Bookmatched Porcelain Shower in Mount Laurel, NJ

David had just bought this house, and before he moved in, he wanted the hall bathroom gone: wallpaper everywhere and a basic all-in-one acrylic tub that had seen better days.

Once the walls were open, we found missing insulation and old CPVC water lines so brittle they shattered when touched. We took the room down to the subfloor and put it back together, and the CPVC repair was covered by our hidden-damage promise at no charge to David.

We turned the tub into a walk-in shower. To keep the shower as large as possible, the half wall across the back is only as deep as a storage ledge needs to be. The walls are bookmatched Calacatta Hermitage porcelain, so the veining mirrors across the seam like the pages of an open book, and Absolute White slab covers the shower floor, all on a Schluter waterproofing system.

The slab continues out of the shower and across the bathroom floor. A modern brushed nickel Delta system with a rain head, a separate handheld and a diverter, a new vanity, new lighting, new fixtures and fresh paint finish the room. The whole bathroom took about two to three weeks, and David moved into a bathroom that looks nothing like the one he bought.