveal

Our son’s bathroom remodel reveal is here, and WOW! We knew there was beauty hidden there somewhere – just had to tear out the ugly first!

Continued from Part 2

In case you’re just stumbling into this post cold, I’ve been remodeling our son’s bathroom. I started with this exceptionally bland green turd.

After ripping it all out, installing an RTA cabinet, painting the room, installing a beautiful stone countertop and some wall panels, I had improved the room to this point.

Not pictured above are the holes for the sink and faucet which were drilled a few days after we took the stone home.

Honestly, I could have left it there and called it a huge improvement and a job well done. But considering it was a bathroom and someone would eventually want to, I don’t know…wash a body part or look at themself or something, I figured I’d carry on and make it even better.

Our remaining considerations for the room were alcove color, sink, faucet, mirror, and vanity light. Oh, and the hole left from the medicine cabinet – can’t forget about that! I can’t stand those silly things, and I had something far superior planned for that sad little nook.

Bathroom Remodel VIDEO Overview

Watch our short and fun video below for an overview of our Bathroom Remodel before you read all about it.

The theme for the alcove was turning out to be dark, moody and modern, so we chose a beautiful paint color called Shade-Grown from Sherwin-Williams.

I love the color and the feel it gives to the bathroom. I think you can expect more of this from me in the future!

Thinking “hey, it worked in the guest bedroom,” we decided to paint the ceiling of the alcove the same color as the walls.

I was able to get a perfectly straight line on that textured ceiling by first burnishing the tape and then locking the line with ceiling paint.

When we first moved in, my babes bought a new vanity light for Baris’s bathroom. I think she thought that I’d get around to it muuuuuuchhhhhh sooner than this!

Well, it’s a good thing someone’s memory still works in this house, because neither Handan nor I had the foggiest notion of where the light had been stashed. Thank god Baris has a functioning young brain and remembered we put it…in his bathroom closet!

As nice as that vanity light is, it probably won’t get much use, because I totally upstaged it with a backlit and frontlit vanity mirror.

This thing is the Cadillac of self-reflectors. It’s got three temperature settings, variable luminescence, a defogger, and it’ll probably tell you you’re the fairest of them all if you ask it nicely.

Like I said – who needs a crusty old vanity light, when you have the pimpin’ mack daddy of mirrors hanging right below it??

Next I installed the sink and faucet. This was my first vessel sink installation, and I have to admit, I’m a huge fan of them now. I love the look!

The sink came with a flexible plumbing pipe, so I decided to give it a bash instead of traditional hard-pipe plumbing. Everyone hates it and slams it online, which only made me want to try it more. I don’t trust unanimous opinions.

We found some black stone tiles at Lowe’s that I affixed with small dabs of construction adhesive for the backsplash.

I didn’t want to use thinset, mortar, or too much adhesive in case we change our minds in the future. The Shrimp can be fickle. 🦐

Once I caulked the edges, the tiles were as secure as if I used thinset.

I intended to use quarter round trim in the corners, but these days you can’t find small quarter round like the good old days. Everything sold in the big box stores is 11/16 or 3/4 minimum, and I was looking for 1/4 inch. Fortunately, my babes found some other thin trim that worked out just as well.

Next I installed the cabinet hardware – nothing fancy, just some brass stuff from Lowe’s.

All that remained was the hole left by the medicine cabinet. I built a similar (but much smaller) insert to the one I made for our pantry last year.

Now this is my kind of medicine!

I was able to use scrap wood I had on hand. This shelf is a mix of poplar and pine with red oak added later for the face frame.

Because these woods all take stains differently, I used gel stain to get a uniform appearance.

Installing the shelf was the final piece to this glorious puzzle.

Now let’s have a look at how it all came together.

The shelf is the cherry on top.

I still need to address the closet not shown on the left and the room with the toilet and shower.

Stay tuned for the rest of the bathroom and much much more!