Eradicating the built-in tub might have meant giving up a tub for a bigger bathe, however this major lavatory rework discovered room for each. The previous tub encompass disappeared, whereas a brand new soaking tub took its place beneath the identical pair of home windows.
Connecticut design and reworking staff @theinspiredkitch used the smaller footprint of a freestanding tub to broaden the bathe beside it. The previous framed enclosure turned a large walk-in bathe with a bench, recessed area of interest, and frameless glass.
Cherry cabinetry, marble-look bathe tile, brown flooring, wall paneling, and separate vainness mirrors accomplished the change, however the greatest distinction got here from redistributing the house as soon as occupied by the previous tub and bathe.
Constructed-In Tub Took Up Extra House Than the Bathtub
The previous tub stretched beneath each home windows with a large molded encompass extending throughout the tip of the room. A step projected into the ground, whereas the deck continued towards a half wall separating the bathtub from the bathe.
Beside it, framed sliding bathe doorways created one other enclosed part. Each fixtures match into the room, however a lot of the obtainable house went to the bathtub encompass quite than the bathtub basin.
Freestanding Tub Makes use of the Similar Finish of the Room
The substitute tub stays beneath the home windows, however with out the deck, step, or built-in encompass. Its curved freestanding type leaves the ground seen round it and creates sufficient clearance for a floor-mounted tub filler at one finish.
White rectangular wall paneling now wraps the decrease half of the bathtub space, changing the uninterrupted painted partitions across the previous fixture. Brown stone-look ground tile extends beneath the bathtub as an alternative of stopping at a raised enclosure.
Bigger Bathe Took Over A part of the Outdated Tub House
Increasing the bathe modified the division between the 2 bathing areas. Frameless glass now rises from a paneled half wall, permitting the bathe to increase towards the bathtub with out closing off that facet of the toilet.
Giant marble-look wall tile covers the enclosure, whereas a slim vertical strip of brown tile runs behind the bathe controls and fixtures. The darker accent breaks up the pale tile with out protecting a complete bathe wall.
Bathe Bench Suits Beneath a Recessed Area of interest
Further bathe house created room for a built-in bench alongside the again wall. A recessed area of interest sits above it, lined with the identical slim brown tile used behind the bathe fixtures.
The bench and area of interest occupy one finish of the enclosure with out reducing into the principle bathe space, displaying the place a number of the house recovered from the previous tub encompass went.
One Giant Mirror Grew to become Two
The unique double vainness had white raised-panel cabinetry, an off-white counter, two sinks, and one mirror spanning many of the wall. A five-light fixture sat above the mirror, leaving your complete vainness facet dominated by one broad reflective floor.
Storage existed under the counter, however toiletries collected throughout the highest with no open wall storage beside the sinks.
Cherry Cabinetry Added Heat Wooden to the Toilet
The brand new double vainness replaces the white cupboard with cherry wooden whereas protecting a pale countertop and two undermount sinks. Two rounded rectangular mirrors divide the wall above, every with its personal pair of glass-shade lights.
Floating wooden cabinets occupy the house beside the left mirror, repeating the cupboard tone with out extending cabinetry up the wall. Chrome taps, pulls, bathe {hardware}, and lighting carry one metallic end between the vainness and bathing space.
The lavatory nonetheless has the identical core items it had earlier than — two sinks, a bathe, and a tub — however the tub not claims the biggest share of the showering space.
Would you commerce a built-in tub encompass for a smaller freestanding tub if it meant getting a bathe this dimension?
Picture credit go to @theinspiredkitch.
