A primary-suite bath redesign in Squirrel Hill for a physician's family — a busy household where the bathroom needed to handle two fast-paced morning routines. We shifted walls to create a proper water closet, a dedicated shower zone, and the double vanity the original floor plan never left room for.
The Ask
Separate the toilet. A shower big enough for two shower heads. A vanity with enough countertop space that toothbrushes don’t fight toiletries — and a layout that handles two adults moving through it at the same time.
The Design
A low-profile wall isolates the toilet in its own compartment. A curbed walk-in tile shower with a bench and dual rain heads — built to handle two routines at once when mornings get tight. Twin undermount sinks on a single quartz slab. Engineered heated flooring under porcelain tile, thermostat on the wall by the door so the floor’s already warm by the morning routine.
The Build
Six weeks. New plumbing rough-in for the shifted walls, tied into existing main stack. Radiant floor heat mat set in self-leveling underlayment. All drywall finished to Level 5 smooth — painted walls catch every flaw at this lighting, so we don’t cut that corner.
The moment it came together.
Details, from every angle.
“A primary bath designed for a busy physician's household — built around the way two adults actually move through their morning. Curbed walk-in shower with dual rain heads, separate water closet, twin sinks, heated floor underfoot. The room finally fits how the family lives in it.”
