Tub to Shower Conversion in Belle Isle, FL

This Belle Isle primary bathroom had a drop in tub nobody used and a shower that did not match the size of the room. We find that all the time in primary baths. Big footprint, big tub, and a shower sized like an afterthought. So we swapped them.

The tub took up the best wall in the room. It came out and a full shower went in that footprint. The walls are Maximo Vita Bella Blue 24x48 polished porcelain, and the floor is the matte hexagon mosaic from the same line. Glass panels sit on a half wall with black hardware, and the fixtures are matte black, a square rain head with a handheld on a riser. A single large niche is trimmed in black to match.

Once the new shower was in, the old one had no job left, so we tore it out. A floor to ceiling storage tower went in that space, ordered to match the existing cabinetry.

If you are wondering why we did not open the space up completely, here is the answer. This bathroom is on the second floor directly above the fireplace, and the flue runs inside the wall with the towel hangers. That wall stays.

At the vanity, the soffit and the side walls came out. That alcove was closing the vanity in and holding all the light in one recessed box overhead. With it gone, the run reads full width and we set sconces between the mirrors. We also added recessed cans through the room, so the space is lit evenly instead of lit in one spot.

The vanity, the counters, and the mirrors were already there and had been done recently. There was no reason to touch them. That is why the storage tower was ordered to match rather than replacing a vanity that was working fine.

We also added a ventilation fan over the toilet. Not a glamorous line item, but a bathroom with a new shower and no proper exhaust is a bathroom with a moisture problem coming.

Keep what works, fix what does not. Every project is different, and we are set up to handle whatever the house gives us.

Project type: Primary bathroom remodel.

Location: Belle Isle, FL.

Scope: Tub to shower conversion, Vita Bella Blue porcelain shower walls, hexagon mosaic shower floor, glass panels on a half wall, original shower removed and replaced with a matching floor to ceiling storage tower, soffit and side wall removal at the vanity, new sconces and recessed lighting, new ventilation fan.