Before and After – Wet Rooms
July 11, 2019

To start off a “wet room” is a bathroom that is designed to maximize space in small rooms by creating wet areas in the bathroom that are traditionally dry. A large drain or multiple drains are set up to take water away quickly from larger areas than normal with no shower screen set up or a non-full shower screen enclosure. It is by far one of the most difficult renovations to create and get right as you need a high degree of planning to make all elements work in a way that drains well and fits in the right positions. Below the renovations are broken down into three parts, one being the traditional setup, the second being with a bricked bath the last is the all in a row toilet set up.

Scarborough Bathroom Renovation

I love this bathroom for the vision the owner had for the space and the finish product is something so special.

Before Shower

After Shower

After Shower 2

Highlights

  • Brushed Brass Tapware
  • LED Mirror
  • Matte White Feature Wall

Brushed Brass Tapware

Brushed Brass Tapware

 

Floreat Bathroom Renovation (Main)

One of the hardest parts of this bathroom to see is the use of VJ Panneling which can add a real warmth to your bathroom.

Highlights

  • VJ Panels
  • Concrete Stone Basin
  • Chevron Wall and Floor Tiles

Willagee Bathroom Renovation

Like people tiles come in all shapes and sizes. This Willagee bathroom renovation is no different. The client have used a chevron pattern wall tile, combined with hexagon floor tiles and the returns tiles in vertical brick fashion.

Highlights

  • Beautiful Tiling – Chevron, Vertical Subway and Hexagon
  • Brushed Brass Tapware
  • Simple But Effective Long Narrow Mirror Building Height

Tuart Hill Bathroom Renovation

The nib wall set up for a wet room is great way to get rid of any spacing issues. It does require a custom made screen though that will add to the cost but is a great added shelf.

Kingsley Bathroom Renovation

Windows can impact a space, especially when that window is old and cream. By changing the focal point of the room to blend with all your other bathrooms wow factors can be crucial.

Bathroom Before

Bathroom After

Highlights

  • Undermounted Basin
  • Custom-Made Awning Window
  • Freestanding Back To Wall Bath

Bathroom Highlights

Bathroom Highlights

Douleview Bathroom Renovation

Room Size – 2.5m x 1.8m

Mt Nasura Bathroom Renovation

I love people who make bold choices in bathrooms. I would be the most fun doing this job seeing someone take a space and own what they want. Below is a bathroom renovation that had really bad use of space with so much floor so the owners wanted that floor to pop!

Bathroom Before

Bathroom After

Highlights

  • Royal Chester Blue (450mm x 450mm)
  • Slipper Freestanding Bath
  • Hampton Shaker Blue Wall Hung Vanity

Highlights

Highlights

Padbury Bathroom Renovation

Room Size – 3.2m x 1.4m

Chuchlands Bathroom Renovation

Room Size – 3.5m x 1.8m

Beechboro Bathroom Renovation

The owners of this renovation were over the water damage and the sauna vibe from the rotting wood. Like most of these renovations they did not want a shower bath and much preferred the wet room set up.

Highlights

  • Black Trim Fixed Panel Shower Screen
  • Herringbone Feature Wall
  • Freestanding Bath

Victoria Park Bathroom Renovation

What a stunning floor this was from Tile cloud for this Victoria Park bathroom renovation. Click Here for the full breakdown

Highlights

  • Tile Cloud Floor
  • LED Mirror
  • Brushed Brass Tapware

North Beach Bathroom Renovation

Pink is in for bathrooms in 2023 so this beautiful north beach wet room is a great example of what you can do.

Highlights

  • Curved Shower Screen
  • Herringbone Floor
  • Brushed Copper Tapware

Cloverdale Bathroom Renovation

Room Size – 2.4m x 1.8m

Bibra Lake Bathroom Renovation

Room Size – 2.4m x 1.6m

Fremantle Bathroom Renovation

Like all these bathrooms we have completed the owner of this Mt Hawthorn bathroom wanted to a big bath and big shower.

Highlights

  • Curved Shower Screen
  • LED Mirror
  • Wood Vanity

Lake Coogee Bathroom Renovation

Room Size – 3m x 3m

Belmont Bathroom Renovation

Often with wet rooms people have too much space or trying to create space.
This is an example of too much space but poorly put together.

Bathroom Renovations Canning Vale

Highlights

  • 600mm x 600mm Floor To Ceiling
  • Frameless Custom Made Shower Screen – Fixed Panel
  • Wall To Wall Shower Shelf

Highlights

Highlights

Marangaroo Bathroom Renovation

Wet rooms like most bathrooms come in all shapes and sizes often with layouts not allowing for all the items to go on the same wall but like all good renovators, you have to be able to look at a space and know how to get the most out of it. Below is a renovation we did in Marangaroo where it was a long room that had a window stopping us doing the all in a row so we improvised.

