bathroom resources

Last week, we were thrilled to share our bathroom reveal. We both couldn’t be happier to a. have our bathroom back in the form of our own personal spa, and b. not share a tiny hallway one with three little crazy messy people who always cover things in toothpaste and jelly.

But I may or may not have eaten pizza here the other night. Again. While reading. No shame.

This space has made such a huge difference in how I feel about our home. Seriously, it’s amazing what a little love, and a whole lot of beautiful tile and pretty pieces can do for a once kinda ho hum bathroom. {With icky mold growing in the walls… let’s not forget that part} We’re very grateful.

But we’re super thrilled to share the amazing sources today!

The Tile

First up: The tile. It’s from the fabulous Builder Depot. You may remember their beautiful tile from our mantel makeover earlier this summer. We have to brag on them for a second… We’ve never ordered tile online before, and we were kinda newbies to the whole bathroom demo/redo thing. There was something kind of scary about picking things out, without having real life options, side by side… knowing that it would go in the space. Forever. And ever. And ever. Like, cry in the corner of mold, scary.

But they were amazing to work with, and patiently walked us through every single question and issue. I wasn’t sure how the pairing of these tiles would work, and they were more than happy to send photos of the options, side by side. They even gave us their assessment of what works best with their experience. We showed them a photo of our vanity, because the materials on the top {carrara marble} made me nervous. There was no need to be… we felt as though we had our own personal guide to help us through it all. To me, this was priceless and because of that, we’ll recommend these guys to all our friends until we’re blue in the face.

For the floor, we used Carrara Venato 2″ Octagon Polished Mosaic Tile. We wanted something classic with a fun contrast to liven up the space, since we knew we were going with a lot of white. Also, with five people using this bathroom {we’ve tried kicking the kids out into the hallway but to no avail…} it looks pretty all the time. {Be sure to check out all their octagon mosaic options here}

For the walls, we used this gorgeous glass subway tile with a bit of this rope trim for a super subtle polished look. We loved taking that tile all the way up the wall, and feel like it made the space look a lot larger by unifying it all.

And for the floor of the shower + our little shampoo shelf, we used the same stuff we used in our mantel makeover: Carrara Bianco Polished 3″ Hexagon Marble Mosaic Tile.

We ended up pairing it all with a simple light grey grout from our home improvement store, and love love love it.

PSSST these guys are so fun, they’re offering our readers a 5% discount through the end of August. Just enter cod THH5 at checkout. 

The Vanity:

We decided that now was the time to get rid of this L-shaped monstrosity that we always hated. It took up most of the bathroom, and offered little storage. (Contrary to the look of it.) This vanity is the Caroline and came from VIRTUUSA. It actually offers more storage space than the first piece we lived with for years.

The thing that makes me the most happy? {Besides the cleaner look, higher counter height awesome drawers, and shelves inside the cabinets for more storage?} The doors don’t. Slam. No. Really. I kind of want to upload a video.

Every now and then I go into the space, and open the door and then try to close it quickly. It gets to a certain point and then closes in slowmo mode. Soft closing doors, y’all. No more slams from little children. Or for that matter, full grown adults. When I’m getting ready for a jog in the mornings and I’m pulling up my hair and I’m one-handed and need to reach in and quickly grab a rubber band, and I’m in a hurry? No loud slamming. See more of their options here.

It’s the little things. True story. Game changer.

Just a few little links of interest: You can read all about how we did our artwork, here. And this little rolling shelf {which actually comes in very handy for that claw foot bathtub and all things bath necessities} is a world market find from a sale they were having, here.

The Shower: 

My one request. It truly was. {Okay. Not really. I’m super picky and took my time picking everything ou- But I was willing to wait six more months if it meant getting this glass.} I refused to install all of this beautiful glorious tile, and then have the shower encased with framed glass. I know it sounds high maintenance, but in our last shower, I had no idea what a nightmare it would be to clean something year after year that turned out to be a petrie dish for mildew. No matter how many times you scrub, over time, it happens. I get that you do what you do and you deal with what you have. But my shower had been ripped out and I was determined to wait. {Not to mention, the design aesthetic of a frameless shower with a classic tub = my fave.} So we waited. And waited. And waited. Until we found the very best. A true lesson learned in waiting for quality with great people.

The very best part? These amazing people, All Sides Glass, have a website. Where you can order online with super fair prices. Honest people and wonderful resources. They’re great to work with, and worth it in the middle of a huge redo that will make your head spin.

Our shower faucet was given to us by the wonderful people of Delta when we were able to tour their awesome design facilities last year. We were holding on to it all this time. It’s the two in one shower arm and it’s amazing.

Sing in the shower, amazing.

The Tub: 

We found it online at this fabulous company, Vintage Tub & Bath. It makes bathing the kiddos super easy. The faucet alone rocks my face off. The entire thing is porcelain, so when it warms up, it stays that way for a while. And again, the whole pizza thing.

If only they made waterproof laptops…

I’m a mermaid. With prune fingers.

Jamin has learned to stop looking for me every night when the kids are put to bed. I’m suddenly three again, and it’s my bedtime routine.

Here’s where we made our towel rack, and the towels and rug are from here.

The Lights

We ended up taking down those old vanity lights, and bringing in some real personality similar to these little gems from Lamps Plus.

Since we didn’t want to burn the house down, we hired an electrician, and added a chandelier on the other side. It always drove me crazy that this bathroom came without an additional light, so we added one. Lighting is sometimes the most forgotten resource and it adds so much more.

The chandelier is similar to the one in our living room, also from the fabulous Lamps Plus. We love love love them for lights and great fun selections!

You can read all about how to make little frames like this in our book, Handmade Walls

And we have a few tutorials coming soon for some of these little projects.

Check out our original reveal, here – and let us know if you have more specific q’s – we’ll do our best to answer in comments or address them in a separate post! Have an inspired day!

::Disclaimer. We are thrilled to partner with several of the amazing sources above who helped us bring this project to life. As always please be sure to read our full disclosure policy.::