Once upon a time, I found a puddle on the floor.
The puddle was magical. It would dry up, and reappear.
I ignored it for a while. I even thought it was the kids making a swimming pool with water bottles. I called them all in for a family powwow and asked what the heck was going on. They gazed at me with wide-eyed, glassy stares and said they had no idea.
But the puddle wasn’t magical in a good way. Like a unicorn.
It was magical like Satan. Because behind the walls, we found this: Our own personal Hell. Just kidding.
Not really.
We never intended to replace the bathroom. We had no intentions whatsoever of gutting it out. It was never our fave, but it was what it was, and we fully intended to let it be.
But then there was a little bit of this.
Okay. A whole lot of this.
And it left us with this. I never thought I would feel clean again. In fact, you can read the whole not-so-intriguing story, here. Hashtag thespacethattookusforever.
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For. Ev. Ver. Like, you’re probably tired of reading by now, forever. Because we never thought we’d finish. We were all Tom Hanks laughing hysterically a-la Money Pit up in here.
We tried to keep you entertained in the meantime, with closet redos, and home school revamps, job changes, and near murderous exchanges with hairnets. We even laid hardwoods. But it kind of felt like the cover band while we slowly but surely worked on this stuff behind the scenes. {Even though sometimes the cover band is better, you really want to see NKOTB some other band that we don’t know about because the last time we went to a concert was pre-kids and we definitely need to get out more.}
Good things come to those who wait. Good things come to those who wait…
But you know what they say. Lemons into lemonade, suckas.
So without further ado… Today is the day for the grand reveal. So sit back and relax with your choice cuppawhateva. Details to come very soon, because we have a conference hangover and we were up late cleaning dog voms. But we were just glad to get these photos out. We promise.
It’s amazing what a little tile change/color can do.
I had one requirement/request for this bathroom. Before the tile. Before the color. Before the design. It was the shower. In my own fantasy land, the doors would be frameless glass so that it felt like going to fancy shmancy hotel every time I stepped into my own bathroom. {And I wouldn’t have to clean hard water stains and mold.} I compromised a little because a maid wasn’t included, but dreams do come true. Ironically enough, it’s the last thing we installed yesterday, and by we, I mean the amazing glass people that it took us a while to find, because one dude showed up and basically wanted us to sacrifice our first born. {His glass was made of gold and included a set of magical leprechauns with a self clean button.}
Lesson learned that sometimes finding the right products take a while, and I’m now happy to report that I’m no longer crying a-la fetal position in the corner.
But more on that, later.
Everything but the vanity went… and we decided that now, if ever, was the time to go for it.
One of my favorite elements is this little toilet area. It’s a true game changer to have storage above your toilet, and a place to put your toilet paper.
Silly, but true… it’s the little things.
We decided to go bold with the walls, and take that beautiful glorious subway tile that I lick on a daily basis all the way up on the far wall for some fun contrast. We love how it ended up unifying the space.
When we moved in, the only thing in the old bathroom was vanity lights. So we were thrilled to have an electrician add a fun swanky chandy over the tub. It makes me feel fancy when I take a bath. Just kidding, it’s really so I can see where I’m going at night, and avoid running into my glass shower.
We adore the three different tiles and the way they work oh so fabulously together.
We’re debating getting a rug for this side, but to tell the truth, we really don’t want to cover up that tile.
In the mornings I wake up, roll over, and oogle at the bathroom that took us an eternity, taught us a million lessons, and was well worth the wait in all things hard work and elbow grease.
I’ve never been much of a bath person. I’ve decided it was because I’ve had the wrong kind of bath. I ate pizza here the other night.
If you need me, you know where to find me.
We put this big guy at an angle to make more space. It was a good call in the land of all things bathroom real estate. I think he needs a name. Any suggestions?
The previous shower had that wall, so it always felt more closed in. We extended it just a smidgeon, and lost the wall to enhance the open feeling.
Game changer for bathing the kids. Just saying.
So details coming soon… as well as this bedroom completion! It was about time. Stay tuned!
It’s amazing what a little mold, uh, I mean patience can do!
Thank you for being patient with us… and for hanging in with us on this little bathroom-adventure-extravaganza.
