Land Park Essential Bathroom Remodel

The old bathtub came out, and in its place we fit a 30″ × 60″ walk-in shower — a footprint that sounds modest but required careful coordination to achieve within the existing clearances of a 5′ × 7′ bathroom. Every inch was accounted for. The result is a shower that feels open and accessible without sacrificing the sense of quality that the rest of the house demands.

For the shower walls, we chose Island Dolomite — a stone with slightly more natural variation than the floor tile. That distinction was intentional: pure white field tile in a small shower can read as clinical and flat. The Island Dolomite keeps the palette cohesive while giving the walls warmth and movement.

The 4″ dolomite border that frames the basketweave mosaic on both floor surfaces ties the room together and gives the design its structure — a detail that reads as custom without feeling overdone.

Getting in and out of the shower safely was the central goal of this project, and every fixture decision supported it. The DreamLine semi-frameless sliding bypass door — 56″–60″ wide in Oil Rubbed Bronze — was selected specifically because the bypass panel system allows the bather to enter without stepping over a door track or managing a swing door in a confined space. The integrated towel bar on the exterior panel adds a functional grab point at exactly the right moment.

We also installed an ADA-compliant grab bar inside the shower — a straightforward addition that makes a meaningful difference in daily confidence and safety, and one that doesn’t ask anything of the design to earn its place.

The corner bench was another “would be nice” that made the final cut. The footprint allowed for it without compromising circulation or the visual simplicity of the shower area — and for aging-in-place use, it shifts the shower from merely accessible to genuinely comfortable.

The Delta Trinsic hand shower package rounds out the functionality: valve placement was positioned so the water can be turned on and temperature dialed before stepping in — no cold surprises, no awkward reach.

Oil Rubbed Bronze runs throughout the shower and bath fixtures — a deliberate nod to the warmth and craftsmanship character of a 1940s Land Park home. The Swiss Madison Classe one-piece toilet was chosen for its skirtless design, which makes cleaning dramatically easier and gives the small footprint a cleaner visual line.

The one moment of contrast comes from the vanity: an Ebern Designs Bilroy 24″ single vanity in Vintage Blue. In a room this refined, a single unexpected color earns its place — and in a bathroom this compact, it gives the eye somewhere to land.