It took us a while to finally decide on a layout for the bathroom. We had a few non-negotiables to design around.
-Dual shower heads -Claw foot tub -Double vanity sinks -Hide the air duct in the shower
-Bench in the shower -Move the toilet as little as possible
-Add a second window
Installing dual shower heads required us to put them on the back wall, which then required the shower to be deeper than for just one head. We couldn't go too far into the room, though, because that would conflict with my non-negotiable claw foot tub. The tub almost got nixed out of frustration, trying to find a workable layout, but it worked out perfectly in the end. There was an air duct in the closet-now-shower which needed to be encased, and it cut into the shower space. We decided to put the bench on that side of the shower so that the soffit makes it look more like an accent than trying to working around an issue. We thought that we needed to move the toilet to make the bathroom flow better (plus Chris has this weird obsession with not seeing the toilet through the doorway) but we knew that it would be expensive and invasive to try and move it. In the end, we decided to leave it where it was. It worked out fine because the new vanity was shorter and a few inches less deep than the original, so the toilet doesn't interfere with cabinet doors. We wanted to add a second window to let in more of the gorgeous view outside.
Once we had our layout planned out, we set to work destroying the bathroom.
This is the whole room, through the bedroom. It may be hard to believe, but the room was in this condition for a few months while we finished doing all the plumbing ourselves. We saved about $4,000 by doing it ourselves.
Here is the old shower vent and drain that needed to be moved about 6 feet to the new shower location.
This is where the new tub needed to be moved to.
This is the old vanity that needed to be doubled.
This is where the new shower needed to go, and you can see the air duct that had to be encased.
Here you can see the new window frame in place.
At this point we were just wondering what we got ourselves into.
