Designer Bathroom Remodel
Kensington, MD
This designer bathroom remodel in Kensington, MD shows what happens when a homeowner is willing to be bold. In ~75 sq ft, the design leans into strong contrast and statement finishes rather than playing it safe.
The full gut renovation replaced every surface — tile, vanity, lighting, and fixtures — with waterproofing done properly behind the walls before the design layer went on.
Bold works best when the fundamentals are boring: straight tile lines, level reveals, and clean silicone joints are what make a designer bathroom read as intentional instead of busy.
The project ran 5–8 weeks from demo to final walkthrough, delivered by Think2Remodel, a licensed Montgomery County contractor (MHIC #159517).
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Oversized hand-painted encaustic-look porcelain tile on the bathroom floor, paired with large-format white field tile and a dramatic black accent band in the shower. The kind of bathroom tile installation in Maryland that looks like it came from a design magazine — but is installed on a properly waterproofed, fully bonded substrate that will still look perfect fifteen years from now.
Curbless walk-in shower with frameless glass, a full-width built-in bench, two recessed niches at different heights, and a ceiling-mount rainfall showerhead on a thermostatic valve with a separate hand shower. Walk-in shower installation in Maryland requires every penetration sealed, every corner waterproofed, every slope planned before the first tile. This one was planned right.
Wall-mounted floating vanity in a deep matte finish with an integrated LED strip underneath — the kind of ambient light effect you see in hotel bathrooms but rarely in Maryland homes. Matching backlit mirror with adjustable color temperature. Undermount rectangular sink with a matte black single-lever faucet. Designed to look great and function better.
Matte black hardware for the faucets and pulls, brushed gold towel bars and paper holder, chrome concealed in-wall toilet tank. Mixed metals in a bathroom only work when the choices are intentional and consistent — Think2Remodel (MHIC #159517) specified every fixture in this designer bathroom renovation as part of a coordinated plan, not selected piece by piece from a big box store.
One full wall tiled floor-to-ceiling in the statement tile as a focal accent behind the vanity — visible as soon as you open the door, impossible to ignore. The remaining walls painted in a deep, warm matte that makes the tile pop without competing with it. Premium moisture-resistant paint throughout. The full bathroom remodel cost in Maryland always reflects the planning — this one was worth every detail.
Complete tear-out, cement board on all walls, continuous waterproof membrane behind every tiled surface, Schluter transition profiles at all floor-to-wall and tile-to-paint edges. A designer bathroom renovation in Maryland needs the same waterproofing as a basic one — the tile is different, the substrate requirements are not. We treat every job the same way underneath.
"I knew exactly what I wanted and I was nervous no contractor would actually build it. Think2Remodel not only understood the design, they improved it — the bench in the shower was their suggestion, the accent wall idea came out of our first conversation. The tile work is flawless. Every person who sees this bathroom asks who did it. I send them straight to Think2Remodel."