Log Home Master Bathroom Remodel

How this log home bathroom came together

The goal

The room had a built-in jetted tub on a tiled deck under the window, a curtained shower, an oak vanity with a globe-light mirror and a pale floor. The owners wanted a lighter, more open bathroom that still felt at home under the logs.

The challenge

Log walls, exposed beams and a cedar ceiling were staying, and they set the tone for everything else. New finishes had to sit against warm, uneven wood without fighting it, and the tub deck took up the best spot in the room, under the window.

The solution

The tub deck, shower and vanity came out. A white freestanding tub now sits on its own under the window, and the shower became a walk-in with frameless glass, a tiled niche and marble-look porcelain on the walls. The same marble-look tile runs across the floor. A long gray shaker vanity with a veined white top went along the side wall, under a round mirror and a black and brass light bar, with the log wall left exposed behind it.

The result

By January 3, 2022 the room was finished: white tile and glass under the dark beams, and the window over the tub now open to the room instead of boxed in by a tub deck. The guest bath, in the last two photos, was redone in the same project with marble-look tile to the ceiling and a new counter, and the kitchen, laundry and floors in the same house were finished then too.

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