The Okafor wet room

A five-by-nine hall bath rebuilt as a curbless wet room, with terracotta zellige and a floating oak vanity from the shop.

The only full bath in the house, five feet by nine, serving two adults and a toddler. Rather than fight the footprint we embraced the wet-room approach: one waterproofed volume, a curbless shower behind glass, and a floating vanity that keeps the floor visible corner to corner.

It was also the family’s only toilet, so the schedule was built backwards from that fact: demolition to working plumbing in one day, and a temporary shower rig in the basement for the two weeks of tile work.

“Friday, 4pm, every week: photos and a plan. I never once called to ask what was happening in my own house.”

Priya O.