Have an inspired day, y’all!
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Amanda @ The Bay Bush says
Doesn’t it feel so good to be “done” with it!?! I love the finished product…especially the paint color!
ashley @ the handmade home says
Thank you! SO good. We’re finally not all four in that tiny hallway bathroom. Glad to be back! ;}
Southern Gal says
Love it! It’s just gorgeous and so worth the wait! I love the vanity and that tub. I’m not sure I’d like the glass shower because well I like my privacy and it would have to come with the self-cleaning leprechauns.
Don’t you just hate those little surprises that turn into huge surprises? We had a ceiling leak in my son’s room that we could not find. One rainy day he went into his room and immediately began yelling for us to come there. The ceiling fan was acting like a sprinkler and drenching his walls with rain water from the leak! Guess what? The water drips are still on the walls, but the leak is fixed. I won’t tell you how many years, I mean weeks ago that was. 😉
ashley @ the handmade home says
OH NO! So glad it’s fixed! And I’d never thought about the privacy because I always lock people out of the bathroom haha! I’m still paranoid to make that glass dirty!
Maureen says
Absolutely gorgeous. From the colors, to the tile, oh, and that tub! I am partial to the name Rinaldo! If you say it just right, it rolls of your tongue dripping with romance and elegance! Just like the tub! Really great job!
ashley @ the handmade home says
Rinaldo. Hysterical.
April V says
absolutely beautiful…
Catherine says
Oh my goodness, that is like my dream bathroom! Absolutely gorgeous!
Michelle says
Your sense of humor is exactly what I needed this morning! The bathroom looks amazing! A good reminder that sometimes the sweetest of things can take the most time.
ashley @ the handmade home says
Very true, Michelle! And thank you. I’m easily humored. ;}
Adrienne says
*drool*
I love it so much.
Can I move in with you? I guess my family wouldn’t like that. *sigh*
Looking forward to hearing what that paint color is!!
Karen fulner says
With tongue in check, I would call the tub “big foot”. Love the three different bathroom tiles and the shower. Exactly what we hope to do one day.
ashley @ the handmade home says
Hilarious!
Kimm at Reinvented says
Oh. my. goodness. Gorgeous! I am in love with the wall color and stunning purple/radiant orchid accents. And the tile! Oh my!
Jeanne says
What is it that Rachel Zoe always says? “I die.” Love it all! By the way, I got myself, I mean, my fam.i.ly 😉 some of those Turkish towels from the place you ordered yours (and made sure to mention in the comments you recommended them). Thinner than I’m used to, but they do the job and they dry like that (she writes whilst snapping her fingers), and they look cool too. Enjoy that tub. Names? Legs McSoakerson.
ashley @ the handmade home says
Thank you! We are in love as well. Glad to have a spacious, naturally lit bathroom. My eyebrows were looking kinda bad for a while! And I do love those towels too. They’re amazing. So glad you can use them!
Lori says
Love it!!! What color is the paint? So fresh and pretty!
And I am soooo envious of that tub!
April says
Your bathrooms looks great!! I know you are so glad to have it done! So what’s up next? LOL
ashley @ the handmade home says
HA! The bedroom ;}
Sara says
popping over from the FB stumble upon page. your bathroom is an absolute DREAM! All my favorite things! I’m a big time lover of Turkish towels and the colors you picked are amazing!
Kirsten says
Oh my goodness I am in LOVE!!! My husband suggested we tile our shower from floor to ceiling like you did but at the time I turned my nose up because I just kept picturing a 70’s bathroom with 4×4 tile in some funky color. Now your tile has me sold. I am ready for him to rip out the walls and start tiling!!! Oh and the tub, that just seals the deal. Now can I handle sharing a bathroom with my three boys for the duration of the project? mmmmmmm.
ashley @ the handmade home says
Hilarious! I’d never even thought of it like that. I’m so glad it didn’t turn out 80’s Mcfabulous ;}
Beth M. says
You’ve been renovating a bathroom? I hadn’t noticed. 😉 It’s beautiful and so worth the wait! That shower…that tile…LOVE! I’m not a bath person, but I just might change that if I was soaking in that tub!
