Progress! this was one of the few rooms in the house that actually got down to the studs. We had to take out the whole left half of the room where the old (tiny, gross) shower, and the (stupidly deep) linen closet were. We were lucky to find a shower pan that was the exact dimensions we needed for the space, which was kind of amazing because it’s not really the most common size, but Home Depot had ONE that came in that size. Huzzah! We contemplated doing a tiled shower floor but it just felt a little frustrating to figure out so we decided to just simplify things and go for the shower pan.

We had to add a layer of OSB subfloor to beef up the floor so it’d be sturdy enough to take the tile, and once that was done we were able to finally lay tile!!! I’m so in love with the black hex tile we got. It was surprisingly affordable, but still had the exact look I wanted.

When I bought the mirror, I did not realize that the brass was a slightly different tone than the brass sconces I’d ordered. The mirror was going to be right between the two sconces so having it be a different shade of brass (way more yellow-toned) was definitely going to be waaay too clashy, so I just grabbed my trusty spray paint, masked off the mirror, and after a few minutes it was the perfect color.

I knew I wanted to do a “barn door” because we were eliminating the pocket door, but didn’t want to take up precious floor space in the small bedroom with a swinging door. Since there’s nothing about this home that says “farmhouse,” a barn-y barn door wouldn’t fly. I found this reclaimed french door from Earthwise Salvage here in Tacoma and knew it’d be the perfect fit. I’m going to paint it black so it stands out against the white wall and really pops!

I ordered the barn door hardware from Amazon and it was pretty easy to install! The locations where the lag bolts go are not moveable, and since the studs on that wall are in pretty odd locations I did have to add backing in a few spots, but luckily we hadn’t put up drywall in the bathroom yet, so that was easy peasy.

Next up on the project is to update the shower valve to a modern pressure balanced valve so we can put up the wonderboard on that wall, and then tile the shower surround!