Master Bathroom in Grey Marble with Walk-In Shower

A single slim glass panel with a black frame divides the walk-in shower from the dry area, rather than a full closed cubicle. That keeps the wet zone open and the marble looking like one surface right through the room. There is a rain head and a hand shower, plus lit niches in the wall for bottles. The open design looks clean, but it relies on a well-set floor fall to keep water off the dry side.

The vanity floats off the floor with a ribbed drawer front and a round counter-top basin sitting on a stone top. The ribbed texture catches the light and stops the drawer from looking like a plain flat box against all the marble. Floating it keeps the floor clear underneath, which makes the room easier to clean and adds a sense of space. A backlit mirror above gives soft, even light for the basin.

All-grey marble can feel cold, so a warm wood-slat strip on the ceiling brings in a natural tone to balance the stone. The slats also add a line of texture overhead, which is a surface most bathrooms leave blank. Set with a hidden light strip, the wood glows warmly in the evening. In a bathroom, the slats should be a moisture-tolerant or treated finish, since the ceiling still sees steam.

The backlit mirror handles the basin with a soft glare-free light, recessed spotlights cover the ceiling, and cove lighting plus small niche lights add a warm layer in the shower. Layering the light lets you run it bright for a morning routine, then drop to just the cove and niche glow for a relaxed evening. Lighting the niches also means the shower has useful light exactly where you reach for bottles.

Natural marble needs sealing and is sensitive to acidic cleaners, so it wants a little care to avoid dull spots and stains. Many finishes like this use a marble-look porcelain that behaves better with water and daily cleaning, so it is worth confirming which you are getting. Either way, wipe the glass panel after showering to stop water spots, and keep to pH-neutral cleaners so the stone or its finish stays sharp.

Wall-to-wall stone is where the money goes, both in the material and in the labour to clad walls and floor with tight, matched joints. The floating vanity, glass partition and lit niches add to it. Rather than a fixed figure, the drivers are the stone you choose and how much of the room it covers, so the honest advice is to price two or three stone options before committing to full cladding.

It can, and marble actually helps a small room by keeping it visually seamless. In a tighter space you keep the single glass screen and floating vanity but might clad only the wet walls in stone and use a plainer finish elsewhere to control cost. The wet-and-dry split still works at a smaller size as long as the floor slope is set correctly, so the open shower does not wet the whole floor.