Small Bathroom Gets a High-End Custom Renovation

Small bathrooms are tricky. The square footage is limited, so every single decision - tile pattern, fixture placement, plumbing layout - has to work harder than it would in a larger space. There's no room to hide sloppy work. That's exactly why this one was so satisfying to pull off.

We handled everything from the ground up. Plumbing was relocated to allow for a wall-mounted brass faucet and exposed brass drain assembly beneath a full slab marble vanity. That's not a simple swap - it means opening walls, rerouting supply lines, and making sure the rough-in lands exactly where it needs to be before a single tile goes up. Get that wrong and you're tearing it all back out.

The tile work is where this space really comes together. Charcoal arabesque mosaic covers the walls floor to ceiling, and a geometric marble mosaic tiles the floor and shower basin. Two completely different patterns, two completely different textures - and they work because the proportions and grout lines were carefully planned before installation started. The shower itself sits on a raised marble curb with a recessed niche built right into the tiled wall, finished in brass to match the rest of the fixtures.

What a lot of people don't think about with a bathroom remodel is what happens behind the tile. Proper waterproofing, a correctly sloped shower floor, drain placement that actually moves water - none of that is visible once the job is done, but all of it determines whether the bathroom holds up for years or starts showing problems fast. We don't skip those steps, even when a space is small.

The vaulted ceiling added another layer of complexity here. Tiling around an angled roofline, working in tight corners, keeping the arabesque pattern consistent across every surface - it takes patience and real tile experience to pull that off cleanly. This one came out exactly the way it was designed to look.