ravenna, seattle / 2025
Minimal layout shift with full finish upgrade: freestanding soaking tub, new wall and floor tile, glass shower enclosure, and a rebuilt vanity wall that steps up from one sink to a long double-sink run with paired mirrors, lighting, and in-wall storage—completed in about two and a half weeks. A Ravenna neighborhood partial bath remodel for about $30,000 and two and a half weeks of site time, built around one big functional change: replacing a single vanity with a true double vanity while refreshing the tub and shower tile, upgrading all exposed plumbing trim, and keeping the overall room footprint essentially intact.
Case Study
Single-to-double is never only a wider cabinet. It forces two drain stacks, two supplies, two vent connections or careful wet vent planning, and mirror and medicine cabinet centerlines that cannot drift. Minimal layout change still means verifying the wider vanity does not collide with door swings, toilet clearances, or shower glass paths. Electrical must add or relocate GFCI positions so each basin has usable plug access without fighting mirror sizes.
The open-wall photos show the intent: mirrored rough plumbing for left and right lavatories, paired recessed openings for medicine storage, and pencil layout notes tying cabinet edge and stone top lines to framing. Tile work used metal edge profiles so paint-to-tile transitions stay straight when moisture cycles hit Seattle winters. Fixtures were kept in one finish family across tub and vanity for visual discipline.
Homeowners gained true double function at the vanity—parallel morning routines instead of sequential—while the tub and shower areas feel new even though the room’s overall choreography stayed familiar. The documentation set mixes finished beauty shots with honest rough-in and installation frames, which is the right proof for a partial remodel budget.
Gallery
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Material Read
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Plumbing / dual lavatory rough-in
Duplicating lav drains and supplies inside an existing exterior wall requires vent logic review, parallel stack alignment, and blocking for heavy quartz tops across a longer span.
Millwork / recessed mirrored storage
Dual rough openings have to clear stud layout, mirror centerlines, and light fixture mounting zones before drywall closes.
Cabinets / bathroom vanity
Vertical fluting reads high-end but demands consistent reveal lines to the floor and scribe tolerance at side walls.
Plumbing fixtures / tub and trim
Wall-mounted fillers need precise valve depth before tile; handheld hoses require height and spray clearance away from glass.
Tile / bathroom wall and floor
Mixing square wall modules with large floor formats works when grout colors and movement joints are planned at perimeters.
This Ravenna, Seattle bathroom is a strong teaching example of what partial remodel actually means in practice. The homeowner did not blow out every partition or move the toilet across the room. Instead, the scope concentrated where daily life was failing: the vanity was still a single sink when the household needed two, the tub and shower finishes were tired, and the fixture package did not match modern expectations. About $30,000 and roughly two and a half weeks on site bought a coordinated finish pass with real plumbing and electrical work behind it—not only new paint.
A double vanity is not only a wider cabinet box. The wall cavity must carry two independent lavatory drains, hot and cold supplies for both sides, and venting that still meets code when the original stack assumed one fixture group. The open-wall photographs from this job show that reality clearly: mirrored left and right PVC drops, color-coded PEX, and disciplined strapping so pipes stay quiet after drywall closes. Above the rough plumbing, two large rectangular openings were framed for recessed mirrored storage, which is the right companion detail for a double vanity because each person gets mirror-forward storage without fighting one shared medicine cabinet door.
Layout discipline matters at the finish layer too. Two undermount rectangles need parallel faucet drilling, consistent front-to-back sink placement, and mirror widths that align to each basin centerline. GFCI outlets should land where they are actually reachable from the counter without landing awkwardly in mirror reflections. Lighting has to span both users: here a four-globe vanity bar bridges the pair of frameless mirrors while a skylight adds daylight so the room does not rely on cans alone.
The wet wall story is intentionally quiet: white ceramic modules, light grout, brushed nickel or stainless trim plates, a waterfall-style tub spout, a single-handle mixing valve, and a wall-mounted handheld for rinsing. Vertical or stacked white tile reads contemporary and elongates the wall at the tub. Metal edge trim at the paint line is a small detail that prevents the chipped paint edge that otherwise appears six months after handoff.
Large-format neutral floor tile carries the calm palette across the room and makes the wider vanity feel grounded rather than floating in a busy pattern. A glass shower enclosure at the side of the vanity keeps sight lines open while signaling that the shower tile field was upgraded too, even though this portfolio entry emphasizes the vanity conversion.
Partial does not mean sloppy sequencing. Waterproofing still precedes tile, valve depth still precedes finish plates, and medicine cabinet roughs still precede drywall patches. The in-process shots—PEX cuts, tub surround tiling with spacers and tape lines, trim plates temporarily plugged—are the evidence that the team treated the wet areas as real construction zones rather than a cosmetic refresh.
Thirty thousand dollars is believable when the room stays mostly in place but the vanity wall becomes a micro-engineering project, the tub trim is upgraded across multiple components, tile labor spans two zones, and glass is ordered to measured openings. It is not a full spa gut with steam and heated floors, and it should not be priced like one. It is the right bracket for a disciplined partial scope with professional rough-in documentation and a finish layer that photographs like a much larger job.
Ravenna’s older housing stock often has bathrooms that were generous for their era but optimized around one user at the vanity. Converting to a true double setup is one of the highest-impact changes a family can make without expanding the footprint—provided the wall behind the sinks cooperates. This project is a useful reference for that exact scenario.
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