A Classic Marble Bathroom Renovation: a house log

Simply as we mentioned last week, Reader Redesigns are back you all!! And we are kicking things off with Michelle’s remarkable bathroom renovation. She and her husband David gutted the crazy yellow bathroom, fully reconfigured the layout, and built it back up in striking greys and fresh sparkling whites. Here is her letter:

Hi The house team! Your bathroom at your first house sparked me and my hubs to renovate our 1952 en-suite bathroom. We followed soooo many of your pointers (we ran into all of the same demolition problems, including the wire mesh). It was no bueno! But thank goodness all of the hard work is done. I shared the big final reveal of the bathroom here on my journal Ten June, and you can also look back at the whole renovation here. Anyways, I simply hoped to say THANK YOU for your insight! So excited that Reader Redesigns have returned! -Michelle

Um, it is insane. Seriously, it does not even look like the same room. Simply check out these before pics:

And now for the holy-cow-that is-remarkable afters:

Not only is that shower – ahem – double shower excellent because it sits where the toilet and bathtub formerly were, but it also has these killer hex tiles….

…which Michelle and David smartly echoed as details elsewhere in the shower.

Sherry and I may or may not have gone nuts over that tile. And everything from the soft gray vanity to the glittering angled mirrors have us in a vivid-bathroom-induced haze. As Michelle said, there are more before, during, and after pics on her journal: Ten June (namely, here and here). Thanks for sharing your excellent project with us Michelle!

Got your own excellent before & after project? Send your story, pics, and related links to [email protected] to be considered for a possible Reader Redesign feature. You know we enjoy any and all design eye candy!