Multi-space renovation · completed

The best answer was not inside the old footprint

The original bathroom location limited how the lower level could work. Rather than force new finishes into the same arrangement, the plan moved the bathroom through the wall and reconsidered the surrounding rooms at the same time.

The new bathroom brings together a tiled shower, wall-hung toilet, vanity, lighting and precise finish work. The reworked footprint also created a dedicated utility room, while drywall, ceiling work and paint turned the adjacent space into a clean exercise room.

Bathroom moved to the other side of an existing wall
Tiled shower and wall-hung toilet
Vanity, mirror lighting and finish work
New dedicated utility room
Drywall and ceiling finishing
Painted exercise room

The bathroom

Layout first, then every visible detail

Progress photographs show the wall-hung toilet and shower tile taking shape before the vanity, lighting, glass and final finishes brought the room together.

Wall-hung toilet installed during the Melrose-area bathroom renovation — Layout and fixture progress

Dark wall tile being installed in the Melrose-area shower — Shower tile in progress

Completed Melrose-area tiled shower and wall-hung toilet — Completed shower and toilet detail

Completed Melrose-area exercise room with smooth ceiling and painted walls

A connected room, fully finished

Beyond the bathroom

The surrounding rooms had to work too

Layout changes rarely stop at one wall. The same plan that improved the bathroom also made space for utilities and gave the exercise room a proper finish. Drywall, ceiling work and paint were treated as part of the transformation—not as loose ends after the main room was done.

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A closer look