Building a bathroom under a sloped ceiling
The ensuite sits in a dormer off the bedroom, so two walls lean in and the usable headroom drops toward the eaves. We planned the layout around that slope. The shower went in the corner with full height, and the vanity went under the window where the lower ceiling doesn't matter.
Our before photos show the room in rough-in: taped blue moisture-resistant drywall on the walls and ceiling, capped PEX supply lines, and the floor drain set for the shower.
What goes behind the shower walls
Inside the shower corner we hung GoBoard, a foam backer board built for wet areas, and set the acrylic shower base before any tile went up. We taped the base to protect it through the rest of the job.
In a shower, the backer board does the waterproofing. Tile and grout let some water through. A waterproof backer with sealed seams keeps that water out of the studs, where it would otherwise sit and rot the framing over a few Niagara winters.
Tile, glass and fixtures
The floor is large-format white porcelain with soft grey veining, laid in a straight pattern and edged with a thin black trim where it meets the walls. Inside the shower we used a warm greige large-format tile, with two matte black corner shelves set into the tile.
A black-framed sliding glass enclosure closes the corner shower over a white dimpled acrylic base. The matte black shower set has a rain head and a handheld wand. Across the room, a white shaker vanity with two drawers and an open lower shelf carries a white top and a matte black single-lever faucet. A black floor register matches the rest of the hardware.
Why the black details work here
The room is small and white on almost every surface, so we repeated one accent colour across the shower frame, fixtures, faucet, tile trim and register. The room reads as one design.
Large-format floor tile helps a small room too. Fewer grout lines make the floor look wider, and there is less grout to scrub. The thin black edge trim finishes the tile where it meets the wall, so you get a clean line instead of a caulk joint that yellows over time.
