Master Bath @ MDHQ

Our master bath was the first  and possibly the nastiest room we gutted.  We removed five layers of carpet, linoleum,  and wood before reaching  the subfloor (and carpet that’s been down in a bathroom for 20+ years? you can imagine.)  We  had to change the space around to fit a double sink and jacuzzi tub, so we built a custom shower in the northeast corner, dropped double sinks into a vanity, and miraculously lifted a 500-pound 1970’s Kohler jacuzzi up our steps.  We also experimented with mosaics in the upper section of our custom shower, collecting miscellaneous remnants  of white tile an arranging them in a random pattern with thick gray grout lines.

Library before + afters

Upstairs hall (leading to master bedroom) @ MDHQ

There was a small 6×6 room at the end of the upstairs hall which was not quite big enough to be a bedroom (although we have heard tale from a previous renter of it being used as such - he had to cut his mattress to fit inside) but a bit too much for a closet. We decided to attach the room to the master bedroom as a sitting room (see more at the master bedroom project.) We covered the doorway, creating an inset bookshelf on the other side, and put leaded glass windows facing into the sitting room and above the stairs, which provide interesting pass-though daylighting on both sides of the wall.