Los Angeles Travertine Bathroom Remodel with Walk-In Shower and Built-In Bench

Project Highlights

A Rustic Travertine Bathroom Remodel in Los Angeles

This Los Angeles bathroom had not changed since the nineties: builder-grade oak cabinets, a white tile counter, laminate flooring and a tub hidden behind sliding glass doors. We gutted the room and rebuilt it around natural stone. Tumbled travertine in mixed warm tones now covers the walls and floor in a checkerboard pattern, banded by a slim glass mosaic accent that carries into the shower. The tub gave way to a frameless glass walk-in shower with a built-in bench, recessed niche, rain head and handheld on a slide bar. On the vanity wall, a furniture-style reclaimed-wood cabinet holds a white vessel sink under a copper gooseneck faucet, flanked by a framed wood mirror, cage-style sconces and industrial pipe shelving. Plantation shutters keep the daylight while the new palette keeps the warmth.

From 1990s Builder-Grade to Warm Natural Stone

The original bathroom leaned on oak cabinetry, a white tile counter and laminate wood flooring, and the whole room read flat and dated. Rebuilding the same footprint in tumbled travertine, reclaimed wood and copper turned it into the warmest room in the house without moving a single wall.

A Tub Swapped for a Frameless Glass Walk-In Shower

The old tub sat behind aluminum sliding doors that cut the room in half. In its place is a fully tiled walk-in shower behind frameless glass, with a built-in travertine bench, a recessed niche, a rain head overhead and a handheld on a slide bar, so it works as well for kids and cleanup as it does for a long shower.

Why Denali?

Removed two non-bearing walls and reinforced the ceiling with a 24-foot LVL beam to open the original galley kitchen into the dining and family rooms. New white oak cabinetry, honed marble counters, and a 48-inch range anchor the space.