One window, three changes of surface

The window is the starting point for this shower. The white tile runs horizontally below the sill and along both side walls. In the installation photograph, a level rests on the sill and the wall backing is still visible beside the frame. In a later view, the tiled return forms a clean line around the dark frame.

At the entrance, the pattern changes twice in a few inches. Large, lightly veined dark tiles lead up to the raised curb. Inside it, small mosaic squares continue the dark colour all the way to the square drain. The two floor surfaces read as a pair even though the individual pieces are quite different.

For a similar shower, bring a photograph that includes the window, the sill and the floor in one frame. It gives the installer a way to discuss where cuts will fall, how deep the return is and how the curb will meet the bathroom floor.

The company’s Carrs Landing lake house album records the year and cost band for the overall project. The album does not itemize the shower separately.

From the window reveal to the shower floor

Level on the sill beside exposed wall backing and a partially tiled window return — During installation, the edge of the opening shows how the wall tile meets the window frame.

Light falling across horizontal ridges in the wall tile beneath the window — Light from the window makes the shallow ridges visible across the end wall.

Small dark mosaic squares around a square drain behind the dark shower curb — The base changes scale and colour at the curb. Small dark squares surround the drain.

Dark veined floor tile beside the curb and small square shower mosaics — Larger dark tiles outside the shower meet the narrower curb and the mosaic inside.