Primary bathroom remodel in Mokena, IL with a freestanding soaking tub, marble-clad walls and brass fittings by Luxe Development

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Marble Primary Bath · Mokena, IL

Marble Primary Bathroom Remodel in Mokena, IL: Before and After

A 1990s primary bath with a drop-in jetted tub, a cultured-marble deck and an oak vanity. Everything came out. What went back is marble, a freestanding tub and unlacquered brass. Designed and built by one accountable team.

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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 primary bathroom in Mokena, taken back to the studs and rebuilt around a freestanding tub. Here is the scope in short.

LocationMokena, IL
ScopeFull primary bathroom remodel, to the studs
ServicesBathroom remodeling, marble tile, custom cabinetry, interior design
ApproachDesign and build, one team

Before & After

Before and after: a Mokena primary bath, photographed as it was and as it is.

Two pairs from the same room. The first is the tub deck, where the jetted tub used to sit. The second is the vanity wall.

You are judging the work here, not the photography.

Bathroom remodel before photo, Mokena IL - 1990s drop-in jetted tub set into a raised cultured-marble deck under a skylight, with grey walls and oak trim — Before

The tub deckDrop-in jetted tub, cultured-marble surround

Bathroom remodel after photo by bathroom remodeling contractors in Mokena, IL - freestanding soaking tub against a marble-clad wall with a fluted glass pendant and a frameless glass shower alongside — After

The tub deckFreestanding tub, marble surround, brass

The skylight anchors both frames, so the comparison is easy to read. The drop-in jetted tub, its raised cultured-marble deck and the step up to it are all gone, and with them the dead corner they created. A freestanding soaking tub now sits in roughly the same footprint with floor running clear underneath and around it, lit by a fluted glass pendant. The grey painted walls and the beige floor tile gave way to large-format marble that runs floor to ceiling, and the shower that used to be a separate boxed-in enclosure now sits behind frameless glass so the two zones read as one room.

Bathroom remodel before photo, Mokena IL - oak double vanity with a cultured-marble integrated sink top, a frameless plate mirror and a chrome light bar — Before

The vanity wallOak, cultured marble, integrated bowls

Bathroom remodel after photo, Mokena IL - stained oak double vanity with a marble top, rectangular undermount basins, black-framed arch mirrors and brass tapware — After

The vanity wallStained oak, marble top, brass

These two frames are comparable rather than identical, so read the wall itself rather than the framing. The oak cabinetry, the cultured-marble top with its integrated bowls, the frameless plate mirror and the chrome light bar are all gone. In their place: a longer stained-oak double vanity on a marble top with two rectangular undermount basins, a pair of black-framed arch mirrors, and brass tapware carried through from the tub filler and the shower. Read the change as one moulded top with bowls cast into it to a stone slab with separate basins, and builder chrome to brass.

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The Story

Challenge, approach, and result.

The Challenge

A 1990s bath built around the wrong fixture

The room had every hallmark of its decade. A drop-in jetted tub sat in a raised cultured-marble deck that took the best of the floor, a boxed shower sat beside it behind framed glass, and the vanity wall carried oak cabinetry under a single moulded top with integrated bowls, a frameless plate mirror and a chrome light bar.

Our Approach

Delete the deck, not just the tub

The deck came out before anything else. A freestanding tub was set in roughly the same footprint so the floor runs clear underneath and around it, and the shower was rebuilt behind frameless glass so the two zones read as one room rather than two boxes.

The Result

Marble, brass, and floor you can see

Large-format marble runs floor to ceiling, broken once by a dark herringbone shower floor. The freestanding tub sits under a fluted glass pendant with a floor-mounted brass filler. The vanity wall answers in stained oak, a marble top and the same brass.

One stone carries the floor, the walls and the shower, so the eye reads a single room rather than a patchwork of surfaces. The one deliberate break is the dark herringbone shower floor, which grounds the glass enclosure and stops it disappearing into the marble. Brass was specified throughout on purpose. It is the one finish in the room meant to change, and it will patina rather than wear.

Our Process

How the Luxe Method shaped this project.

Step OneVision & Architecture

Our team walked the room and mapped it honestly. The raised deck was the problem, not the tub, so the plan started by deleting the deck rather than re-tiling it. The tub wall was drawn first, and the vanity wall was drawn to answer it.

Step TwoBespoke Curation

Materials were selected and priced before demolition: large-format marble, dark herringbone shower-floor tile, a marble vanity top, stained-oak cabinetry, and brass tapware and lighting 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 crews took out the deck, re-ran the plumbing for a floor-mounted filler, waterproofed the shower, then set the marble, the vanity and the brass.

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 deck is gone. The tub now stands on floor you can see under it.

Room by Room

Project gallery.

Eight frames from the finished room: the tub wall, the shower in marble and herringbone, the vanity run, and the brass detail that ties them together.

Freestanding soaking tub against a marble-clad wall with a floor-mounted brass filler and an olive tree beside it - marble primary bath remodel, Mokena IL — **The Tub Wall**Freestanding tub, floor-mounted brass

Walk-in shower lined in large-format marble with brass thermostatic controls and a brass handshower on a slide bar - marble primary bath remodel, Mokena IL — **Marble Shower**Large-format marble, brass fittings

Frameless glass shower with a dark herringbone tile floor, a brass door pull and folded towels on a brass rail - marble primary bath remodel, Mokena IL — **Herringbone Floor**Dark herringbone, frameless glass

Frameless glass shower enclosure seen past the freestanding tub, with the marble wall and dark herringbone floor beyond - marble primary bath remodel, Mokena IL — **Glass and Stone**Shower open to the tub wall

Stained oak double vanity with a marble top, two black-framed arch mirrors and brass tapware, with the freestanding tub at the right - marble primary bath remodel, Mokena IL — **The Vanity Run**Stained oak, marble top, arch mirrors

Stained oak double vanity beside the freestanding tub, with brass sconces above the mirrors and marble underfoot - marble primary bath remodel, Mokena IL — **Vanity and Tub**One wall, one stone

Close view of the stained oak vanity, its marble top and rectangular undermount basin with brass tapware - marble primary bath remodel, Mokena IL — **Basin Detail**Marble top, rectangular basin

Close view of an unlacquered brass shower door pull against the marble wall, with a folded towel behind - marble primary bath remodel, Mokena IL — **Brass Detail**Unlacquered, meant to patina

Related Work

The craft behind this project.

This project came out of our bathroom remodeling practice, with the stone, cabinetry and fixture palette guided by interior design. One team drew it, priced it and built it, which is why the marble, the herringbone shower floor and the vanity run all read as one decision instead of three.

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