With a husband that likes urban greys and a wife that likes earthy tones we featured a combination of browns and greys within the complete remodel of our Aspen Way hall bath project.

While the skylight within the bathroom certainly was earthy with its tongue and groove cedar cladding, the dark, rough boards soaked up much of the sunlight that entered the space. By simply repainting the cedar white sunlight now streams into the room making the need for light fixtures obsolete during the day. If you are thinking of doing this yourself, be aware that the tannins within the cedar may need multiple coats of stain sealer to block them from seeping through the paint. In this case we applied 6 coats of stain sealer before the final white top coat.

The tiles we chose for the tub surround are the same width as the cedar boards within the skylight, creating one of many repeating elements for a continuity in design.

Our Aspen Way customers did not want a shower curtain or shower doors with a track, luckily there are now shower doors that operate via hinges and flexible clear rubber strips along the bottom of the glass doors for waterproofing making frames unnecessary.

The glass doors have a two-way, full length pivoting hinge mounted into the wall and a pair of one-way full extension hinges between the two panels. This means you can fold the panels against the wall to start the shower or have a bath, but you can also fold them into the bath when they are wet.

The bath features a rain head, a removable shower arm, 2 glass shelves in each corner and an industrial looking tile that is both earthy and urban.

Between the bath and the vanity is just enough room for towels before the entry door, which originally was an old fashioned flat panelled mahogany door. Now it is an island made Douglas-fir 3 panel door, clear finished to match the new vanity that was custom made in our shop.

The original tile floor was taken up and replaced with grouted vinyl tiles in the same tonal variations featured in the shower tiles. Tiles are cold and hard while vinyl is much warmer on the foot, not as noisy and softer as well.

We designed and built a Barris mirror with American Black Walnut and Douglas-fir pinstripes and paired it with a striated laminate countertop with the same dark brown shade. We also installed a custom 9” deep wall cabinet above the toilet for extra storage.

The vanity and wall cabinet where both built with edge grain, flat panel Douglas-fir book matched so that the grain travels from door to door.

The bathtub area before the renovation.