Denise says
It turned out so lovely Ashley!!
Tiffany says
I think this is my favorite thing y’all have ever done! (Is that weird?) I dream about a stand-alone, old-fashioned bathtub. And the shower is perfect. Everything actually–perfect! Congrats on patience and a job well done!
Dana says
LOVE it all, espcially that tub! I can’t stop looking at it all (does that make me a dork?). What are the dimensions of your tub/shower area? The before picture looks like my bathroom except that my shower is a little smaller. But the after picture looks so spacious! I’m just wondering if we might be able to do this in our bathroom (fingers crossed).
Claudia says
oOOOoh, nice…please come do mine. It has been sitting untouched for months, because we don’t know what we are doing! LOL We have been waiting on the roof guy that keeps putting us off.
Rose L. says
An amazing transformation!!
Tania // Run To Radiance says
OH. MY. GOSH. I love it. LOVE. Can I please copy and paste this into our bathroom? We are in the demo stage….annnnnd we just found mold. Yay for our own magic? I really, really love what you did. And I would eat pizza in that tub too. I would basically become a mermaid. 🙂 I need that tub!!
Karah @ thespacebetweenblog says
I would probably eat every meal for the rest of time in that tub, no need to stop at just pizza! I love the way it turned out! I was hoping to introduce myself in person at Haven and thank you guys for featuring my rope and wood wall a few weeks ago but every time I saw you you were deep in conversation. Next year!
Stacy Risenmay says
It is GORGEOUS!!!!! Totes worth the wait 😉 #didijustsaytotes
Kelly W says
I LOVE the vanity lights. Where did you get those? Pinning those for my forever bathroom someday 🙂
Dawn Marie says
AMAZING!
DeeAnna Child says
So wonderfully fabulous! And I don’t say fabulous lightly.
Michelle says
I am so totally jealous. That tile floor! That tub!!
Patti Palilla says
Well done!!! What a beautiful outcome! So happy for you!
Kirsten says
OH.MY.GOODNESS!!!! This is by far the absolute most spectacular, fabulous, wonderful, beautiful bathroom in all of creation! Girl, I’d lick that subway tile, too. It’s heaven, really – the whole thing. I’d sink right up to my eyeballs in that tub and stay there til long after I was pruney.
Heaven. For real. Love every little smidgen. 🙂
Jami Nato says
this just changed m’life.
jen says
we’ve had a week of ‘lemons’ here and just that pic made me laugh out loud. for the first time in a week. Could you share a link to download it? it’s the little things. Seriously, I want to print it out and post it everywhere I need to be reminded about making ‘lemonade’. 🙂 and yes, the redo is fantabulous and inspiring! can’t wait to read more.
Kathryn says
Wow! I love every single detail of the bathroom. Is that art beside the vanity fabric or did you paint that? I love it!
ashley @ the handmade home says
Hey Kathryn! Thanks so much! You can read a tutorial for the art, here. ;}
Laura says
Absolutely lovely! How about Soak-a-hontas for the tub? (Although it’s not a guy’s name.) And toilet paper-or the lack thereof-is not and will never be a little thing!! So glad your roll has a happy new forever home!
Stacy says
OH MY GOODNESS!!!! I love it!!! (Sorry for yelling, but we are in the throes of the exact same thing…..) hope you don’t mind if we borrow some of your fab ideas!
Anna, Sydney says
Sensational!
Cecilia says
It is absolutely stunning! Loving that floor tile. Wow.
Kyla F says
This is sooo beautiful! My friend and I are swooning over it.
Wendy says
Beautiful!!!!! For all my moaning and wailing about my decorating ability, I have to tell you that we have almost the same color bathroom. LOL Mine is a little more blue. Love it!! The bathroom is AMAZING!!! Great work!
Alexis @ Persia Lou says
Wow wow wow. Your bathroom is gorgeous!! I love the pops of purple.
Janie Mary says
Very nice. Did a very similar makeover 4 years ago. I am having alot of trouble cleaning my marble 2 x 2 shower floor (grout) and now the corners. Have tried many different products trying to protect the marble. The grout looks bad in some places. We bought the “good” sealed grout too. Hope you know something I don’t! Thanks for your help!
