Many bathrooms in Palm Beach County are small: guest baths in 1970s and 1980s homes, condo baths, and compact baths in older Lake Worth Beach and West Palm Beach cottages. A small room can still feel open and work well. Here’s what makes the biggest difference.
If you have another tub in the house, converting the small bath’s tub to a walk-in shower with a single fixed glass panel makes the room feel far larger. A guest bath with a tub-to-shower conversion typically runs $19,500 to $39,500 here. See our tub-to-shower conversion guide.
Running the same floor tile straight into the shower, with no curb, makes the floor read as one surface. It needs a linear drain and a properly recessed or built-up floor.
A wall-hung vanity shows more floor and makes cleaning easier. See bathroom vanity ideas.
Counterintuitively, large-format tile makes small rooms look bigger, because fewer grout lines means less visual clutter. Carry the wall tile to the ceiling in the shower to add height.
Recessed niches in the shower and a recessed medicine cabinet free up space without sticking out into the room.
If the door swing fights the vanity or toilet, a pocket door can free up valuable floor space. It requires opening the wall, which is easiest during a full remodel.
A ceiling fixture alone casts shadows. Add a lit mirror or sconces at face height and a shower light rated for wet locations.
Keep the walls and large surfaces light, then add personality with one element, like a patterned floor, a colored vanity or matte black fixtures.
In condos, plumbing stacks usually can’t move, and associations set rules on work hours and sometimes sound-rated underlayment. Plan the layout around the existing drain locations. See condo remodeling rules in Boca Raton.
See bathroom remodeling, walk-in shower ideas, or our $20,000 Delray Beach bathroom remodel.
A powder room update typically runs $6,500 to $14,000, and a full guest bath with a tub-to-shower conversion typically runs $19,500 to $39,500.
A walk-in shower with a single glass panel, a floating vanity, large-format tile, light colors and good layered lighting.
Usually 2 to 4 weeks of construction for a tub-to-shower conversion or 3 to 5 weeks for a full remodel, after permits.
Written by the North2South Renovations team, led by Colby Matheny, Florida Certified Building Contractor CBC1269429, based in Delray Beach. Questions about your project? Call (561) 664-3256 or request a free estimate.