The Challenge
This Gilbert master bathroom hadn’t been touched since the house was built and it showed everywhere you looked. A large built-in oval jetted tub sat in a heavy travertine-look tile surround, eating up floor space the homeowners had stopped using it for years earlier. The shower next to it was a dark, cramped stall closed off with a shower curtain — not a glass door. The vanity was a dated dark-brown raised-panel unit with tile countertops and ornate silver-framed mirrors. And a dropped soffit above the ceiling made the whole room feel lower and heavier than it needed to be.
The brief from the homeowners was clear: more function, more storage, and lighten the whole space up.
Our Solution
We gutted the room to the studs and started over. The built-in tub came out entirely — replaced with a sculptural freestanding slipper tub set against a new low-iron frosted glass window that lets real daylight in without sacrificing privacy. Pulling that tub also gave us back the floor space the room had been missing.
The dropped soffit ceiling came down, opening the space vertically and letting us drop in a proper grid of recessed LED cans. Combined with the LED lighted vanity mirrors and the low-iron window, the room went from perpetually dim to naturally bright.
The vanity wall is where the storage story really lands. We installed Sollid Cabinetry’s Monterrey door in Dove White — a clean shaker profile with a full-height storage tower that dramatically expanded the cabinetry capacity of the room. Waterfall black granite honed countertops with an undermount sink cap the vanity in a matte, no-glare finish that reads modern without going trendy. Delta black titanium plumbing fixtures and Ravinte black cabinet hardware carry the palette across every touchpoint.
The new walk-in shower is a proper primary shower now, not a stall: large-format porcelain wall tile, a rain-head plus handheld on a slide bar, three body sprays, a niche wrapped in sliced-pebble mosaic that continues onto the shower floor, and a frameless glass enclosure that reads clean instead of dated.
The Results
In 5 weeks, this Gilbert master bath went from a dark, storage-starved holdover to a bright, functional primary bathroom that finally works for daily use. The built-in tub is gone, the soffit is gone, and in their place: real light, a proper walk-in shower, and enough vanity storage that the counters can stay clear.
Sollid Monterrey Dove White with black granite, black hardware, and black plumbing fixtures ties the whole palette together — clean, calm, and built to still look right in twenty years.
Alpha Remodelers is a veteran-owned, husband-and-wife remodeling team serving Gilbert, Chandler, Mesa, Tempe, Ahwatukee, and the greater Phoenix East Valley. Licensed CR-48, R-60, R-62. A+ BBB. 2-year workmanship warranty. Call or text 480-993-4000 for a free estimate.