Highlights

  • Glass Black Window With Internal Awning Window
  • Back To Wall Freestanding Bath
  • Window Long Shower Niche

Baldivis Bathroom Renovation

Tile choices can be limitless it feels like and because of that overwhelming. What I will say is try and avoid just white bathrooms if you have a white cabinet.

Highlights

  • Semi Back To Wall Freestanding Bath
  • Narrow External Shower Wall Shelf
  • Kratos Grey Stunning Feature Wall/Floor Tiles

Bathroom Renovations Canning Vale

Bathroom Renovations Canning Vale

Roleystone Bathroom Renovation

A wall to wall wall is a great option for shelving but it does take a little bit of effort to make it work as the drainage, bath position and the new shower screen layout has to be planned to perfection and a high level of execution.

Bathroom Renovations Canning Vale

Highlights

  • Wall To Wall Wall
  • Semi Back To Wall Freestanding Bath
  • Oak Ridge Vanity/Cabinet Set Up

Bathroom Renovations Canning Vale

Bricked Bath (Set-Up)

Below are bathroom renovation we have completed that are wet rooms but instead of using the freestanding bath set up, they are more towards the bricked bath finish. The key benefit really of the bricked bath is the reduction of areas that are harder to clean, a stronger bath set up, and aimed more at kids.

Canning Vale Bathroom Renovation

One of the keys to dark tiles is light. If you have the light build the dark I say. Below is one of our bathroom renovations in Canning Vale. The owner wanted to use one tile which in itself makes the space feel larger without the breakup of tones.

Highlights

  • Changing Old Window To New Frosted White Finish
  • Progressive Wall Mixers
  • All In One Shower Combo

Canning Vale Bathroom

Atwell Bathroom Renovation

Island baths are designed for a more stable bath but can often be a little bulky

  • LED Mirror
  • Small Square Tiles
  • Island Bath

Fremantle Bathroom Renovation

Highlights

  • Penny Niche Tiles
  • Terrazzo Floor Tiles
  • Stone Bath
  • Curved Mirror

All Four Parts (Toilet Set-Up)

Below is bathroom renovations that fit all 4 parts of a bathroom renovation into the space, whether that would be all in a row or across each bathroom has a bath, shower, vanity, and bath.

Yokine Bathroom Renovation

This Yokine bathroom is the smallest you can do a 4 part renovation like this being 2.5m x 1.9m as you can tell we made it work but it is close to being too tight!

Highlights

  • Stone Freestanding Bath
  • Custom Made Frameless Screen
  • Wall Hung Toilet
  • Wall To Wall Wall

Floreat Bathroom Renovation

A lot of blood sweat and more blood went into this bathroom and the result was quite special. One of those you have to see in person to believe the photos do not do it justice.

Highlights

  • Penny Splashback Tiles
  • Concrete Basins
  • Light Up Shower Niche
  • Frameless Brushed Brass Wall To Wall Shower Screen
  • VJ Panels

Willetton Bathroom Renovation

Marble herringbone feature walls are amazing plain and simple they really pop a space like nothing you can imagine.

Bathroom Before

Bathroom After

Highlights

  • Marble Herringbone
  • Matching Mirror Wood Cabinet
  • Matte Black Tapware

Highlights

Highlights

 

Lesmurdie Bathroom Renovation

A big bath was the owner’s wish with this bathroom so making a layout that had a bath, shower, vanity and toilet were the mission and hopefully, everyone else loves the result as much.

Bathroom Before

Bathroom After

Highlights

  • Empire Black and White Encaustic (200mm x 2000mm)
  • Eden Freestanding Corner Bath
  • Matte Black Tapware

Highlights

Highlights

Highlights

 

Kalamunda Bathroom Renovation

This bathroom is so stunning in person that no photo can do it justice, as there is so much light it is hard to take an image with the toilet photo the best example of what a stunning tile it was that went in that space.

Highlights

  • Aquatic Stone Freestanding Bath
  • Vista Ocean 300mm x 600mm Bathroom Floor/Wall Tile
  • Hamptons Blue Vanity

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This article was written by James Mcloughlin, one of the founders of On the Ball Bathrooms with over 15 years of bathroom renovation experience combined with knowledge of over a 2000+ completed renovation projects. We hope that we have helped you in any way with some helpful renovations tips or just at least some pretty renovation pictures to look at 🙂