Bathroom remodel in Shorewood, IL with a black flat-panel double vanity, a white stone-look counter with rectangular basins, matte black tapware and two black-framed backlit mirrors on glossy white stacked tile by Luxe Development

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Bathroom Remodel · Shorewood, IL

Bathroom Remodel in Shorewood, IL: Before and After

A white raised-panel double vanity under a heavily textured white-and-silver-grey wall covering, and a beige stone-look alcove shower with a one-piece white pan and a center drain. Both walls came out, and the floor with them. What went back is black flat-panel cabinetry on a brass-trimmed lit recess under glossy white tile, and a frameless shower in charcoal hex and warm wood-look reeded tile over a pan rebuilt around a linear drain.

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One Accountable Team

Architect, engineer & builder, one team

Fixed, Itemized Budgets

Priced in full before we break ground

The Same Hands

On every project, framing to finish

Lemont, Illinois

Design-build for the western suburbs

At a Glance

The project, at a glance.

One bathroom in Shorewood, rebuilt on both walls and re-floored: the vanity run, the shower and the tile underfoot. Here is the scope in short.

LocationShorewood, IL
ScopeBathroom remodel: vanity wall, shower and floor
ServicesBathroom remodeling, tile and stone, interior design
ApproachDesign and build, one team

Before & After

Before and after: a Shorewood bathroom, photographed as it was and as it is.

Two pairs from the same room. The first is the vanity wall. The second is the shower.

You are judging the work here, not the photography.

Bathroom remodel before photo, Shorewood IL - white raised-panel double vanity with a dark grey counter and two oval undermount bowls under a heavily textured white-and-silver-grey wall covering, lit by seeded-glass bar lighting in dark bronze — Before

The vanity wallWhite cabinets, grey counter, oval bowls

Bathroom remodel after photo by bathroom remodeling contractors in Shorewood, IL - black flat-panel double vanity with a white stone-look counter, two rectangular undermount basins, matte black tapware and two black-framed backlit mirrors on glossy white stacked tile — After

The vanity wallBlack cabinetry, stone-look top, backlit mirrors

Both frames look at the same wall, the after from further back, so read the wall rather than the crop. The panel above the counter is the piece to watch: the heavily textured white-and-silver-grey covering occupied exactly that zone, and the new tile re-skins it. Glossy white tile is now stacked vertically from the counter to the ceiling, while the return wall to its left stays painted, as it was. The dark grey counter and its two oval bowls are gone, replaced by a white stone-look top with soft grey veining and two rectangular undermount basins. The cabinetry is black and flat-panel, finished with a slim brass-tone trim along its bottom edge and a lit recess beneath that washes the floor. The tapware is matte black, and a pair of black-framed backlit mirrors now breaks the tile, one over each basin.

Bathroom remodel before photo, Shorewood IL - alcove shower in beige stone-look tile with a built-in tiled bench, a one-piece white pan with a center drain, glass panels in slim metal channels and a curved bronze arm with a square rain head under a transom window — Before

The showerBeige tile, one-piece pan, framed glass

Bathroom remodel after photo, Shorewood IL - frameless glass shower on matte black hardware with a black ceiling rain head, a warm wood-look reeded back wall, marble-look large-format side walls, a full-width lit niche in charcoal hex and a charcoal hex mosaic floor — After

The showerFrameless glass, hex floor, lit niche

The transom window sits in the same place in both frames, so the comparison holds even though the after is framed a little tighter. Everything below it changed. The beige stone-look wall tile, the built-in tiled bench and the one-piece white pan with its center drain are gone. The pan was rebuilt and the center drain replaced with a linear channel; the floor inside is charcoal hex mosaic, and the same hex returns as a full-width lit niche across the back wall. Above and below that niche the back wall is warm wood-look reeded tile, the side walls are marble-look large-format panels, and the channel-set glass gave way to frameless glass on matte black hardware, clamped to a dark stone-look curb cap. Overhead there is now a rain head at the ceiling, with a wall head and a handshower on the right-hand wall. Outside the enclosure, the cream marble-look tile that ran the old floor on the diagonal has been replaced with large-format grey stone-look tile.

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The Story

Challenge, approach, and result.

The Challenge

Two walls, two different rooms

Nothing in here was failing. It was just stock. The vanity wall carried a white raised-panel double cabinet, a dark grey counter with two oval undermount bowls and a heavily textured white-and-silver-grey wall covering, lit by a pair of dark bronze three-light bars with seeded-glass shades. Around the corner the shower was a standard alcove: beige stone-look wall tile, a built-in tiled bench, a one-piece white pan with a center drain, and glass panels set in slim metal channels under a curved bronze arm. Cream marble-look tile ran the floor on the diagonal. The two walls shared that floor and nothing else.

