Tumlin Creek Master Bathroom

Tumlin Creek arrived as a master bathroom that had not changed since the 1990s: a corner jacuzzi tub on a tiled deck under the arched window, and next to it a shower stall barely wide enough to turn around in. The tub had not been filled in years. It was holding the best wall in the room.

So both came out. The tub deck was cut back to framing, the stall walls came down, and the two footprints became one oversized walk-in shower — frameless glass over a half-wall, stacked white tile running floor to ceiling, a hexagon mosaic pan with a linear drain, and a niche tiled in the same hexagon. The arched window stayed exactly where it was, and now it lights the shower instead of an empty tub.

Opposite it, a white-oak double vanity replaced the white raised-panel cabinets and the ten-bulb strip light: quartz counters, undermount sinks, arched brass mirrors, and black-and-brass globe sconces. Wood-look plank runs the full length of the room and through the water closet, so nothing breaks the line. One in-house team carried it from demolition to the last fixture — the same room, finally used.