Calacatta Shower – Gold & Built-In Bench

About This Project

The brief on this Upstate SC master shower was straightforward: 'make it feel like a hotel suite.' The walls are large-format Calacatta-look porcelain slabs with dramatic veining, run vertically and broken up with thin brushed gold reveal strips that catch the light along the full height of the wall. A floating tile-clad bench wraps the corner, with a slim recessed shelf niche built into the wall above it for shampoo and a razor. The floor is honed white penny mosaic, sloped to a center drain. Controls are matte black thermostatic with separate rain head and handheld diverter, plus an LED-lit linear drain accent strip running across the top of the shower. Everything sits over a fully Schluter-waterproofed substrate. This is the kind of detail-heavy build where every reveal line, miter, and grout joint has to be planned before the first tile is set — closer to cabinetry than to traditional tile work.

Scope of Work

• Full demo of existing shower enclosure and substrate
• New framing for floating bench and recessed shelf niche
• Schluter-KERDI waterproofing on all walls and floor
• Large-format Calacatta-look porcelain slab walls, vertical layout
• Brushed gold metal reveal strips set vertically between slabs
• Honed white penny mosaic shower floor with center drain
• Floating tile-clad corner bench with mitered edges
• Matte black thermostatic shower system with rain head and handheld
• Frameless glass enclosure