Our Approach

One palette, run through both walls

The plan set a single vocabulary and carried it across the whole room: matte black hardware and white stone-look surfaces on both walls, with warm wood-look reeded tile and charcoal hex reserved for the shower. The shower came out to the subfloor so the pan could be rebuilt rather than re-tiled over, the center drain gave way to a linear channel, and the diagonal floor was replaced wall to wall with large-format grey stone-look tile.

The Result

Black cabinetry, lit tile, a frameless shower

The vanity is now a black flat-panel double on a white stone-look counter with soft grey veining, two rectangular undermount basins and matte black tapware. A slim brass-tone trim runs the bottom edge of the cabinetry, and a lit recess beneath it washes the floor. Behind it, glossy white tile is stacked from the counter to the ceiling and lit three ways: two backlit mirrors, two black linear sconces and that strip under the cabinet. The shower is frameless on matte black hardware, with a ceiling rain head, a wall head and a handshower, a warm wood-look reeded back wall, marble-look large-format side walls and a full-width lit niche in charcoal hex.

Both walls now speak the same language. The same matte black hardware and the same white stone-look surfaces appear on each side of the room, and the charcoal hex on the shower floor is repeated in the lit niche above it, so the eye reads one room rather than two projects. Each wall keeps one warm note of its own: the brass-tone trim under the cabinetry, and the reeded wood-look wall in the shower. The part that matters most is the part you cannot see. Before a single finished tile went down, the shower was stripped to the OSB subfloor, the walls were rebuilt in cement board, and the old center drain was replaced with a linear channel.

Our Process

How the Luxe Method shaped this project.

Step OneVision & Architecture

Our team walked the room and drew both walls together rather than one at a time. The vanity run and the shower were treated as a single elevation, which is why the matte black hardware and the white stone-look surfaces land on both and read as one decision.

Step TwoBespoke Curation

Materials were selected and priced before demolition: glossy white stacked wall tile, warm wood-look reeded tile, charcoal hex mosaic for the shower floor and the lit niche, marble-look large-format panels, a white stone-look counter, black flat-panel cabinetry, backlit mirrors and matte black tapware throughout. Our clients approve a fixed, itemized budget, and that number is the number we build. See how the full process works.

Step ThreeMaster Construction

The same hands took the shower back to the OSB subfloor, rebuilt the walls in cement board, set a linear drain in place of the old center drain, then laid the hex, the reeded wall and the marble-look panels before hanging the frameless glass, the backlit mirrors and the vanity.

Step FourWhite-Glove Handover

Every Luxe project ends the same way. The room is cleaned, photographed and walked before handover, and the finishes are checked against what was drawn and priced.

The best work in this bathroom is the part you will never see: the pan it all sits on.

Room by Room

Project gallery.

Four frames the before-and-after pairs do not carry: the room as it was, the old wall in close, the shower stripped to the subfloor, and the new floor where it meets the wood.

Bathroom before photo, Shorewood IL - alcove shower in beige stone-look tile with a built-in tiled bench, a one-piece white pan and glass panels in slim metal channels, with cream marble-look floor tile laid on the diagonal — **Before: The Room**Beige tile, one-piece pan, diagonal floor

Bathroom before photo, Shorewood IL - a heavily textured white-and-silver-grey wall covering above a dark grey counter with two oval undermount bowls, lit by a pair of dark bronze three-light bars with seeded-glass shades — **Before: The Old Wall**Textured covering, seeded-glass bars

Shower rebuild in progress, Shorewood IL - cement board walls over a bare OSB subfloor, a matte black linear drain lying beside the exposed drain riser and a sheet of charcoal hex mosaic dry-laid on the subfloor — **Back to the Subfloor**Cement board, new linear drain, hex on site

Bathroom remodel after photo, Shorewood IL - new large-format grey stone-look floor tile meeting a stained wood floor at a flush threshold, with a black linear floor register set into the tile — **Tile Meets Wood**New grey floor, black linear register

Related Work

The craft behind this project.

This project came out of our bathroom remodeling practice, with the tile, cabinetry and lighting palette set by interior design. One team drew both walls, priced them and built them, which is why the matte black hardware and the white stone-look surfaces land on the vanity and in the shower as a single decision rather than two.

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