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Hello! I would love to share my bathroom. I designed and DIY'd this room from scratch. It includes a poured concrete Japanese soaking tub, concrete countertops and a 9 1/2 foot tall tile mosaic shower wall. It has his and hers vanities and a double shower with ceiling mount rain heads...
As far as bathrooms go, it was done very inexpensively and incorporates some ideas that I think are useful and fun whether one is on a budget or not. (I think I spent about 3K total on the room.)
From the $48 sconces that look super high-end to the shower that I tiled in basic 4 1/4" white ceramic and blue glass gobs purchased in bulk to the marine vinyl used as partitions instead of expensive tempered glass panels, I think it's a testament to what you can do with a limited budget and some creativity (and a lot of hard work!).
Sconces-lightinguniverse.com
Sinks-Escher Quadro by Whitehaus
Faucets-Ebay
Shower fixtures and tub filler-Hudson Reed
Vanity-modified IKEA kitchen cabinets with Abstrakt white doors
Toilet-Toto Nexus
Mirrors-IKEA
Towel bars and hooks, Danze
Paint-Behr, from a kids Disney color chip
Tile-white 4 1/4" square ceramic with glass
Shower partition-heavy weight marine vinyl panels (what boat windows are made from)
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Comments (5)
Hey Slatgirl,
I am looking to do the same thing, where did you find that blue bubbled product or is it even available for purchase?
I bookmarked your tub construction when you first posted it. Room looks great finished! We are about to build our own soaking tub but I am concerned that concrete would suck heat from the water even though we have radiant floor heating. What is your experience, does the water stay hot? We keep going back and forth between concrete and buying a used, steel hydrotherapy tub for $200 and just using the tub part (probably much easier and faster install). Would love to get your opinion in hindsight.
I feel like the water stays plenty hot, although this was a concern for me initially so for the first few uses I filled it with straight hot and then spent the next 20 minutes trying to cool it off enough to be able to get in. And In the summer, we have found the heat sucking effect of the concrete and a tub full of lukewarm to cool water to be a welcome means of cooling off.
I know there is such a thing as small, recirculating heaters for ofuro in Japan, and I vaguely recall seeing them online someplace(s). Something to consider if you're looking to keep things nice and toasty for a looooong time.
Honestly my biggest complaint is the guilt over feeling like its excessively wasteful of water.
Thank you for your quick reply to my post. You helped me make the decision to buy this used therapy tub!:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEBTOX:IT&item=330159028147&_trksid=p3984.cTODAY.m238.lVI
Now the challenge will be to refinish it. I think the size is perfect and if we build in a seat we will be using much less water than a regular tub. I don't know if we need to box it in for extra insulation, but I think we'll try it free standing to start.
It will be a few months but I'll post the results when we're done. Thanks again,
Lynne
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This is amazing. I totally agree with Splatgirl's philosophy. Lots of money does tend to make people creatively lazy. Kudos for doing things a different way and ending up with stunning results. Congrats on a job well done.