As I mentioned in the room tour of our nursery, we did a major renovation after we bought our house last year. As part of that, we converted the “dressing room” off the master bedroom into our ensuite bath and created a new bedroom where the old master bath was. The new master bath has some of the best views in the house, making it a lovely place to start and end the day.  Links to the DIY projects in this room are at the bottom of this post.

Before:

Before: This dressing room was pretty but not a good use of space.

As the former dressing room, this is not a big space. Still, we managed to fit in our whole wish list: soaking tub, separate shower, double vanity with medicine cabinets and lots of storage. (We just moved from a house that was built with a stand-alone sink and no vanity or medicine cabinet in every bathroom! A cool look in concept, but ultimately, it meant that we had clutter and extra storage crammed into the spaces.

The tour:

I do love the white or espresso vanities that are so popular, but I wanted to do something a little different, so we chose this warm natural oak with simple shaker doors. A secret: the vanity is actually made from Ikea kitchen cabinets!

Large shower and double vanity fit into this small space.

Double vanity with Ikea cabinets as base. Mirrored medicine cabinets from Restoration Hardware.

Another view of the double vanity made with Ikea cabinets and mirrored medicine cabinets from Restoration Hardware.

Toilet area and new master bath with tub under the window.

Deep tub under the window.

With a View…

View from master bath

Sunset view from master bath.

It’s great to have this little spot of peace in our hectic house all finished now.

The DIY projects in this room are:

• Ribbon-bordered window panels
• Fabric-bordered towels
• Apothecary jars and painted screen

Hope you are feeling inspired!

“Jewels”