By the time we unpacked our shower curtain last week, it had been 48 hours since either of us had showered. Those two days were filled with lifting heavy boxes and hauling furniture, so finally hanging the shower curtain felt like a small victory. What wasn’t a victory was the result we first got:
We love raising an extra-long shower curtain all the way to the ceiling because it visually adds height to the room (the 95″ waffle curtain is an Amazon find and the 86″ fabric liner is from Bed Bath & Beyond). But that trick only works if the tension rod reaches the higher, tile-free portion of the wall. The rod we inherited was just about half an inch too short, so it couldn’t catch the slightly wider upper wall. That left the extra-long curtain bunched awkwardly near the toilet.
We weren’t willing to live with that mess.
So our very first post-move trip to Home Depot was to buy a longer tension rod. The difference is dramatic. Ooooh. Ahhh. Note: you can read more about raising your shower rod and choosing extra-long liners and curtains in posts from other home bloggers.
This is just a small step toward making the bathroom feel more like ours. It’s already a nice bathroom with good bones, but the overall style isn’t exactly what we would have chosen. Over time we’ll make tweaks and upgrades to bring it closer to our taste. For example, we plan to replace the light fixture with something smaller so it doesn’t encroach on a ceiling-height shower curtain.
For anyone worried that a higher curtain might make the shower dark: surprisingly, it doesn’t. The light curtain and liner let light filter through so the shower space still feels bright. In our old house we didn’t even have a ceiling light—only a wall-mounted fixture above the mirror—and the bathroom was still adequately lit.
In the meantime, we get to enjoy nice finishes like these sleek stainless shower fixtures.
And these spa-like glass shelves:
We don’t yet have a fixed vision for our master bathroom’s final look, but chances are we’ll keep both the stainless fixtures and the glass shelving. One change we know will happen sooner rather than later is removing the mirrored door. Yes, you read that right—removing a mirror from our house. We usually add mirrors, not take them away, but since we already have a chunky, floor-length mirror in the bedroom (the one from a past post that I surprised Sherry with as a wedding gift), the door-mounted mirror feels redundant.
We’ll be careful removing it—no need to invite bad luck or a trip to the emergency room. When we tackle the mirror removal, we’ll share the process and any tips for safely taking down a large mirror from a door or wall.