They Turned the Lowest Part of This Sloped Attic Bathroom Into the Shower
Low headroom did not stop this attic from becoming a full bathroom. The roof drops close to the floor at one end, yet that same section now holds a walk-in shower with dark green tile, brass fittings, and a built-in bench beneath the slope.
Before the renovation, red walls, exposed insulation, bare flooring, and a hanging bulb filled the room. The finished space keeps the difficult roof shape but adds a checkerboard floor, an old dresser converted into the vanity, a blue-and-white vessel sink, and a narrow heated towel radiator beside the shower.
Reddit user u/shinnyscaf shared the transformation, showing how the bathroom was fitted into the existing attic rather than gaining space through a larger footprint. The shower makes the biggest use of the restricted ceiling: the shower head stays under the tall section, while the bench occupies the point where standing height runs out.
Roof Pitch Cut Across Much of the Original Room
Exposed insulation shows how far the roof descends across the red wall. The floor continues beneath that low section, but the reduced clearance rules out fixtures that need height above them.
Pine baseboards, timber around the doorway, electrical outlets, and unfinished flooring were among the few existing elements. Plumbing, tile, sanitary fixtures, and storage all had to fit within the attic’s established footprint.
Skylight Was Already Cut Into the Sloping Roof
The second unfinished view exposes the narrow shape from another direction. Red walls continue around the skylight, bare boards cover the floor, and the ceiling changes height across the width of the room.
No partition divides the space at this stage. The finished bathroom would use those same boundaries for a shower at one end and the sink, toilet, and storage across the remaining floor.
Shower Head Went Where the Roof Is Highest
Dark green rectangular tiles cover the end wall and terminate against the sloped white ceiling. The exposed brass shower system sits at the high side, giving the overhead shower head clearance above the standing area. Two recessed niches with brass borders cut into the wall beside it.
Under the deepest part of the slope, the enclosure changes function. A built-in bench occupies the corner, topped with the same white veined surface used across the shower floor. Green tile wraps its front to connect it with the wall behind.
A frameless glass screen keeps the unusual shower shape visible from the rest of the bathroom. Beside it, a brass-toned heated towel radiator uses a narrow strip of wall without requiring another cabinet or floor-standing piece.
Old Dresser Became the Bathroom Vanity
The sink sits on an old dark wood dresser rather than a bathroom vanity. Its original drawers, carved center panel, ring pulls, legs, worn top, and marks remain visible, so the conversion does not erase what the piece was before it entered the bathroom.
A blue-and-white vessel sink rests on top instead of being recessed into the wood. The tall brass-toned faucet rises behind it, while a round mirror and two pleated-shade sconces occupy the tiled wall above.
The dresser also provides a different kind of storage from fitted bathroom cabinetry. Multiple existing drawers remain available beneath the basin, with the furniture standing on legs above the checkerboard floor.
Three Tile Treatments Meet Across the Bathroom
Large black-and-white squares run diagonally across the main floor, stopping at the shower threshold. Small off-white squares cover the walls outside the enclosure, while narrow green rectangles identify the shower.
Scale separates the three surfaces as much as color does. The floor uses broad squares, the wall grid is much tighter, and the shower tile stretches upward in narrow rows. White stone with dark veining forms another break at the shower base and bench.
Patterned Vessel Sink Keeps the Dresser Front Intact
The close view shows the blue floral pattern covering the ceramic basin inside and out. Sitting above the dresser top, the vessel design avoids replacing the entire upper section with a large inset sink.
Wear remains across the wood surface, and the drawers below keep their old hardware. The result still reads as a piece of furniture that has been adapted for a basin rather than a new vanity made to imitate an old dresser.
Same Attic Footprint Now Holds a Full Bathroom
The side-by-side view shows how much changed without altering the basic shape of the attic. Red walls gave way to off-white and dark green tile, bare boards became a checkerboard floor, and the empty end of the room gained a glass shower enclosure.
Fixtures now occupy areas that once had no defined purpose. The shower claims one end, the converted dresser provides the sink and drawer storage, and the narrow heated radiator fits beside the glass without interrupting the route through the room.
The sloped roof remains visible in both images. What changed beneath it is the use of the floor, with each fixture fitted around the dimensions the attic already had.
Would you have turned an old dresser into the vanity for a bathroom like this?
Image credits go to Reddit user u/shinnyscaf.