D1 and SIL remodeled their master bath when they lived in CA. Huge wet room concept bathroom with custom one of kind tile inset. (SIL designed a waterfall that was a non-repeating fractal pattern… it took the architect nearly 2 months to find a craftsman who would agree to work on it. But I digress….)
They installed a top-of-the-line Kohler one piece toilet with built-in bidet (Veil). Comfort height, heated seat, heated adjustable water spray, choice of 5 spray patterns, self-cleaning both bidet nozzle AND toilet bowl, plus other feature, control panel on the wall beside the toilet. Really nice toilet. Unfortunately they moved about 6 months after the bathroom remodel was completed, but I stayed on in the house another 5 months while the rest of the remodeling on the house and ADU was being completed. I used that nice toilet the entire time after they left. It was really lovely….sigh.
I’m contemplating doing a facelift/upgrade of my current small bath. (House is from the 50s, last bathroom update was done in the 90s.) I’ve already replaced all the light fixtures, replaced and moved all the towel bars and TP holder, added a robe hook beside the shower and placed a small, narrow standalone cabinet along the wall opposite the toilet/vanity to hold TP, Kleenex and laundry detergent.
At a minimum I want to replace the oxidized aluminum shower door w/ the rusty screws with a frameless glass door, replace the 36” very basic Ikea-type vanity with a taller vanity that is better organized, replace the plate mirror with a framed mirror, and if possible add an electrical outlet between the toilet and vanity so the so I can replace the current 35 yo toilet with a new bidet toilet with heated spray. If I go all out, I’ll replace the ugly floor tile and the shower tile as well, along with a new shower assembly and shower head. Then paint the whole thing.
I noticed a kitchen and bath showroom a couple of doors down from the coffee roaster the other day. I might go talk to them about my options.
We also redid a bathroom that had amazing water pressure. The new fixtures do not allow that kind of pressure. Luckily we got a main wall-mounted showerhead and an extra showerhead for cleaning mounted on a bar near the main showerhead. We have it positioned pretty high on the bar. We run both showerheads at the same time. It is not as much pressure as the original, but with two showerheads going, it feels like a real shower. With just one running, it’d be kind of sad compared to the old experience.
Best thing we did was to get a heated floor. They install the heat elements under the tile and there is a wall thermostat. Nothing like getting out of the shower on a cold day and having your feet toasty! We also had them install and outlet behind the toilet so that we could add a Toto washlet to the toilet and have warm water. Definitely worth it!
We redid all the bathrooms when we moved 5 years ago.
Voting YES to the comfort height toilets. We got Koler (sp?) off of Amazon, they were actually the cheapest vendor.
Voting YES to replacing the tub with a walk in shower. We weren’t here when the work was being done and I was upset that no one mentioned that we had room to make a bit bigger shower since it seemed very small (width wise). They took the exact outline of the small tub that was there. But it actually is fine, we went with barn door all glass shower doors which work really well in the space, no room for a swinging door.
We went with LARGE pieces of tile so there is less grout for ease of cleaning.
We went to home depot and looked at shower/faucet etc, but ended up getting the shower heads from a plumbing store. Tour one if there is one in your area it is FUN and if you are not up on the latest, it is fascinating. We got a combo rain head with a hand held wand beside. DH uses the rain and I use the wand pulled up to the height I like.
Counter tops are not corian, but like that, manufactured, molded stuff. Much easier to clean than tile . Again home depot to see what is there. Home depot web site if there isn’t a handy store in your area.
And really for me, better than houzz was just looking on Amazon!