Barcy says
This is so gorgeous! Absolute bathroom perfection. Umm, this is kind of awkward, but can I come over and bathe in your tub? I promise I’ll only stay in it for a couple of days. Please?
Chelsea says
Woah!! How beautiful! I agree, just that shower alone was worth the wait! I love that tile combination and the lighting is great!! This is probably the best use of lemons ever 😉
Thistle says
Oh ashley, oh ashley…..SERIOUSLY?????????????????????????
You are a total ROCK STAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I love it. I love it. I love it. Please picture me jumping up and down clapping my hands….. (as always).
🙂 me
Paige @ Little Nostalgia says
*applause* That’s a GORGEOUS bathroom. I appreciate the classic finishes mixed with trendier accessories. Smart way to do it!
Brittany aka Pretty Handy Girl says
Ashley & Jamin, your bathroom is AH-MAZE-ING!!! Love love love everything you put in it. Taking notes, pinning and so grateful you went through this first ;-). I’ll be tackling my master bathroom in the near future.
ashley @ the handmade home says
Thank you for your sweet help, Brittany!
Mindy says
The reason for the redo was definitely not a good one but the finished product is beautiful! The glass shower is amazing and that tub…sigh…gorgeous! The choices of tiles coordinates wonderfully – great job. Definitely lemonaid : )
Julie Gilmore says
Beautiful…..I absolutely love it…….everything works together so well…
cayce says
Its gorgeous! My one tip as someome with a glass shower. Get a squeegee. Use it every time u shower. It is a game changer!
Michelle says
So in love!! Can we pretty please have sources on the tub, vanity and tile? I’m remodeling soon too!
ashley @ the handmade home says
Yes, Michelle + Thank you for the sweet words! We are doing all of that in a separate post next week, and then future posts as well. Thanks! ;}
Jen says
I have had this reveal open on my screen for the past two days and gasp with delight every time I return. SO GOOD GUYS! I love the vibrant colors paired with the classic tiles and finishes. And now it feels so YOU! Congrats, I bet you are enjoying that lemonade on a daily basis.
The 1st of May says
Can’t wait to hear more about the glass shower! Beautiful!
Amber says
What an amazing reveal! Wow. There isn’t anything in there that I wouldn’t have picked for myself! One day I’m going to learn to lay tile and I’m going to have an amazing bathroom like this! Love reading your blog.
Erin @ Two Story Cottage says
Saw this the other day on my phone but had to stop back by today so I could comment. I LOVE it. Times a million. Dream worthy. Insane. The color scheme and mix of tiles is perfection.
Evie {Domestic Whimsy} says
It looks SO good! There are lots of great details, like that ladder shelf. I’ve never taken on a room remodel like that, but I can imagine how good it feels to accomplish a project of that scale!
Diana says
A thousand times beautiful! I’ve found a tube like this one on my family’s farm that was stollen on its way home! it was 7 months ago and they recharged me another one. By now, I’m thinking about make a bath salon outdoors. Never thought about redo a bathroom! I would move to another home! That’s way I admire you more and more! Great job, guys! Greetings from Brazil!
Caanan says
Gorgeous! I love it!!
Christy says
It’s beautiful and fun!
Hyedi says
Naming your tub:
Barry!!! After Barry White, because when I look at your tub, it’s like it’s speaking to me in a deep Barry White voice and saying,” Oooooh yaaaaah, come sit in me. relaaaax…”
ashley @ the handmade home says
Ah. MA. ZING. ;}
Jaclyn Klassen says
Hi there, just wondering where you got your hand towel hooks?
Deborah Daneliz Rivera says
OMG! Can I live in your bathroom? Your color scheme is amazing & that tub.. *swoon* I looks amazing!! Sorry you were handed moldy lemons but your lemonade is amazing!
ashley @ the handmade home says
Thank you so much! ;}
Leanna says
I love your bathroom! I was wondering what are the measurements of the bath shower area? And what are the measurements of the bathtub and the slower now? I’m asking Because our bathroom is about like this in the tub shower area. We have a clawfoot tub and I wanted to do the same thing. I wasn’t sure if the shower would be the same size as yours. Thanks! Leann