This bathroom has a tub under a roof slope, so the tile on one side had to follow an angled ceiling line. We used a large marble-look porcelain with bold gray veining, set in an offset pattern so the joints don't stack up the wall, and cut the top courses to the slope so the tile finishes in a straight, even line against the ceiling.
The niche is recessed into the wall and framed with matching trim pieces, and two corner shelves are set into the tile joints at the corner for bottles that won't fit in the niche. Shelves installed this way are held in the wall by the tile around them instead of being glued onto the face, so they don't work loose over time.
In these photos the tile is set and grouted and the tub is still covered for protection. The valve trim and spout come next. Large porcelain like this means far fewer grout lines to clean than a small-tile surround, and the veining gives the look of marble without the sealing and etching problems that real stone brings to a wet shower wall.
What we did
- Tiled the tub surround in large-format marble-look porcelain in an offset pattern
- Cut the top courses to follow the sloped ceiling line
- Recessed a niche framed with matching trim pieces
- Set two stone corner shelves into the tile joints
- Kept the new tub covered during tile work
Photos from this job
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While we were building it
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